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Jonestown: your home away from home
Reverend James Warren "Jim" Jones Lyrics

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@louib716

17w↑81

Congressman Ryan was a good man who died trying to rescue as many people as he could. RIP. You did your best.

@milla3360

20w↑61

I cannot stop thinking about those children. Those poor, innocent children. And adults who killed them.

@phoque121

13w↑1

When a crime is committed against a child, the culprit is always an adult (except James Bulger)

@user-ek9hg3ip9h

12w↑3

The children haunt me the most also about this fiasco. Why didn't somebody just push over the vat of poison? The whole story just doesn't make sense. There's a lot we don't know. Bless those poor babies 👶 🙏. I appreciate you remembering them, they are not forgotten, at least there are two people that haven't forgotten them. Bless you too.

@ArielisisRuiz77

12w

@@phoque121⁠Not exactly because of the Columbine high school shooter’s were children to! Coward children but they were still children. Also all of the other school shootings that have occurred in this country & probably the entire Earth as well. The nightclubs that were also innocent people that were murdered by the psychopaths that did things like that! Completely disgusting as heck crazy & cruel & evil incarnate resides in them all.

@suzvalentino1901

12w↑2

Back in 1978 when I received my copy of Time mag I was sickened by the pictures I saw that I couldn't even close my eyes to sleep that night thinking about it. It was so unbelievable that one man could do that carnage. Then when I saw the NBC coverage of the congressman there and saw the children singing and laughing and in 24 hours they would be dead it was horrible.

@Angie-jm8kp

11w

@@user-ek9hg3ip9hthere were more than vat of poison and they would have just been killed anyway, there were men stood there with guns so would have achieved nothing.

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@justhuman8503

20w↑117

Congressman Ryan was a brave man, and died for his cause. We don't have such statesmen anymore.

@praxisdragon

16w↑2

Bernie Sanders and AOC are exceptions

@user-xp1bz1nv6j

15w

Ryan was a self publicist, taking up this case was another was for him to get famous. Ended up very famous... Also, Bernice Sanders is a communist and AOC is a donkey joke that got out of hand.

@kxmalahov

15w↑8

is it a joke??@@praxisdragon

@BoringTroublemaker

14w↑1

You mean like Jackie Speier of Ryan’s former district who retired last year? You know, his assistant who was there at Jonestown WITH him and was shot?

@howardirizarry5695

11w

DF@@BoringTroublemaker

@teetee4769

18w↑62

On the actual recording,their was cursing, yelling , kids crying and many did not want to take their lives. There also was a lady who was trying to save the children and got cussed out by the crowd. If you get a chance listen to the actual tape recordings. This scene is to calm.

@peggypasson8794

16w

It's so very sad 😭😭 I now know exactly how working with fear an how they brain wash folks . I always wonder how anyone could get others to follow this insanity . Now I know people actually believe Trump ugh 😢

@claranadine1086

15w↑9

I was thinking the same thing... the actual recordings are absolutely haunting.

@dondada1020

13w↑2

That’s true

@migiplayz91

11w↑1

The 44 minute death tape

@annt.1300

17w↑19

I was 15 years old when this happened and still remember feeling sick to my stomach watching and listening to the news reports about it right after it happened.

@trreb1

11w↑1

I was 11 when that happened. Turned 12 that December after this. I can still remember it as well.

@shawntaybush5543

20w↑37

How this man just left his son there is baffling. I just can’t understand his way of thinking.

@inkybluecompanionanimalres7795

12w

Total.coward and loser

@longwhitemane

11w↑8

Mr. Gosney stated that he wasn't thinking clearly. I am also glad that you don't understand his thinking, because that tells me you haven't been through anything like this situation. There is NO WAY we know how Mr. Gosney feels.

@missdaydreamss

10w

If that place was traumatic and awful that he had to leave, then why leave a child there? Bad parenting.@@longwhitemane

@jessicasmith5728

28w↑102

This documentary was well done. Hard to believe it was released 17 years ago. Some of the survivors of Jonestown have sadly pased away as well. This particular special about Jonestown almost felt like a movie and the commentary from survivors added a nice effect. I can relate to being raised with cult teachings since my mom and some of her siblings attended WCG (Worldwide Church of God) in the early to mid '80s. Even after being kicked out of that cult, mom continued to raise my sister and I as if she was still in the church. I missed out on birthdays most years and other holiday celebrations because of this. One thing my mom emphasized was laodiceans, such as myself, dying for the things of God during the Great Tribulation. It scared me so greatly that I began becoming obsessed with the 1999 Christian movie Revelation when I was 13 going on 14 in 2006. I wondered if I would die like the main character Thorold Stone who was virtually beheaded after refusing to take the mark of the beast. It was a scary thought especially for a young teen girl like myself. I was still a baby and I shouldn't have been thinking about death at my age. 😥

