Ever heard the term “drinking the Kool-Aid”? It all started with Jim Jones and his people’s temple cult in the 1970s. After outspoken support from people like Jane Fonda and First Lady Roselyn Carter, he led his followers to the jungles of Guyana in South America in 1978. In the end, over 900 people drank his cyanide-laced Kool-Aid. 

Ever heard the term “drinking the Kool-Aid”? It all started with Jim Jones and his people’s temple cult in the 1970s. After outspoken support from people like Jane Fonda and First Lady Roselyn Carter, he led his followers to the jungles of Guyana in South America in 1978. In the end, over 900 people drank his cyanide-laced Kool-Aid.

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Love a good, juicy story that goes beyond what we already know? We're talking scandalous presidential family members, a mass murder at a world-famous architect's home, stolen inventions, nude athletes at the first Olympics, compulsive liars, the arrival of the bikini, and so much more. History fanatic Patty Steele tells you the inside backstories you didn’t know you needed to know.

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The Backstory: Drinking the Kool-Aid – the Jonestown massacre

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Artemis 2 blasted off this week on NASA&rsquo;s first manned trip into deep space in over 50 years. How did we get there and where are we going? The answers are both fascinating and inspirational.
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The Backstory: Artemis 2: To the Moon . . . And Beyond

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It’s Been 161 Years Since the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He’s Considered Our Greatest President. His Wife Mary Todd Lincoln However, Hasn’t Fared So Well in the Historical Narrative. But There’s a Deeper, More Complex Reason for That.

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It&rsquo;s Been 161 Years Since the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln. He&rsquo;s Considered Our Greatest President. His Wife Mary Todd Lincoln However, Hasn&rsquo;t Fared So Well in the Historical Narrative. But There&rsquo;s a Deeper, More Complex Reason for That.
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The Backstory: Mary Todd Lincoln: Hellcat or Victim? 

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Lizzie Borden was a church going New England heiress . . who was suspected of taking an ax to the heads of her father and stepmother back in 1892. But what led to the murders and the surprising verdict from the jury? Feel free to DM me if you have a story you’d like me to cover . . on Facebook it’s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele

Lizzie Borden was a church going New England heiress . . who was suspected of taking an ax to the heads of her father and stepmother back in 1892. But what led to the murders and the surprising verdict from the jury? Feel free to DM me if you have a story you&rsquo;d like me to cover . . on Facebook it&rsquo;s Patty Steele and on Instagram Real Patty Steele

The Backstory: What Do O.J. Simpson and Lizzie Borden Have in Common?

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The Backstory: Drinking the Kool-Aid – the Jonestown massacre

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