Crimes That Made History
S01E09 The Jonestown Massacre: An American Apocalypse
In 1978, Reverend Jim Jones led a doomsday gathering in Guyana, resulting in the tragic deaths of 918 followers of the Peoples Temple, an American cult established in the 1950s. The shocking reports and visuals from Jonestown left the world in disbelief and horror. This heartbreaking event cast a shadow over the aspirations of several small communities and alternative spiritual movements throughout the 1970s.
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Jack the Ripper: The Invention of the Serial Killer
Albert Soleilland: A Case for the Death Penalty
Fritz Haarmann: Vampire in the Weimar Republic
The St. Valentine's Massacre: Gang Rule in America
Violette Nozière: The Patricidal Poisoner
Abe Sada: The Fantasy of Japanese Eroticism
Roswell: Back to the UFO
Flight 571: Acceptable Face of Cannibalism
The Jonestown Massacre: An American Apocalypse
The Death of Princess Di