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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: In childhood, Jim Jones was empathetic yet cruel; above all, he hungered for absolute power and control.
Chapter 3: Jones discovered his true vocation at the church pulpit, where he forged a magnetic public persona.
Chapter 4: In the late 1960s, his creed of racial and social equality made Jones popular and influential.
Chapter 5: Jones employed deceit and crafty ploys to entice more people into his Peoples Temple church.
Chapter 6: As Jones’s hold on his followers intensified, he persuaded his cult to relocate the church to Guyana.
Chapter 7: An official visit spurred Jones to demand “revolutionary suicide,” binding his followers to their deaths.
Description
Raven (1982) reveals the untold story of Jim Jones and his Peoples Temple in Jonestown, the site of a mass murder in which 917 people lost their lives on one fateful day in 1979. These blinks give you a closer look at the Jones, shedding light on how he rose to power and why his followers met such a horrific end.
Who Should Listen
- People interested in mass psychology
- Cult fanatics
- True-crime enthusiasts