John Frum OR What if God Was One of Us?
This month it appears we ask the question that no one else really has: what if John Frum were an actual person? Yes, we’re looking at the John Frum Movement on the island of Tanna in the South Pacific. This cargo cult is legendary, but then we start to research who John Frum could have been and things get really interesting from there!
SHOW NOTES
John Frum He Come at the Internet Archive
Waiting for John Frum on YouTube
Article tracing early mentions of John Frum in print
The People of Paradise Cargo Cult 1960 BBC Documentary
The Fantastic Invasion: Another BBC Documentary
The heavy metal band named John Frum
Seb’s Descent Into the Archives
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