Jonestown Mass Suicide: Revisiting The Cult That Ended With The Deaths Of 900

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It began as charismatic preacher Jim Jones’ attempt to build a socialist utopia, but it ended with the deaths of more than 900 people in a remote settlement in Guyana known as Jonestown. NBC’s Joe Fryer reports the second installment of TODAY’s “Cults & Crimes” series.
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Jonestown Mass Suicide: Revisiting The Cult That Ended With The Deaths Of 900 | TODAY

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@betmynamespookedyou4665 6 жыл бұрын

This was a mass murder not suicide

@Clandsom 4 жыл бұрын

The audio tape shows that most seemed to enthusiastically agree with Jones. They cheered for the murders at the airstrip!

@DhirC35 4 жыл бұрын

Suicide. They chose to drink it knowing it was cyanide. People are so dumb that they let god blur their vision of the real world

@user-hg9tb8xp1n 4 жыл бұрын

Pro_Rman and what about all the people who it was forcibly injected into and those who were shot?

@benfernandez9939 4 жыл бұрын

Pro_Rman No. People are dumb when they let their idea of God blur them. God would never want this Deuteronomy 23:17 literally says, There shall be no cult among the sons and daughters of Israel. It’s not suicide when people were shot and poisoned

@selina4233 4 жыл бұрын

@@DhirC35 about 50 people got shot because they didn't wanna drink it

@campervanelvisitoofonyou8720 6 жыл бұрын

Jim Jones looked like a bootleg Elvis Presley

@haumea420 5 жыл бұрын

Omg yeah he did!!!

@jamescook9401 5 жыл бұрын

An evil one!

@Nonaryfame 5 жыл бұрын

He did that intentionally to look cool

@winogirlll 5 жыл бұрын

Camper Van Elvis I toof on you he had a huge face!

@princeofdarknessxyz1 5 жыл бұрын

he left the building alright

@lolemogirl1 4 жыл бұрын

It’s not suicide when you have to choose between drinking poison, or being gunned down

@batteryrayne943 4 жыл бұрын

Trump Da Stoner forced suicide is murder

@bmoshareholderappleshareho855 3 жыл бұрын

Forced suicide is murder.

@bando3825 3 жыл бұрын

@Suprise, Eviction NoticeWhat does that have to do with her intelligence?

@demonwizard2162 3 жыл бұрын

Being gunned down is the better option Idd rather get shot than drimk pioson.

@thrashgordon1312 3 жыл бұрын

666 like

@MachoMan_Vert 4 жыл бұрын

I very surprised that Hollywood still didn't made this into a movie.

@williamstriumph9463 4 жыл бұрын

South park did when all the cows commited suicide

@mocah8174 4 жыл бұрын

AHS touched on it

@angelusvastator1297 4 жыл бұрын

Technically not Hollywood, but Outlast 2 is practically the same as this.

@blunthonest1 4 жыл бұрын

Because Hollywood won't dare make it's political party (crazy dems) look bad in a movie.

@marlenegamboahernandez6055 4 жыл бұрын

The movie, "The Sacrament" is based from this.

@davogt6514 5 жыл бұрын

I am from Guyana and i also still live here, trust me when i say this.... Jonestown is now fully covered in bushes and dense jungle but the trail tracks are still there and as soon as you enter that region you can literally feel death, much like a horror film. The entire place feels like something is pulling you down to the ground. We did some surveying work there and had to stay overnight...I WILL NEVER EVER GO BACK TO THAT PLACE. The sounds you hear in that jungle at night....your sanity says it's animals, but your realization knows it's not. There is still the signboard at the starting point that says 'JONESTOWN' and the famous quote 'Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it'

@blinderII 5 жыл бұрын

I watched a video a few days ago of what Jonestown looks like today. It looks just as you described. As interesting as it (the video) was, I know I'd be totally creeped out if I ever went there, but with my morbid curiosity, I know I'd visit the area if I had the opportunity. I would want to plant flowers or something in honor of all who died. I was 12 when this happened (in my 50's now), and the impact I felt at that young age is still almost as strong today when I think about it or watch these youtube videos. It was an awful, awful event. God love all those people...I hope they are all resting in peace.

