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Back to EpisodesThe Cost of Faith, The Jonestown Massacre (El Costo de la Fe, La Masacre de Jonestown)
Season 4
Episode 15
Published 1 year, 9 months ago
Description
What happened at Jonestown, Guyana, is something that has spawned an immense number of books, movies, and even day-to-day phrases, but what it created the most were questions.
The biggest of all: why were his followers so easily convinced to drink the Kool-Aid (literally)? And why didn't anyone see this coming?
In this episode of the Learn Spanish with Stories podcast, we travel to a country rarely featured in Latin American history, but which carries this dark stain to this day: the story of Jim Jones and the Jonestown massacre.
Transcript of this episode is available at: https://podcast.lingomastery.com/listen/1667