Escape From Jonestown

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Please note: This title contains graphic audio which some listeners might find upsetting. Forty years ago, on Nov. 18, 1978, 914 members of a 'utopian' society deep in the Guyana jungle, known as Jonestown, drank a lethal elixir of Flavor-Aid and cyanide. Tim Carter was in the inner circle of its charismatic leader, Jim Jones. He escaped into the jungle. This is his story. This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

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Episodes

  1. Ep. 1: In the Beginning

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    Ep. 1: In the Beginning

    Born into an Irish-Catholic family, Tim has enough to eat, clothes on his back and a place to sleep, but things are far from easy. As war looms, Tim turns to military service to escape the strife at home. This won’t be the last time he escapes from one hardship into another.

    26 min
  2. Ep. 2: The Road to People's Temple

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    Ep. 2: The Road to People's Temple

    Tim Carter describes the chaos and aftermath of serving in the Vietnam War. Lost in post-war life, he finds solace in a growing movement that will change his life forever.

    22 min
  3. Ep. 3: Part of the Solution

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    Ep. 3: Part of the Solution

    In 1970s San Francisco, Tim Carter finds purpose helping the city’s poorest and most vulnerable. Meanwhile the People’s Temple is thrust into the media spotlight.

    18 min
  4. Ep. 4: The Inner Sanctum

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    Ep. 4: The Inner Sanctum

    Tim Carter, his siblings and their new families become part of the inner sanctum of Jim Jones' movement, but a newspaper investigation threatens to unravel everything Jones has created.

    21 min
  5. Ep. 5: Exodus

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    Ep. 5: Exodus

    Tim and the rest of the movement join Jim in the remote jungle of Guyana. They begin to notice increasingly sinister changes in their leader, culminating in a disastrous visit from a Congressman sent to investigate troubling rumours.

    26 min
  6. Ep. 6: The End of Jonestown

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    Ep. 6: The End of Jonestown

    The devastating final meeting of Jonestown is revealed in the infamous “Death Tape”. Tim Carter recalls intimate memories of the event, culminating in his escape, and how that day has irrevocably changed his life.

    32 min
  • 6 Episodes

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Please note: This title contains graphic audio which some listeners might find upsetting. Forty years ago, on Nov. 18, 1978, 914 members of a 'utopian' society deep in the Guyana jungle, known as Jonestown, drank a lethal elixir of Flavor-Aid and cyanide. Tim Carter was in the inner circle of its charismatic leader, Jim Jones. He escaped into the jungle. This is his story. This is an Audible Original Podcast. Free for members. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

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  • Channel
    Audible
  • Creator
    Audible
  • Episodes
    6
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Provider
    Audible, Inc.

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