@davogt6514 5 жыл бұрын

@@blinderII you're welcome.

@KcEvinsProduction 5 жыл бұрын

Hey is it hunted I'm a KZfaqr looking to visit there im also Guyanese... I was told that you can hear screaming in the night. Is that true? I love the paranormal .

@howardclegg6497 5 жыл бұрын

Im jumping in here. I was in the Army during this time. I was Graves Registration and our section was sent there to conduct body recovery. I was one of a very few that placed the bodies in bags and move them to the collection point. One night I was walking past the pavillion where most of the dead lay in the open. I saw something dancing in amoung the dead. I looked away for a second and when I looked back it was gone. The place is the devil's playground I tell ya.

@davogt6514 5 жыл бұрын

@@howardclegg6497 Yes it really is. Alot of creepy stuff still goes on there

@Gizzard4400 4 жыл бұрын

Around 50 were also shot trying to escape being forced to drink cyanide. They never say that

@bruh-ok5ks 4 жыл бұрын

lickitysplit roberts I didn’t know that. Tx for the info

@angelusvastator1297 4 жыл бұрын

Source?

@markfroman738 4 жыл бұрын

Shot AF?

@tingleblade4274 4 жыл бұрын

what is the reason for this mass suicide?

@TRINZINI 3 жыл бұрын

If I remember, they showed it in the TV movie Guyana tragedy.

@patienceowens7896 2 жыл бұрын

I love the way he ended this video,the words he used. “I have to except the tragedy that my father caused,but he caused it not me.” That is so true. It wasn’t his fault. It was his father’s fault.

@robd1329 2 жыл бұрын

He was adopted. Id be like..well im not his true son so i can sleep well at night!

@AL_4083 2 жыл бұрын

Let’s not forget his son was 18 and married at that time and very much apart of his father’s business.. he may not have put the poison in the juice and he may not have forced everyone to drink it but he didn’t try to stop it either! Jim gave off warnings early on with his test runs to see if the people would actually commit mass suicide, as well as showing signs of psychosis, kicking members out and refusing to allow them to take their children, and on many occasions not allowing people to leave, holding them hostage against their will.. so he has to accept some responsibility as he did nothing to stop it!

@apieceofdirt4681 2 жыл бұрын

Jones Jr helped his father’s cause.

@mareksicinski3726 Жыл бұрын

@wattage2007 Жыл бұрын

He still stands up for his father though and is obviously still radicalised.

@charlotteraynor9484 2 жыл бұрын

just found out today that my grandfather was the pilot that got those us reporters out of there alive. some of them had already been shot. this story resonates with me much deeper now and i pray for the families that are connected to it as well.

@noughnami4108 Жыл бұрын

Uh huh

@super-sizedmcshizzle6235 Жыл бұрын

@noughnami 😐

@derekw1267 2 күн бұрын

stop cappin

@xXx_venlafaxine_xXx 7 жыл бұрын

people like jim jones are the reason followers should steer clear of preachers who call themselves the second coming

@luciamendez4701 7 жыл бұрын

my neighbor tania

@TheFakeyCakeMaker 6 жыл бұрын

The fact Jesus Himself said to steer clear of anyone calling themselves that is an even better reason!

@mandomendez9736 6 жыл бұрын

my neighbor tania I was going to say the same thing. Spot on

@joyr36 6 жыл бұрын

I agree and also a good reason to read and know what is actually in the Bible. Jim Jones twisted scripture and told people of things that Jones said were in the Bible that were actually not in the Bible. Jones was a master at manipulation who brainwashed people a little at a time.

@balerjohnson3099 6 жыл бұрын

Trump seems to sound the same to me . Jones complained of "media lies" and Trump with his "fake news" comments every single day ?

@keewinter5752 5 жыл бұрын

Wow what a coward Jones didn't even drink the punch himself

@blunthonest1 4 жыл бұрын

Of course not! That's a Democrat for you!