One thing Jonestown and WCG had in common were fear tactics. The fact that some defectors including Congressman Leo Ryan and two journalists were killed for trying to leave showed how powerful this cult was. Jim Jones obviously had a mental illness and took many people down with him. What's still puzzling to me is why did Linda aka Sharon Harris decided to follow Jim Jones' order despite not being at the Jonestown compound? She and her daughter Liane both could've backed out and spared themselves and the children. I believe Sharon was brainwashed. Jim Jones used mind control just like all cult leaders do. Not even his own son wanted to die. I believe his mother Marianne may have saved his life by telling him to go to the basketball game in Georgetown. Stephen could write an autobiography about growing up in a cult. 😓

@sexobscura

23w

using and corrupting the epic poem of John Milton doesn't make this defamatory documentary any more credible
the catholic church (or indeed any faction) has been even worse in their treatment of individuals and families throughout history
humanity will never find the utopia we crave because our instincts are too incredibly basic
our intelligence and compassion is always beaten, undermined and mutilated by our anger and hatred
we are a species of the lost
and a shimmer of listlessness

@geegeestarks2608

15w↑4

Whew! That was long but worth reading. Thanks for sharing

@dariusdavisobadiyahu6121

13w↑3

Are you inferring that people that don’t celebrate holidays or birthdays are in cults?

@Itsjustlife33

11w

Yes if you're connected to an organization or a church and you're being told not to celebrate then it's a cult. If it's you individual choice then that's a different matter. @@dariusdavisobadiyahu6121

@laurelpowell8536

11w↑1

My church growing up showed us a film like that (maybe the same one) when I was in middle school. I would obsessively repeat the salvation prayer over and over at night because I was told if you don't really believe you won't be saved. I would wake up each morning terrified that the rapture had happened and i was left behind alone. That church was very fear based and I hated going. As soon as I no longer lived with my father I left Christianity behind.

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@nicoleallen6792

12w↑7

His son grew up to be a very articulate, critical thinker. Nice to see he was strong minded enough to see whats real. Especially since it was his dad.

@trj1442

2y↑32

That was an excellent episode. Thankyou. Geez that must have been tough for Vernon.

@pollutionhead

1y↑3

Love Vernon, had a biracial child, even though he was gay. The mother i believe was left brain dead after birth. He then lost their son in Jonestown and then died a few years ago i believe from complications due to heart surgery.Loves ya Vernon, you speak so pashionately and you and Stephen made this so interesting!

@dawnemile7499

16w↑16

I visited Guyana in 1978.earlier in the year before the muder suicides happened. It was shocking because Guyana is such a backwater. Later my cousin, who lived there, said she saw Jonestown before anything untoward happened. It was located on a road cleared through the jungle where she drove a jeep on her way to Brazil and wondered what this encampment was all about. Most people in Guyana knew nothing about Jonestown before the tradegy erupted. It was kept very secretive.

@clifforddriver9434

20w↑24

These were individuals who lived a life that basically had nothing to offer. So people this impoverished felt like this was an alternative that was better than what they were experiencing stateside. I remember this like it was yesterday. My heart goes out to congressman Ryan. He did his best to bring this to a conclusion. He just didn't expect it to end the way it would eventually.

@lunamai5668

30w↑38

Such a sad outcome 😢

I feel for the families of the ones who passed. And the fact that its so easy to do this to others is so sad and sickening.😢😢😢

@sexobscura

23w

are you even aware enough to realise that governments are manipulating us constantly

@eerieroad

13w↑5

My fourth time watching this, depressing yet fascinating.

