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Escape From Jonestown

By: Laurence Bouvard
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    Please note: This title contains graphic audio which some listeners might find upsetting.

    Forty years ago, on Nov. 18, 1978, 914 members of a ""Àúutopian' society deep in the Guyana jungle, known as Jonestown, drank a lethal elixir of Flavor-Aid and cyanide. Tim Carter was in the inner circle of its charismatic leader, Jim Jones. He escaped into the jungle. This is his story.

    This is an Audible Original Podcast. You can download all 6 episodes to your Library now.

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Episodes
  • Ep. 1: In the Beginning

    Ep. 1: In the Beginning
    Nov 9 2018

    Born into an Irish-Catholic family, Tim has enough to eat, clothes on his back and a place to sleep, but things are far from easy. As war looms, Tim turns to military service to escape the strife at home. This won’t be the last time he escapes from one hardship into another.
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    26 mins
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  • Ep. 2: The Road to People's Temple

    Ep. 2: The Road to People's Temple
    Nov 9 2018

    Tim Carter describes the chaos and aftermath of serving in the Vietnam War. Lost in post-war life, he finds solace in a growing movement that will change his life forever.
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    21 mins
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  • Ep. 3: Part of the Solution

    Ep. 3: Part of the Solution
    Nov 9 2018

    In 1970s San Francisco, Tim Carter finds purpose helping the city’s poorest and most vulnerable. Meanwhile the People’s Temple is thrust into the media spotlight.
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    18 mins
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emotionally driven

I didn't want to stop listening.
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this is amazing and I will be listening again and again

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Fascinating insight to a legendary event

I love a great true crime or documentary podcast. This was not something I would have chosen having read books and viewed documentaries on Jones Town. This however gave a different bent and one I enjoyed right up to hearing about where the survivors are now and what they are doing. An easy listening and engaging podcast.

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Interesting, but a little light on detail.

While it was interesting, it didn't offer the depth of information and perspective I hoped for, perhaps because of the short length of the podcast series.

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Very Interesting

This was sad but interesting to hear. The narrator's voice is not very pleasant, but doesn't speak much.

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heart breaking story

story told with Grace and Reverence but heartbreaking and tears at the very Soul of humanity

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interesting slice of history

good listen. narrated well. enjoyed the mixed media of historical audio & the book. sad. good to learn from

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wow

I am truly sorry for all the lives lost. an having to go over it again. truly a sad story

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Jim Jones uncovered

used this for an assignment. Very informative as a supplementary source and to hear people's real accounts of what really happened

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great narrated doco

some original clips with an unfolding narration, great listen for thise who love the details

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A detailed and very personal account.

A detailed and very personal account of the tragic Jonestown story. the final chapter can be hard to hear as a parent.

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