@Libertyjack1 4 жыл бұрын

@@blunthonest1 This was about a man, not a Party. Jones left the States, so that he could control his Congregation and not have to face scrutiny that he, like many Big Church personalities (mostly right-wing Republicans) was an embezzling fraud. Democratic Cong. Ryan risked himself to rescue these people, paying for it with his life. What are you doing? Eating Jim Bakker's slop, while listening to Trump's Coronarallies?

@blunthonest1 4 жыл бұрын

@@Libertyjack1 Kneel and enjoy another 4 more years of your daddy!! Trump 2020!

@StudlyFudd13 4 жыл бұрын

@@blunthonest1 Cults don't care about your political party...they rip you away from all of that and then destroy you.

@Official2Shitty 4 жыл бұрын

X nice one, really funny

@nyarahbreed9458 4 жыл бұрын

My grandpa told me the story once about how he was suppose to be on the bus leaving from Oakland but missed the bus 🥴

@Studyforum69 3 жыл бұрын

i escaped from there too... when cyanide was being served.. i told jones that i want to poo... he said yeah go... i went in to bushes.. pooed and ran away🍸🍸

@savagegaming6498 3 жыл бұрын

@@Studyforum69 quick thinking I'm a guyanese and I'm still living in Guyana I wasn't even born yet when that took place

@arashjalali9661 3 жыл бұрын

@@Studyforum69 wait were you actually there

@curlyflac0 2 жыл бұрын

@@arashjalali9661 lmao are you stupid ?

@Turbopro27 24 күн бұрын

@@arashjalali9661no are you dumb he’s clearly faking it

@mathman2170 4 жыл бұрын

Jim Jones Jr, referring to his father, "I have to remember, he caused it, not me". Yes, an important historical principle.

@rumblefish9 2 жыл бұрын

Its kinda sad that Jim Jones Jr. still believed in his father's "cause" and "proud of his upbringing" when his brother, Stephan (Jim Jones' biological son), outright says that their father was a controlling, paranoid addict whose beliefs were superficial, hypocritical and extremely manipulative--a megalomaniac and a coward. Jim Jones never believed in any of the things he preached.

@dblazeist 2 жыл бұрын

Well... Cause Socialism REAL SOCIALISM is based in moral truth. Sadly ego maniacs with Capitalist fascist upbringing infiltrate and stomp it out.

@botmexicanpatriot 2 жыл бұрын

@@rumblefish9 Still can't really blame him, if that was how his actual son saw Jim Jones then that just means that he used his adopted son as a mere propaganda tool. What a horrible monster.

@HipsterBlackMetalOfficial Жыл бұрын

Lol gets away with it because he's black. What young whites say about slavery

@VivaLeMoi 7 жыл бұрын

Can we please stop calling this a "Mass Suicide" for the children were murdered, people were murdered. Thank you!

@FrancisJohnDYbas 7 жыл бұрын

we can call it a mass murder!

@VivaLeMoi 7 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! For that is exactly what it was, a Mass Murder!!

@user-um5qc2bb7j 7 жыл бұрын

***** some people did do that hun

@theawkwardskeleton6608 7 жыл бұрын

amerika352 it's classified as Mass Murder/Suicide, and since there were more people who took their own lives then murdered, most consider it a mass suicide. The most notable murder was when they shot the people escaping on a plane, which killed a congressman and 2 reporters of NBC

@Billy2011C 7 жыл бұрын

Mass suicide and mass murder.

@elisefincher4478 6 жыл бұрын

Most of the people who died did not commit suicide but were murdered. They did not willingly drink the spiked punch but were forced to do so. I do not consider it a mass suicide as so many categorize it as but a mass murder.

@darrylwolfe7359 6 жыл бұрын

Youre wrong.. Majority took it willingly

@gbcinthebackoftheclub1366 6 жыл бұрын

Elise Fincher negative

@ryanr20091 6 жыл бұрын

these are adults not children so they had a choice.

@elisefincher4478 6 жыл бұрын

ryanr20091 well a lot of them were held down and forcibly injected with cyanide, threatened by armed guards when they tried to leave so if that's them being given a choice....

