Promised Land

By Cool Down Media

On November 18, 1978 Jim Jones led 918 people to their deaths at the Peoples Temple Agricultural Project settlement - better known as Jonestown. This series will detail the story from the beginning in... more

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The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

Promised Land episodes:

May 19, 2021 The Beginning To An End
In episode eleven Jim Jones introduces a poison test while armed guards stood by to make sure everyone drank. Debbie Layton defected as Jim Jones' conspiracy thinking was fueled more by Donald Freed, Mark Lane, and Joe Mazor - and at the same time Leo Ryan was finally ready to visit Jonestown.
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May 03, 2021 I Will Fight
In episode ten Jim Jones officially arrived in Jonestown, and the mood of everything turned dark. The custody dispute over John Victor came to a head, and Jones introduced the first of many White Nights.
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48min
April 19, 2021 The New West Article
In episode nine Jim Jones' ego was feeding from his successes in 1976, however in 1977 things came crashing down. New West Magazine did the first investigation of The Peoples Temple, and it changed everything.
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39min
April 11, 2021 Building the Promised Land
In episode eight Jim Jones finds a place to start building Jonestown. Jones has another run-in with law enforcement, and starts to insert himself with prominent San Francisco politicians.
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32min
April 03, 2021 The Gang of Eight
In episode seven Jim Jones face a defection from The Peoples Temple that makes him become more strict on members. As a result punishments take a drastic turn.
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33min
March 26, 2021 The Peoples Temple vs. Lester Kinsolving
In episode six Jim Jones faces bad publicity for the first time, when Lester Kinsolving writes an eight page series on The Peoples Temple. Jones would escape these articles, but find himself on the radar of the LAPD.
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35min
March 18, 2021 Sleep Is A Luxury, That I Can't Afford
In episode five Jim Jones refused to stop working, so he turned to drugs. Drugs made him paranoid, and his extramarital affairs spiral out of control. He also introduced the Planning Commission, which was the first step in The Peoples Temple becoming an authoritarian system.
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40min
March 10, 2021 Show Me a Capitalist, and I'll Show You a Bloodsucker
In episode four Jim Jones starts to ask more from his followers financially. He experienced failures in returning to Indiana to show off his accomplishments, and failures in taking over Mother Devine's Peace Mission.
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41min
March 03, 2021 Infidelity Admits of No Degrees
In episode three, Jim Jones quickly realized the move to Ukiah, CA isn't a fit for The Peoples Temple due to racism. We also take a look at Jim's manipulation of the Vietnam War, the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr., and his infidelity towards Marceline.
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36min
February 24, 2021 A Revolutionary Cause
Episode two looks at Father Devine, his Peace Mission, and the impact he had on Jim Jones. Jim would use Father Devine's model to mold The Peoples Temple, and make real change for race relations in Indianapolis - only to abruptly leave the US for Brazil.
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41min

FAQs about Promised Land:

How many episodes does Promised Land have?

The podcast currently has 21 episodes available.

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