Episode 4: The Grift; Power, Money and the Promise

Episode 4: The Grift; Power, Money and the Promise

In this episode of Black Jonestown, we trace the ideological blueprint that shaped Jim Jones long before Jonestown existed. Episode 4 examines Jones’s formative influences—specifically his ties to William Branham, a controversial revivalist whose theology, healing theatrics, and authoritarian control methods helped model how spiritual authority could be performed, protected, and monetized.


We then widen the lens to Father Divine and the Peace Mission Movement, whose structure demonstrated something even more powerful than charisma: infrastructure. Through Father Divine, Jones witnessed how religious devotion could be fused with: Economic systemsCommunal livingLand ownershipPolitical accessCarefully managed racial opticsThis episode explores how Jones did not invent his methods—but studied them. Adapted them. And ultimately weaponized them. The Grift: Part 1 reveals how belief becomes currency, how loyalty becomes labor, and how power disguises itself as promise.This is not the story of a madman. This is the story of a student.

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Virginia Taylor, A Life Remembered & Honoring the 1 year old children

Virginia Taylor, A Life Remembered & Honoring the 1 year old children

Every person who died in Jonestown had a name, a story, and a life that mattered.In this special memorial episode of Black Jonestown, we step away from the interview format to honor Virginia Taylor, o...

11 Elo 19min

Who Was Leslie Before Peoples Temple

Who Was Leslie Before Peoples Temple

Before there was People's Temple… before Jonestown… there was a little girl with dreams, a family, and a life that shaped the woman she would become.In this deeply personal episode of Black Jonestown,...

25 Heinä 48min

Episode 7: Why They Came: Hope and the Black Community

Episode 7: Why They Came: Hope and the Black Community

In this episode, host and Jonestown survivor Leslie Wagner Wilson sits down with Sikivu Hutchinson to explore what drew so many Black families to the San Francisco area during the 1970s — and the deep...

19 Kesä 39min

Episode 6: The Man with the File- Inside the Peoples Temple Investigation

Episode 6: The Man with the File- Inside the Peoples Temple Investigation

Before Jonestown became a tragedy the world could no longer ignore, someone was already watching. In this episode, host and Jonestown survivor Leslie Wagner Wilson sits down with David Reuben, Special...

8 Kesä 1h 1min

Episode 5: The Grift: Jack Colbert - Life Inside Peoples Temple

Episode 5: The Grift: Jack Colbert - Life Inside Peoples Temple

In this powerful episode, survivor and Host Leslie Wagner Wilson sits down with Jack Colbert, a former member of People's Temple, for an intimate and unflinching conversation about what it meant to gr...

8 Kesä 1h 59min

Episode 3: Janet Shular Interview

Episode 3: Janet Shular Interview

Episode 3 of Black Jonestown centers the voice of Janet Shular, the oldest known surviving former member of People’s Temple, as she reflects on her life, her time within the movement, and the experien...

18 Joulu 20251h 55min

EPISODE 3 : PREVIEW

EPISODE 3 : PREVIEW

In Episode 3 of Black Jonestown, we sit down with Janet Shular, the longest living former Peoples Temple, member as she shares her journey in her own words.An educated, accomplished professional in ea...

14 Joulu 20251min

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