Jonestown didn’t happen overnight. 
It was built through fear, isolation, and blind devotion to a charismatic leader who promised salvation and delivered death.
In this episode of Unsaid Case Files, we examine the rise of Jim Jones, the warning signs that went ignored, Congressman Leo Ryan’s fatal investigation, and the mass murder of more than 900 people—including over 200 children—in the jungles of Guyana.

Jonestown didn’t happen overnight. It was built through fear, isolation, and blind devotion to a charismatic leader who promised salvation and delivered death. In this episode of Unsaid Case Files, we examine the rise of Jim Jones, the warning signs that went ignored, Congressman Leo Ryan’s fatal investigation, and the mass murder of more than 900 people—including over 200 children—in the jungles of Guyana.

JONESTOWN: THE ILLUSION OF PARADISE

"True crime is often told as shock and spectacle—but behind every headline is a family, a failure, and a moment where something went terribly wrong.
This is a podcast about those moments. The warning signs. The silence. The violence that hides in plain sight.

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"True crime is often told as shock and spectacle—but behind every headline is a family, a failure, and a moment where something went terribly wrong. This is a podcast about those moments. The warning signs. The silence. The violence that hides in plain sight.

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