@gbcinthebackoftheclub1366 6 жыл бұрын

Elise Fincher most of them took it willingly plus what guns are you talking about there were 3 ever theire

@pitsiericmotlatla8136 3 жыл бұрын

"I also have to accept the horrific tragedy that my father caused. But he caused it. Not me." Jim Jones Jr. I'm glad he survived.

@Yugiohfans11 Жыл бұрын

Perhaps he can help spread his father's original message

@marketgardener8957 Жыл бұрын

@@Yugiohfans11 no, stop it

@markberryhill2715 Жыл бұрын

He is to be admired. (Jr.)

@BooneLanthrope 9 ай бұрын

It was mass senseless death.

@deanladue5367 Ай бұрын

He was supposed to go there and be prepared to die also. But he defied his father. The only reason that he's alive today.

@wHw_Syxx 3 жыл бұрын

I remember my mom watching a movie about this and told her how messed up it would be if it happened it real life. She told me it did and I immediately got on my computer to watch a documentary. I was saddened and horrified that this happened and that so many people thought this was okay until it was too late. Sad..

@Coco-xw3wp 9 ай бұрын

They are lien soo hard, Jonestown was a mind control experiment that experimented on black people mostly women & children they were trying to accomplish slavery with mind control .. Most of the people at Jonestown were wards of the state! Do not believe the popular media story... it's a lie

@RobertCenteno-fz7hd 9 ай бұрын

Which documentary?

@connorgillespie9606 6 жыл бұрын

okay so it's not suicide. it was mass murder

@lucasargandona4658 5 жыл бұрын

It was both

@canwereachsubwithoutanyv-yd1fs 4 жыл бұрын

Why not both?

@PrinceFloof 3 жыл бұрын

@@canwereachsubwithoutanyv-yd1fs Yes both

@mattthompson5121 3 жыл бұрын

I'd everyone to look up the def of cult......ill give it a few.....

@nokhchi1079 3 жыл бұрын

Those that killed themselves knowingly its sucide. As for the minority that were forced it was murder

@yoloswaggins1579 7 жыл бұрын

"It's better to live for a cause, than die for it." Wow.

@lisajackson2329 6 жыл бұрын

Yolo Swaggins That wasn't a good cause at all

@haumea420 5 жыл бұрын

Lisa Jackson at first it was. He helped so many people get off dope and housed them then something in him changed for the worst.

@shanes.9016 5 жыл бұрын

@@haumea420 that's pretty much how socialism works.

@samuraichamploo585 5 жыл бұрын

Wtf is your picture.

@kalebh3419 5 жыл бұрын

@@shanes.9016 you dont seem to know what socialism actually is.

@MrAntoniocanada2002 2 жыл бұрын

This is one of the saddest tragedies in human history. RIP all victims!

@skateata1 3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad Jim Jones Jr was able to move forward in his life.

@bethanyoneal5789 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine being a young kid, and having your parent or someone inject you or force feed you cyanide. Terrifying

@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL 3 жыл бұрын

Imagine being a young child roughly 5 years; and a mother who lives in a state (doesn’t matter which), either them or someone else starts to inject that child with hormones that are designed to block testosterone and change a boy to a girl as physically as possible (notice: physically)? What an abhorrent thought! Lol bet you along all other women are cheering on democrats as they allow males to compete in women’s track. You made your bed now lay in it. You’re a woman, you’re clearly from California and you’re a communist

@TheIcemanthomas 3 жыл бұрын

@@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL u need help bud

@mikaeruu0309 3 жыл бұрын

@@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL this whole comment is 2 + 2 = 17

@moonstone6133 3 жыл бұрын

@@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL lmao you don't actually think trans kids get injected with hormones do you? must be sad being so ignorant

@mydroidid 2 жыл бұрын

@@DuncanWilliamsOFFICIAL word brother

@jimjones4034 7 жыл бұрын

It was murder plain and simple!!!!

@baddvibez8702 6 жыл бұрын

Jim Jones so

@cooper3795 5 жыл бұрын

Mass murder

@skwerl4030 5 жыл бұрын

So basically this guy tricked everyone into a no-way-out situation and everyone died and many of them knew they were about to die and were probably scared shitless. What a psychopath this "Jim Jones" was.

