Laura Johnston Kohl is one of only 87 people to survive the mass suicide (murder) at Jonestown. Since then she has become a renown lecturer on cults and human rights, she is a Quaker activist and the author of the fascinating book Jonestown Survivor: An Insider Look. In this podcast Laura gives us direct knowledge of the man that led Jonestown, Jim Jones. She also recounts the amazing timeline leading up to, and the day of, one of the biggest single losses of American lives in the country’s history.

Guest: Connect with Laura Johnston Kohl by going to her website http://www.jonestownsurvivor.com/ or buy her book Jonestown Survivor: An Insider's Look.

Show notes:

• Black Panther Party
• Woodstock
• Haight-Ashbury
• Jonestown
• Jim Jones
• Peoples Temple
• The Forgotten, Non-Kool-Aid-Drinking Victims of the Jonestown Massacre
• Slavery of Faith: The untold story of the Peoples Temple from the eyes of a thirteen year old, her escape from Jonestown at 20 and life 30 years later.
• Jonestown Institute