Jonestown

What started as a church with idealistic intentions to promote racial and economic equality devolved into a cult where 909 people died in a mass casualty event. Hannah and Suruthi discuss Jim Jones and if the people at the Jonestown settlement were devoted followers or actually hostages. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Om Podcasten

Their promises are alluring and their influence oh-so-subtle. Every week on Sinister Societies, friends Suruthi Bala and Hannah Maguire examine the unbelievable crimes and everyday insidiousness of cults. Expect plenty of prophets, apocalypses, and doom... alongside everything from bunkers and booze to utopias and URLs. A Spotify Original from Parcast.