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Rachel shares the case of the Jonestown women. She discusses Marceline Jones (the wife of Jim Jones), Carolyn Layton (his mistress), Annie Moore (his nurse), and Maria Katsaris (a loyal follower). These women all entered Jonestown hoping to advocate for social change, but ended up contributing to the massacre of hundreds of people. Nathalie shares the case of Magdelena Solís, a serial killer and cult leader in Mexico. She was responsible for the ritualistic torturing and killing of her followers, and even went as far as ceremonially drinking the blood of her victims.
Music by Joseph McDade www.patreon.com/josephmcdade/posts
Rachel's sources
Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & People’s Temple
https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/
Mass Suicide at Jonestown, by David Hume Kennerly
https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mass-suicide-at-jonestown
The 1950s
https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/1950s
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/jonestown-the-women-behind-the-massacre/articles/the-women-who-helped-make-jonestown
Survivor: ‘They Started with the Babies”, by Charles A. Krause
https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/11/21/survivor-they-started-with-the-babies/ec559372-be60-4355-a5fc-f5e306370992/
Race and the Peoples Temple
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jonestown-race/
Women Are More Susceptible Than Men to Falling Under the Control of Cults, by Marni Soupcoff
https://nationalpost.com/opinion/marni-soupcoff-women-are-more-susceptible-than-men-to-falling-under-the-control-of-cults
Nathalie's Sources
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_Sol%C3%ADs
https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/solis-magdalena.htm
https://www.ranker.com/list/magdalena-solis-facts/jessika-gilbert
