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EPISODE · Mar 10, 2026 · 24 MIN

The Road to Jonestown: Jim Jones

from For The Love of God - True Crime · host Eve Lazarus

Jim Jones promised equality, healing, and a better world.Thousands believed him.What started as a church quickly became something much darker — a movement built on loyalty, fear, and absolute control.In this episode of For the Love of God, we explore the rise of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, and how belief slowly transformed into something dangerous.This is the story of how a religious movement turned into one of the most disturbing tragedies in modern history

Jim Jones promised equality, healing, and a better world.Thousands believed him.What started as a church quickly became something much darker — a movement built on loyalty, fear, and absolute control.In this episode of For the Love of God, we explore the rise of Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple, and how belief slowly transformed into something dangerous.This is the story of how a religious movement turned into one of the most disturbing tragedies in modern history

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