Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre

Explore Carl Tanzler’s horrifying obsession with Elena de Hoyos—grave robbing, corpse preservation, twisted romance, and eerie experiments—in this chilling true story that inspired comparisons to serial killer Ed Gein himself. Sponsor: shopify.com/casual - sign up for your $1 per ...  Show more

A 13-year-old vanishes—uncover the chilling truth behind Megumi Yokota’s abduction, North Korea’s secret kidnappings, and a decades-long fight for answers that still shakes global politics today Sponsor: shopify.com/casual - start your $1 per month trial today Learn more about yo ...  Show more

On this day in 1978, Jim Jones, the founder of the People’s Temple cult, led a little over 900 followers to drink poisoned Flavor-Aid in a mass suicide. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices 

At the command of Jim Jones, more than 900 followers of The Peoples Temple drank a beverage laced with cyanide in an act that Jones labeled “revolutionary suicide.” But was this truly a mass suicide, or was it a mass murder? And why do some people think Jim Jones faked his own de ...  Show more

This episode dives into the dark story of the Manson Family—how a failed musician named Charles Manson turned a group of free-spirited youth into a deadly cult. From mind control to murder, we unravel how his twisted ideology led to one of the most shocking crime sprees in Americ ...  Show more

Tune in to explore the chilling rise of Charles Manson, from his troubled youth in reform school and prison to his desperate pursuit of power in the late 1960s. Using his dangerous charisma, Manson formed the notorious Manson Family, a cult of devoted followers he manipulated int ...  Show more