Margo leads the discussion this week talking about a cult Creep–the Reverend Jim Jones who caused the deaths of over 900 people in Jonestown, Guyana in 1978. Jim began his career as a pastor from Indiana who believed in social justice. He eventually morphed into a despot who caused the ruin of countless lives and is the origin story for the expression “drank the Kool-Aid.”
Then Sonia talks about a person related to the Jonestown event who is NOT a Creep.
Sources for this episode:
- Salon (David Talbot): Jim Jones’ Sinister Grip on San Francisco
- Season of the Witch by David Talbot
- Wikipedia: Jim Jones
- The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones & the People’s Temple by Jeff Guinn
- Cult City: by Daniel Flynn
- Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle (CNN)
- San Diego State University Jim Jones online archive