@crystalchurch1810

2y↑65

hate to say, well done, or offer too much adulation & appreciation for the quality & outcome of this heart wrenching film. it feels disrespectful to do so. i honestly shed many tears, yet deeply appreciate the quality, work and pains that had to be endured to create this. (to have lived this)i think the timing of the release or at least to my knowledge, holds huge importance both to diligence, introspection and the value of community each simultaneously. thank you to everyone who has contributed to and worked both smart & hard to create this documentary. sincerely 🌙

@trentcruise3084

No great loss🤣

@crystalchurch1810

2y↑9

@Trent Cruise i assume you to be rather privileged as far as not having many great heartbreak and loss, hopefully you have a community and are blessed with knowing that you & your loved ones are safe and sound… (i really do hope that is your true too!) it’s so much harder to brush off the almost unspeakable losses that the families of those who were taken away and lost from their lives in “Jonestown”… i don’t mean to shut your comment down by any means man… just wanted to try to explain how much i truly relate to that strictly human ‘ability’ to relate with the incredible depths of grief & despair those families and communities had to endure… not least of all because of callous behavior by the masses who would be so happy to indoctrinate that “drunk the coolaid” phrase into the english lexicon all too soon. people can be so crass when they want to be and i am kinda just hip to the idea of slowing that perpetuation and acknowledging those sorrows and learning what ever applicable lessons i can.. regardless of the source… gotta take the best &leave out the rest, right ?!? :) lol!
((& i just lost my own barely 18yr old son, mom and 2 grandmothers, in the past few yrs.. so guess i’m still in the storm of it all) we all have our own tragedies and lessons and can relate with one another so well, when we want to..

@emerejayet

2y↑4

@Crystal Church Ignore him, he's made other such immature comments elsewhere on this thread. He needs a dictionary.... over the head lol

@emerejayet

2y↑2

@Crystal Church Much love & prayers from one grieving mother to another 💔 God Bless 🙌 🙏 💚

@pollutionhead

@Emma Jayet Your god didn't bless them, including 300 children!

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@xrisku

29w↑8

Interview with the son was fascinating

@miguelsonofzeus

2y↑36

The acting is superb!

@tatianabarrow

13w↑1

All I’m gonna say is this was some good acting and production in general. Good job 👏

@AJNaffiliate

22w↑4

This is such a well made documentary

@kairi3177

30w↑26

Although one cant deny the tragedy of this event the guy playing Jim Jones is quite good. Ive never understood how Vernon could leave his son there.

@iainlee4274

26w↑1

He could he leave Jonestown to become a police officer in Hawaii and care for the child at the same time? lol, yes they let him into the police force.

@MrDash03

18w↑12

Even in his youth Jim Jones was a sick individual. The things I researched about him were disturbing.

@profitess7601

12w↑3

How can you just leave your son?? That's crazy!

@Usedw0tm8

29w↑7

Ok this is one of my favorite documentaries I've ever seen, but Jones looks like Patrick Wilson playing Elvis.

@ratz2891

16w↑4

You guys need to make a movie about this

@jin_nnie

30w↑16

This is literally being reimagined in a town here in the Philippines. Its sad

@user-cj9yo3qe2l

13w↑1

WHERE? do not just say the country what is the location unless it is lies

@HotPinkPussyCat

21w↑87

I can't get 5 people together for an outing, but this dude gets 914 people to end thier lives...unbelievable right. History is utterly fascinating!!

@catmoore2443

20w↑21

A lot of them were murdered by his guards. They didn't drink the coolaid .

@barbaraknight4203

19w↑13

Forced to

@VintageRose75

18w↑9

Three hundred of them were children who had no choice, and I would venture to say a majority of the adults were forced, too.

@jgd777

18w↑2

He worshipped the 👿

@saulcarvajal7911

17w↑6

It’s all about giving motivating speeches. He knew what people wanted to hear and just said it. No magic there. Still works today.

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@kingoffire9373

12w↑2

He essentially put all of his drug fueled paranoia, anger and fear directly on to the people, he was insane, depressed, angry and confused so he felt that his followers had to be. Horrible tragedy and even after it he took the easy way out. It is a tragic look into the twists and chasms that the human mind can create for itself and how it can spread to others. He did get one thing right by having the sign "Those who do not remember history, are condemned to repeat it." Let us never forget this, and let us never repeat it.

@paco680

17w↑15

Congressman Ryan was a true hero, sad that he had to die for this cause😢

@ljdeguzman6815

30w↑240

I'm here because of what is happening in the Philippines. Praying it will not end like this one.

@movierecaptagalog5713

30w↑3

Same

@gemarttutorials7851

30w↑3

Same

@Rogentx

30w↑32

Now I am curious on what is happening there?

@markus33able

30w↑30

@@RogentxSEARCH FOR SBSI ITS LIKE A JONESTOWN BUT AT THE TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN

@rexmichaelfrancisco1033

29w

Sameeee

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@DKdoomboom

30w↑31

This man took advantage of their hopelessness.......thats heartbreaking whether or not anyone believes they were gullible and allowed themselves to be manipulated....they didnt deserve what happened to them, not a single one of them

@saulcarvajal7911

30w

This man was also hopeless and tormented. There are no good guys here.

