9. Cults: Jonestown Women & Magdalena Solis

Before we get started this week, we will just say Black lives matter and we demand justice for George Floyd, Tony McDade, Breonna Taylor, Nina Pop, and Ahmaud Arbery. If you are able, please consider making a donation: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019 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