Oct 9

Driven to Murder: Why Ellen Pakkies Killed Her Own Son

In 2007, Ellen Pakkies strangled her drug-addicted son after six years of abuse, theft, and violence. Her trial revealed a childhood of neglect, institutional failures, and a community ravaged by tik. The judge gave her a suspended sentence. Today, she campaigns for Cape Town may ... Show More

1h 18m

Sep 28

Unsolved: The Servant Girl Annihilator

In 1880s Austin, Texas, a serial killer stalked domestic servants, brutally murdering eight people with axes before vanishing into history. The police failed spectacularly, private detectives proved useless, and two husbands faced murder trials. Was the killer a local man named N ... Show More

1h 22m

Sep 24

Unsolved: The Yoghurt Shop Murders

In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered at an Austin yogurt shop. For decades, the case was plagued by wrongful arrests, coerced confessions, and constitutional violations. Finally, in 2025, advanced DNA testing identified serial killer Robert Brashers as the true perp ... Show More

2h 32m

Oct 2025

CULTS: Jonestown

In 1955, Jim Jones founded the Peoples Temple. By 1978, he led more than 900 of his followers to their deaths. From political power plays to psychological torture in the Guyanese jungle, this episode of Conspiracy Theories, Cults, & Crimes exposes how one man’s delusions led to o ... Show More

42m 24s

Dec 2023

Was the Jonestown Massacre Orchestrated by the CIA?

Explore the chilling depths of the Jonestown massacre in our latest episode! Unravel the truth behind the tragedy, dissect conspiracy theories, and question Jim Jones' role—victim or tyrant? Uncover the shocking revelations now! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.f ... Show More

51m 24s

Jul 2018

Jim Jones

Jim Jones was the cult leader and founder of the People’s Temple. Known for his extreme beliefs on Christianity, socialist politics, and racial equality, Jones is infamous for the mass murder-suicide he led of over 900 of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana. Urging his church’s me ... Show More

44m 22s

Mar 2022

Murder Made Me Famous: Jim Jones

Jim Jones was the cult leader and founder of the People’s Temple. Known for his extreme beliefs on Christianity, socialist politics, and racial equality, Jones is infamous for the mass murder-suicide he led of over 900 of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana. Urging his church’s me ... Show More

44m 18s

Oct 2022

Jonestown Pt. 1

At the command of Jim Jones, more than 900 followers of The Peoples Temple drank a beverage laced with cyanide in an act that Jones labeled “revolutionary suicide.” But was this truly a mass suicide, or was it a mass murder? And why do some people think Jim Jones faked his own de ... Show More

1h 2m

Oct 2022

Jonestown Pt. 1

At the command of Jim Jones, more than 900 followers of The Peoples Temple drank a beverage laced with cyanide in an act that Jones labeled “revolutionary suicide.” But was this truly a mass suicide, or was it a mass murder? And why do some people think Jim Jones faked his own de ... Show More

1h 1m

Nov 2022

Jonestown Pt. 2

With more than 900 people dead, the Jonestown Massacre has sparked many theories over the past 40 years. Did the government have a hand in these deaths? Could the cult have been connected to the mysterious MK-Ultra program? And was Jim Jones murdered, or did he fake his own death ... Show More

58m 21s

Nov 2022

Jonestown Pt. 2

With more than 900 people dead, the Jonestown Massacre has sparked many theories over the past 40 years. Did the government have a hand in these deaths? Could the cult have been connected to the mysterious MK-Ultra program? And was Jim Jones murdered, or did he fake his own death ... Show More

59m 21s

Jan 2018

Episode 300: Jonestown Part I - Everyone in the World Is My Friend

<p>On this, our 300th episode, we begin our full-treatment journey into the life and mind of Jim Jones, the cult leader who, in 1978, was responsible for the deaths of over 900 people. So how did they get to that point? Tune in to our series to find out!</p> <p>Samba Isobel Kevi ... Show More

1h 43m

Jim Jones and the Jonestown Massacre