@barbaraknight4203

19w↑4

Turmoil if you trust people like his dad. I'll never forget this tragedy 💔

@HotPinkPussyCat

21w↑23

As a nurse, or just someone with common sense, watching Jim "heal" a day old broken leg...no way! I'd of ran 🏃‍♀️ away from these brainwashed brothers and sisters, and fast. It's so sad, especially for the children who had no choice. 😢

@TechnoLaserSword

15w↑2

Oooh, ' run away '? Ok, now you realize with a broken leg, one is going to be at the mercy of whomever is around , right? Sorry, that choice of words XD im sure one would love to run.

@dawnemile7499

16w↑7

Sharon was just as crazy as Jones.

@judijohnson5555

11w

So very horrifying words cannot express 😢😢😢

@thesummerofsam

2y↑3

Fellow true crime channel here!! Amazing vid. Subbed! x

@NukSooKow-yp9py

41w↑169

I cannot, no matter how extreme this tragic story is, get my head around the fact that people were so easily fooled and influenced by this lunatic and others like it. It's like masses of people did not have a natural instinct long before they were doomed.

@stephf2053

40w

We just encountered a similar happening with covid and the vaccines. Look how many people fell right in line. People's livelihoods were threatened and some are still feeling the loss of jobs, homes and families. But you cannot convince them otherwise because they refuse to listen.
Yep, I witnessed the acts of people that I never dreamed possible, simply out of manufactured fear driven by the government, media and pharmaceutical companies. We haven't seen anything yet.

@jodziebear665

39w↑29

People are like that to this day. So sad

@djbaron1704

38w

He was a industry plant for Mk ultra..

@gmpanicroom5279

38w↑29

Unfortunately Jim Jones played on their faith in the lord. He spent years learning how to manipulate people. And they loved and worshiped him

@krdiaz8026

37w↑23

There are personality traits which make someone likely to join a cult: high agreeableness and low conscientiousness. Joining a cult is not the same as staying in the cult. Once you had joined, the cult takes away your possessions and separate you from your family and friends to make it difficult to leave. There is also fear, manipulation, black mail, etc.

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@slapeters2004

47w↑13

Very well done documentary of such a terrible event in history.

@valentinealusa7406

26w↑13

It happened in Kenya a couple of weeks ago,some pastor told his followers to starve to death so that they can meet Jesus,among them were women and children,it's so tragic may their soul Rest in perfect peace 😭🕊🌹

@saulcarvajal7911

26w↑2

We’re all going to the pit

@day1avsfan907

50w↑44

What a coward, made the children suffer from the poison but he takes the easy way out

@falcon3268

22w↑1

Indeed, Jim Jones is nothing more than a coward.

@coreencasey5109

20w↑7

Its beyond comprehension that one man can have so much power over so many people. I have never in my life been a “ sheep”.

@christiansoldier77

19w

@coreencasey5109 You are probably just as much of a sheep as those people

@arniezanzibar5309

1y↑28

What are they talking about Paradise Lost on November 18 1978, it was never a paradise, it was run like a southern slave plantation, it was never a paradise from Start to end.

@jmsomino7064

30w↑5

They used the term paradise to what was promised by Jones to the people.

@failyourwaytothetop937

11w↑1

I could see myself in Jonestown because I am attracted to those simple communal lifestyles in a community setting. If Jim would not have gone to those violent extremes, it could have functioned.

@azteca8037

19w↑11

Why Vernon Gosney selfishly leave his sin behind when he had a chance to bring him along?

@eibhlinnichrualoai

1y↑23

The more I look into this mass murder the more questions I am left with...

@saulcarvajal7911

30w↑1

There’s nothing to think about. It’s very simple but you won’t understand it.

@davidortega357

11w

This story reminded me of this California San Diego County man who deceive about forty men to commit suicide and get on board to a comet in space travel to obliviannous outerspace.back in 1997

@Mar.ina.

