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This is the most complicated case of radicalization, groupthink and a cultish following I‘ve ever heard of. The social psychology involved to create a community of over 1,000 and have them all die for the cause is beyond evil. The Jonestown Massacre may go down in history as the most atrocious murder-suicide this world has ever seen.

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The thing I liked best about this particular cult-related book was the focus on the victims and survivors. Scheeres didn't demonize the people who fell under Jim Jones's spell, but instead worked to understand why they chose to leave everything behind and follow him to the jungle of Guyana. Every story has more than one side, and Scheeres did a great job digging into every side of the Jonestown mass-murder/suicide.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Beyond conducting survivor interviews, Scheeres pieced together diary entries, letters, depositions, FBI interviews, and numerous tape recordings found at Jonestown to give us an in-depth look at the Peoples Temple, focusing on details about certain members. This provides explicit information I‘d never read before. It‘s horrifying to learn details of how the revolutionary suicide was carried out. The survivor stories are fascinating.

Today, husband and I went to the Winter Classic! 🏒 This year it was the Blackhawks vs Bruins at Notre Dame Stadium. It was such a cool experience!! However, now, we‘re sitting on our group‘s bus in hellacious traffic *trying* to leave South Bend and return to our hotel in Chicago. WHY DIDN‘T I BRING MY KINDLE?? 😫 Thank the gods for the Kindle app, though. I can grab a few chapters.

Fascinating, horrifying, sad, heartbreaking.

Been wanting to read this forever! True crime combined with a religious cult is fascinating to me! #currentread

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I'm sure everyone is familiar with Columbine by now but I haven't often seen A Thousand Lives mentioned. This is a heartbreaking book that details the origins of People's Temple, run by Jim Jones, and how 900+ people would eventually die at Jonestown. It's a must-read for anyone who wants to understand how one man can lead hundreds to their deaths.

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An interesting read. I didn't know a lot about Jonestown or Jim Jones, so this was very eye opening for me, and terribly tragic. Well written and good stories about several members who joined the church.

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A look at the victims and survivors of Jonestown.

Informative. Well written. Terrifying.