Guest: David Conn: Cult Expert, Jim Jones, Peoples Temple, Jonestown Guyana

David Conn is a recognized expert on cult mentatlities and coauthored the book, THE CULT THAT DIED, published by G. P. Putnams’s Sons, New York, 1980. David has interviewed many of the people he has chosen to fictionalize in his new novel, LEDNORF'S DILEMMA, including professors, theologians, politicians, and numerous technical people within private industry and the Department of Defense. David Conn joined the Defense Department as a liaison among West Coast Navy and Air Force bases, the Defense Department and several industrial transportation companies. Prior to that Conn was a lead analyst with Chevron’s environmental laboratory. When he’s not uncovering some new cult, David enjoys singing and acting and has had lead roles in several musicals, including having played the part of Captain Von Trapp in Contra Costa Civic Theater’s “Sound of Music.”

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