51w↑57

Out of all documentary I ever seen this has to be the worst to watch! No words can describe the hell these poor people went through😢 It’s heartbreaking and scary how he brainwashed so many innocent people. This is not a mass suicide, it’s mass murder, all because of one mentally ill man! Just the thought of how scared the kids must have been when they were forced to drink the flavour-aid makes me cry😢 innocent kids who have to trust that their parents/adult around protect them from danger and pain😢 The survivors must feel they were lucky to survive, but imagine how much pain and horror they have witness😢 I really regret listening to the actual audio from Jones himself, demanding parents give their kids “the medicin” and sound so evil when he said they don’t cry because of pain (when he KNEW that drinking it is extremely painful! So painful the coward didn’t even drink it himself…). Rest in peace all the innocent children and adults who was poisoned to death brutally😢❤ Hope they all is in a better place now❤️❤️ Religion can be a good thing but also very dangerous when “wrong people” is in charge! Please be safe everyone and don’t end up in a deadly religious cult😔❤️

@louwinters508

24w↑5

Dreadful. That so few survived.
And so many died for nothing.

@kyleshiflet9952

1y↑49

I personally belive Jonestown was gonna happen one way or another even if Leo Ryan never showed up

@edgybarbie77

Oh for sure. Jim Jones started stockpiling cyanide among other things before his followers actually got to Guyana. There is a paper trail proving that.

@msrain1235

1y↑1

Agree 💯. They practiced suicide drills long before November 18th.

@ohwell94

44w↑2

I agree

@TheJpep2424

42w↑9

Yes just a matter of time. He constantly talked of death and suicide and had many trial runs. It was an evil movement from day one that was always going to end this way.

@kairi3177

30w↑2

Agreed.....it was a sad inevitability. In his drugged state with his inner circle of people enabling him, anybody from outside or within would've set him off at that point. Tragically it was Leo Ryan and relatives but it could've been anyone.

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@pamelamays4186

20w↑6

Those poor innocent babies!😢

@wayanthegreat-qk1bw

19w

Amazing

@Firefly420

11w

Denis Leary as Jim Jones was such a good casting

@katherinecollins4685

2y↑4

Very interesting

@dragonclaws9367

13w↑1

His son is amazing. I feel for him. He must have survivors guilt badly. ❤ He is empathetic to equal his father's callousness.

@ipocrita4825

39w↑17

Seems like Senator just underestimated the craziness of Jim Jones and some fanatics... sad

@rebeccanorris8687

18w↑2

I was a teenager when this happened, it flooded the newspapers everyday.

@cody8748

15w↑4

What’s the most sad is that Stephan Jones wanted to try and go back to Jonestown and save everyone after hearing the code phrase but they realized they were outgunned by the red brigade at Jonestown 😢

@teomgall9134

30w↑9

Really sad story , why people get easily fooled 😢

@lizrogers4819

2y↑63

... They wanted a better life, and met their death.😢
God bless these lost souls, hope they are at peace in heaven, especially the poor innocent children. 🚸

@trentcruise3084

2y↑1

🤣😂🤣😂

@emerejayet

2y↑15

@Trent Cruise if you haven't got anything even half decent to say & seem to find this whole thing extremely amusing.... how about you gtfo.
Have the day you deserve.

@saulcarvajal7911

41w

😂😂😂😂

@pabloarmandobritosferreira2042

29w

Tenho certeza que as crianças estão no Céu. Elas eram inocentes, e foram sacrificadas por um lunático... Um abraço fraterno desde o Uruguai. Deus os abençoe.

@matthewbryant958

24w↑26

It’s so sad watching the home videos knowing they all died especially the children, not sure how people can support Vernons decision to leave his child there either. What a disgrace no parent would leave there child behind knowing the dangers. So selfish

@Maddiethedumbasslesbian

21w

I haven’t watched up to that part in awhile, but I remember he literally had no choice and/or cause he might’ve reported them for trying to leave

@oladokunkolawole4675

14w↑1

Indeed a selfish man he was, if he has requested to bring his child along, he would’ve been permitted, he literally got his son kille

@BoringTroublemaker

14w↑2

Yeah, his son would have been shot. Interesting that you can claim to know what the “right” choice was when you weren’t there.

@marlyb176

13w

@@BoringTroublemaker yes, but the thing is he obviously didn’t know that that would’ve happened. Let’s say the shooting didn’t happen and the defectors were able to return back to the US safety, he would’ve left his son anyway to have been killed. He himself knew that Jim Jones was in a forest character, but yet somehow he thought that his child being raised there would be better than him returning with him.

@BoringTroublemaker

13w↑3

@@marlyb176 the fact is that it was an impossible situation and unless you were there and in his shoes YOU have no right to judge his choices made under intense stress and under duress of a cult. Only a handful of people survived that day either way, so playing Monday morning quarterback to a massacre, claiming you would have done better is not only in poor taste - it’s lacking all self awareness and empathy

@billieeee5944

30w↑3

Watching here because of the SBSI controversy here in my country .

