Peoples Without The Apostrophe

After spending the month of October discussing Ed Gein and the various cinematic adaptations of his crimes, including The Silence of the Lambs, The Texas Chain Saw Massacre, Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho (listen here) and House of 1000 Corpses (listen here), Jenn and I are broadening our perspectives for November.

On the Main Feed, we’re focusing on cults and cult leaders with a look at two different, but complementary examples.

First up: we’re zeroing in on Jim Jones, the Peoples Temple and the notorious Jonestown massacre that killed more than 900 people. It’s a fascinating case that prompts us to consider how people can begin a cause with altruistic motives and the intent to do good, but eventually, absolute power corrupts absolutely. Jones is a prime example of this.

Over time, the horrific mass suicide that occurred in the jungles of Guyana have been...