Transmissions From Jonestown

True crime history is full of shadows, but none darker than those cast by Jim Jones. In this episode of Transmissions from Jonestown, we revisit California in the years before the massacre, where a tr...

18 Nov 20201h 7min

41 years ago today, the Jonestown massacre claimed the lives of 918 Americans. When the people of Jonestown died, their bodies remained where they fell for four days. Sprayed with pesticides and seale...

19 Nov 201944min

In the chaotic aftermath of the Jonestown massacre, one artifact continues to defy explanation: Tape Q875, the so-called "November 19 mystery tape." Discovered among hundreds of recordings recovered f...

18 Nov 20181h 3min

40 years ago, 918 Americans died in the largest mass murder/suicide in modern history. Defined by the last day of their lives, the people of Jonestown became a part of true crime lore, overshadowed by...

18 Nov 20181h 5min

In the aftermath of Jonestown, details emerged of the Temple's deepening relationship with the Soviet Union, a secret petition to emigrate, and the political paranoia that turned the settlement into a...

9 Dec 20171h 1min

Truth often demands we accept coincidence as a force of nature. But what if the connections aren't coincidences at all? On this episode we follow the trail from Jonestown to MKUltra, exploring the tan...

9 Dec 20171h 6min

Out of the ruins of postwar Germany, hundreds of ex-Nazi scientists were quietly recruited by the U.S. government under Operation Paperclip bringing with them the blueprint for psychological warfare. ...

2 Dec 20171h 3min

Beneath Guyana's lush canopy lies a complicated history. A land where historically, dreams of paradise spiral into madness and ruin. In this episode, we unravel the tangled roots connecting colonial v...

1 Dec 201755min