@nyteshayde1197

14w↑1

I have a few core memories of historical note: 9/11, The Oklahoma City Bombing, The Space Shuttle Explosion, and Jonestown. All of them left an indelible mark on me. I was 7 when Jim Jones killed all of those people. I remember watching the news footage with my parents. Very sad day.

@lionelswart1390

23w↑2

Truly tragic

@golbatgirl

13w

My heart goes to those that survived this. They lost everything and everyone they knew because of the will of one charismatic man. I pray we learn from this event so we don't experience it in the future.

@VintageRose75

18w↑13

Vern thought it would be better for his son to leave him there, yet he was intent on escaping!? Sounds like Vern always looks out for #1.

@SugarSugarCreek

15w↑5

Right? He said he had a sense of foreboding.... for himself apparently. He could have saved his son, or at least died trying

@Davian_James

12w↑1

Dudes, a coward!

@maxpeck4154

2y↑26

The actor playing Leo Ryan really looks like him

@msrain1235

Agree

@whoistrue

13w↑12

The lack of empathy and remorse from that so-called father is disturbing.

@user-ek9hg3ip9h

12w

What is he supposed to do? Start balling his eyes out on this show? Judge less ye be judged.

@gertrudesregis9166

11w

LATE VIEWER FROM PHILIPPINES

@fifthfreedom7

2y↑36

I remember this on the news when i was in my early teens- i just could not comprehend how so many people would submit to suicide- now i understand more- and in todays world how billions are brainwashed to thinking and acting in ways of those who know how to control the mind- and leverage technology to amplify this power

@crystalchurch1810

2y↑5

absolutely! in large groups, or tribal like communities, we as humans are so powerful and yet can so easily be lost in the common hype… it’s so important to keep things in perspective and hold on to our better judgment, keeping a (small d) democratic philosophy and ensuring that we are not jumping on any “bandwagon” for the sake of keeping the chants going, no matter how “mesmerizing” the commonality of finding ‘your people’…

i think i said that right, i’ve seen crowds at giant concerts get crazy and almost frightening how much folks, including myself, get caught up in it all… reminds me so much of wwII and how many otherwise good and kind families got so caught up in the furor… they fused their identities, relationships, lives & their families lives into that nazi mentality… knowing that we’re all just as capable of being so grossly corrupted is only redeemed by our ability to wake up from our trances and rethink and dispose of repugnant ideas and stories we have so blindly put our faith, energy & time into…

if only we knew now, when we we were younger…🎶 we could all just get along and know how gorgeous & precious we, our youthful strength, energy and time was. :)
aloha & thanks!

@toppinzr3743

There was a lot of outright deception involved - like, Jim Jones told his followers that Guyanese soldiers were in the jungle and would shoot people who tried to escape from Jonestown.
And he fed them paranoia about nuclear war and what would happen as a result of the murder of Leo Ryan.

@wigglyennui

2y↑106

RIP Vernon Gosney. I know he always regretted leaving his son there.

@mintyglamour

2y↑11

Oh my god, I had no idea he died!

@wigglyennui

2y↑18

@jackie marie last year :( after these events, he went on to be one of the first openly gay police officers

@jaybeeb2268

2y↑2

@wig he literally knew it was too dangerous for him to stay yet he leaves a defenceless 4 year old there, sounds about g4y tbh

@keysersoze6156

1y↑1

As he should have regretted it. What father would leave their son there, in a place where he knew he himself wasn't safe? I would have murdered Jones before I'd have EVER left my son. I'm not having go at the man. He made the choice he made and he and his son had to pay for it. Sadly. How I wish he would have made a better decision.

@ryderwould7194

43w↑3

@@wigglyennuihe was gay?

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@rhea9419

30w↑6

Those poor children 😭

@zurirobinson2749

12w↑1

1:18:50 This scene always gets me. I wish she had taken the little ones outside with her and made a break for it into the cab. Hopefully it would be too fast for the mother to react, and then she and her siblings would have lived. I'm near her age- I first saw this documentary during the pandemic, and I remembered when I outlived her- and I can't understand why she didn't break for it, why she didn't fight to survive. I understand the power of filial loyalty- I grew up with a mother that had a brain tumor and I followed her into situations where, in hindsight, we could have been killed. But I'd like to think that if I knew that my little brother and I were going to die if I didn't fight, especially if this happened now or a few years ago as opposed to when I was little, I would have fought.

