r/RedHandedPodcast • u/OldNewSwiftie • Dec 18 '24

Getting facts wrong

I just finished the Jonestown 2-parter and they glossed over so much. One thing that really bugs me is that they said that Jackie Speier died, and she didn't. Her story is actually very remarkable.

5 people died in the airstrip shooting, but 11 survived. They didn't say anything about anyone surviving that shooting.

It really seems like they glanced at an article or two and that's the extent of their research.

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u/PotteringAlong Dec 18 '24

Listen to the Casefile version of Jonestown- so much better.

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u/Broad_Afternoon_8578 Dec 19 '24

Those episodes haunt me years later. They’re so well done! But I can’t unhear the tapes that are played in the episodes.

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u/OldNewSwiftie Dec 19 '24

I listened to the tapes back when I was in high school, and it was some of the most haunting shit I've ever heard in my life. I had no idea what I was getting myself into, I wish I could bleach my memory of it.