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While Too Hot to Handle may be the cult of the now, this week the Sinister Sisters are talking about one of the OG cults: Jonestown. Sarah covers Jim Jones’ early life and how his upbringing shaped him into one of the most prolific cult leaders of the 20th century. Erin talks about Jones’ rise in popularity as a preacher, how Jones and the People’s Temple came under media scrutiny, and the events that led to the Jonestown Massacre. Morgan ends the episode discussing the abandoned Jonestown settlement and the investigation into the Jonestown Massacre.

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If you want to look into these topics yourselves, below are the sources used:

https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/jonestown-13-things-you-should-know-about-cult-massacre- 21974/

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mass-suicide-at-jonestown

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Jones

https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=14026

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9011916/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXAn6oX_7Vg

https://www.insider.com/jonestown-guyana-abandoned-photos#the-emptiness-of-jonestown-and-the-knowledge-of-the-atrocities-committed-on-its-soil-more-than-40-years-ago-continue-to-haunt-those-who-return-to-the-location-14

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46241372