@noella9234

2y↑14

Pure nightmare!

@annetteglover5036

2y↑65

He could have provided these people with something really great but with the paranoia, due to drug abuse, he ruined everything. He slid down a dangerous path and took so many innocent people with him. That's the problem with cult leaders. They get power happy and abuse that power in every way

@trentcruise3084

At least he kept them hydrated with Kool-Aid🤣

@tugbankert6581

2y↑7

Jim Jones nor any other man or woman cannot provide anything other than maybe some friendship. Jesus is the only one with something to offer. The least of what Jesus offers is better than the best a man can offer.

@toppinzr3743

2y↑3

@Tug Bankert Jesus was a man.

@tugbankert6581

2y↑2

@toppinzr you are 100% right. He was also God in the flesh and 100% God

@ProphetJayWyatt

@Trent Cruise Should've been Fla-Vor-Aid...

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@AndreaAlorah

2y↑123

I only feel bad for the children, they had no control over what happened to them.

@ydcee3123

2y↑22

It's a tragedy all around. Judge not lest ye be judged. Many were forced to take the poison.
Some things you should keep to yourself.

@Qotsarena

1y↑24

Many of them were injected or strangled / shot. They didn’t want to die.

@papasul29

1y↑3

I agree with you

@colintillery2805

A lot of them were forced by injection or killed by the hands of their own people.

@saulcarvajal7911

41w↑1

Death is a million times more preferable than 10 more days of this life.

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@juliamason8393

2y↑49

My brother wanted to go to Jonestown but since he was not 18 my parents would not let him go.

@007janerussell

2y↑15

Wow, have you talked to him about it after they all died?? Thank gosh your parents stopped it

@juliamason8393

2y↑16

@Jane Russell we did after the news of what happened there was on tv. I was about 15-16 when it happened

@crystalchurch1810

2y↑14

thank goodness for protective parents and families that care enough to keep us as safe as possible… it’s heartbreaking just how tempting it can be, how often & easily “we”can be lead to dangerous ends and how often the best of intentions can be useless in the face of fear and people in quest for their own egos/power…

@juliamason8393

2y↑11

@Crystal Church So true. My brother did not go to Jonestown and lost interest in Jim Jones .

@Vdudman

14w

Did he go to somebody else instead?

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@hudthestud6758

28w↑40

I am actually really shocked they interviewed the son for this documentary. In my opinion he is just as bad as Jim Jones. If any of you listen to certain Jonestown audio tapes, you can hear how truly awful and disgusting Stephan Jones is as a person. He made members “salute him” whenever they were called on the stage and threatened violence if they didn’t. He was 19 years old in 1978. Definitely old enough to know it was wrong.

@dionmarbury

27w↑8

Yeah.. I see snake all over him. He's not so innocent....

@saulcarvajal7911

26w

Evidence?

@hudthestud6758

26w↑1

@@saulcarvajal7911 Jim Jones violent white night part 2 and skip to 5 minutes and 30 seconds. Plenty more evidence I can dig for you, one instance being where he says word for word to a member “salute me or ill break your neck”

@iainlee4274

26w↑3

The more FOIA requests are fulfilled, the quieter the "survivors" become in giving interviews and such lol.

@cezra833

24w↑24

I disagree. He was a child of a cult leader, that had to have massively warped his upbringing and sense of self. I think that as an adult he would have had to have had major therapy to have a chance at being a normal, regular guy. He definitely wasn't as bad as Jim Jones and I wouldn't blame him for what happened or his actions caused by such a stressful, weird upbringing. Now, if he committed offences after leaving Jonestown or behaved in such a manner as you accuse, then his actions would certainly be more suspect.

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@paulzeigler7616

11w

So twisted & disturbing. I never knew the facts behind this tragedy, and never knew that the delegation led by congressman Ryan had all been murdered. All but one survivor.

@user-wr5gr3vb3g

11w

In a literal sense of the words : Don't drink the coolaid haha
😢

@iamthepapi6251

41w↑12

Its so hard to concieve the images and reality of the moments this took place...

@saulcarvajal7911

41w

I would’ve loved to die there that day.

@emadoyejoanne4448

15w↑3

from BBC documentary about TB Joshua to this , may God help us .

@user-ek9hg3ip9h

12w↑1

CIA and the State Department knew about the shenanigans going on at Jonestown. This story is WAY more complex and sinister. Jimmy Carter's wife was friends with the maniac Jones. Many other weird things. 😮

@luceroyumilkat.6702

30w↑4

Here because of SBSI

@dawnemile7499

16w↑1

Imagine being 21 and so under the control of a crazy mother.

