9. Cults: Jonestown Women & Magdalena Solis - a podcast by Pink Collar Pod

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Rachel shares the case of the Jonestown women. She discusses Marceline Jones (the wife of Jim Jones), Carolyn Layton (his mistress), Annie Moore (his nurse), and Maria Katsaris (a loyal follower). These women all entered Jonestown hoping to advocate for social change, but ended up contributing to the massacre of hundreds of people. Nathalie shares the case of Magdelena Solís, a serial killer and cult leader in Mexico. She was responsible for the ritualistic torturing and killing of her followers, and even went as far as ceremonially drinking the blood of her victims.

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Rachel's sources

Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & People’s Temple

https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/

Mass Suicide at Jonestown, by David Hume Kennerly

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/mass-suicide-at-jonestown

The 1950s

https://www.history.com/topics/cold-war/1950s

Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre

https://www.crimeandinvestigation.co.uk/shows/jonestown-the-women-behind-the-massacre/articles/the-women-who-helped-make-jonestown

Survivor: ‘They Started with the Babies”, by Charles A. Krause

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1978/11/21/survivor-they-started-with-the-babies/ec559372-be60-4355-a5fc-f5e306370992/

Race and the Peoples Temple

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/jonestown-race/

Women Are More Susceptible Than Men to Falling Under the Control of Cults, by Marni Soupcoff

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/marni-soupcoff-women-are-more-susceptible-than-men-to-falling-under-the-control-of-cults

Nathalie's Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdalena_Sol%C3%ADs

https://murderpedia.org/female.S/s/solis-magdalena.htm

https://www.ranker.com/list/magdalena-solis-facts/jessika-gilbert

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