@thegroundsfloor

2y↑25

Can't believe in Christ and believe you are him at the same time.

@pollutionhead

1y↑1

Not even at a fancy dress party? I'll grow a beard, is that ok?

@milimdestroyer9058

47w↑6

Because it is written God warn us many times many will pretend to be God

@captaincosback323

31w

Amen

@ljohnson1908

21w↑6

I always wondered if that man purposely left his son.

@LeedsUnitedJohn

31w↑2

Heartbreaking

@FayeBuenarte

30w↑27

He was reincarnated. This is happening now in the Philippines. Everything is similar. This is now being investigated in the Senate.

@mariaretinasarmiento1050

30w↑5

So true and thank God our government is doing it's job to rescue people in that cult

@tiffanygotgame

13w↑2

Why didn’t the congressman just have the president get some us soldiers to go out there with them. Maybe things wouldve been different maybe they would’ve survived

@UncleDavesKitchen

11w

We were in his church until he moved to California. It was so much fun going to church with all the other kids, it was like a small town. I was little, so I didn't pick up on the tension the adults did. Jim used to have what looked like a round ball float out of his abdomen and draw back in. I saw it many times and talked about it but no one else saw it. I saw it happen multiple times over a few years. My mom told me Jim was doing God's work and God worked in mysterious ways so I assumed it was some spiritual thing he did. I've no idea what it was. Several times he came up behind me and held me tight to him and the round bubble would float through me and come out of my abdomen. I looked down thinking I was seeing an act of God. it withdrew back into him. I felt nothing, but it was the same large bubble I saw float out of him many times. I think someone told him I could see this bubble and he purposely held me close to him so I could see he could make it move through me, too.

I've no idea what it was and never saw anything like it ever since. We did not follow him on to California but some family members did. I would have forgotten about him but always thought of the bubble from his abdomen and also from his eyes, they looked like black donuts sticking from his eyes when he would take his glasses off at times.

@judycochran4473

15w↑1

So sad so very sad.❤

@italyavenue

16w↑1

He wasn’t paranoid. He wasn’t stressing out over imaginary enemies. He was stressing out over being right. People really were “after” him. Ryan wasn’t just there to conduct a welfare check. I’d hope you wouldn’t believe that. There was a lot more to this one.

@daemikal09

13w

So let us know what the “more” was to this tragedy.

@andrewwinslow9315

31w↑18

Vernon Gosney passed away in 2021 due to Surgical complications.

Rest In Peace Mr. Gosney, you are with your son now, your life was not in vain.

@oladokunkolawole4675

14w

I doubt it

@yellowjacket588

14w↑2

I never liked democrats but Congressman Ryan at least had the backbone to put his own life on the line for these people, the problem is that he didn’t bring any armed security.

@stjimmy831

2y↑13

the true origin story of saul goodman

@keysersoze6156

1y↑4

Glad I'm not the only one who thought "why the hell is Bob Odenkirk playing Jim Jones" 😳 🤔 😐 🙄 😕 🤣

@mccoolie

35w

as soon as i saw, i was like "oh my goodness it is bob odenkirk!"

@maureenobrien3250

20w↑1

😢so sad..poor babies

@tobyking8046

1y↑16

Dennis leary did a good job as Jim jones

@KarolinaBernolak

49w↑2

tobyking8046 i think you mistoke deniss leary with Rick Roberts Rick Roberts played jim jones

@micahrutland9021

13w

Haha that's what I kept thinking

@jermainelong1843

11w↑1

The lesson: if any mere human claims to be a saviour, run in the opposite direction.

@patriotmom9053

11w

In these days we have preachers who use circus tents as their church to act this way. Scary. The history being repeated. Who has armed guards at their church. Pastor locke and Jimmy jones. Enough said

@mrcolemans4504

22w↑10

People need to read the bible for themselves 😊

@SOULRELIEF22

49w↑5

"Therefore rejoice, ye heavens, and ye that dwell in them. Woe to the inhabiters of the earth and of the sea! for the devil is come down unto you, having great wrath, because he knoweth that he hath but a short time."
Revelation 12:12!

@TERoss-jk9ny

19w↑7

These people were/are lost. Instead of seeking out Christ, and experiencing a true relationship with Him, they put their faith in Man…
So very sad.

@Noone-rt6pw

21w↑2

Can you imagine the federal charges that'd been pressed if alive.

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