@ZER-bt8fk 5 жыл бұрын

Did anyone notice this dudes name? 😂

@mark5862 5 жыл бұрын

@@skwerl4030 If you listen to the "death tape", they shouted down the only person resisting mass suicide. Jim Jones convinced the followers to die for the "Revolution" which the vast majority did of their own accord. The unedited recording is available for all to hear. The parallels between Jim Jones and today's socialist movement is scary. Both espouse hatred for capitalism, the rich, the white man, gun control, and promise equality. How often does this work?

@Rose-gy1cc 3 жыл бұрын

As a proud Guyanese, I can say this horrific tragedy has left a stain on the country. I mean as soon as I explain to someone where my parents come from, they only know “Jonestown”. 😢

@SurgeCess 3 жыл бұрын

I agree Rosy. Many people only know of our country because of this incident. It's a shame.

@alenelevin1757 Жыл бұрын

Yes.

@alphaclot302 10 ай бұрын

you can make a lot of money from tourism

@ulyssesgrant2782 3 жыл бұрын

Jonestown was a very beautiful place and it would've been a complete success, without the man who started it. Reverend Jones was the type of guy who builds a house, then tears it down.

@joshuagrover795 Ай бұрын

In fact surviving members of People's Temple have recounted that during Jones' absence from Jonestown the atmosphere was "lightly" people dancing, music playing in the houses etc. But when Jones returned to the settlement a "dark cloud" desended and the atmosphere in Jonestown did a complete 360. Really tell people a lot about Jones' character.

@S_A_M_6251 5 жыл бұрын

Heh, that's a funny way to spell murder

@melvinmerkelhopper5752 4 жыл бұрын

Nah, it was suicide.

@AdrianGarcia-xg1yc 4 жыл бұрын

Melvin Merkelhopper at gunpoint? I’d say that’s murder

@senfir2411 3 жыл бұрын

Melvin Merkelhopper WTF IS WRONG WITH U THEY WERE SHOT

@sixlenses 3 жыл бұрын

Melvin Merkelhopper murder

@PrinceFloof 3 жыл бұрын

@@melvinmerkelhopper5752 well some were willing to and some wanted out but were forced to including the children

@markipliIer 4 жыл бұрын

4:53 Those people must’ve felt awkward when they found out they were cheering and waving when they were talking about the massacre

@Seasonedfried 4 жыл бұрын

🤣😂 I'm weak

@markipliIer 4 жыл бұрын

Tina Tina... wot

@williamkeltner5119 4 жыл бұрын

California is a goldmine it seems. Just think how big a following Manson could have had if he used the religious angle like Jones.

@Krystieee 4 жыл бұрын

The girl in the grey hat was extremely happy and probably the most embarrassed 😭😭😭

@PrinceFloof 3 жыл бұрын

@@williamkeltner5119 I'm pretty sure he has enough followers who admire his craft still, but I know what you mean

@barryrandall8925 3 жыл бұрын

I was 12 years old when that happened. I can remember the news broadcast just as vividly as if they happened yesterday.

@Foreskin-Forest 4 жыл бұрын

Leo ryan was one of my grandpa's teachers in high school, he always gets real sad when he talks about him, says he was a very nice person

@sambradley2975 5 жыл бұрын

"Beware of false prophets "

@johnrogan9420 4 жыл бұрын

Prez Dimbulb

@abhishekpremidroch3677 4 жыл бұрын

*prophets There are no true ones.

@user-pl2rr8vr4i 3 жыл бұрын

@@abhishekpremidroch3677 Source?

@Backlashed 3 жыл бұрын

Aug 21, 2019 President Trump: 'I am the chosen one'

@AvidanTheExpositor 3 жыл бұрын

@@Backlashed correct, he was chosen by the majority of electoral votes.

@haydenbrown821 6 жыл бұрын

It is crazy what pride can do to a person. Lucifer in the Bible started out as a great angel, but pride took over as he wanted to surpass God in Heaven. In the end, too much pride is never a good thing.

@maul5578 4 жыл бұрын

Charlie Boy2 You are spreading lies

@maul5578 4 жыл бұрын

Charlie Boy2 God is real the same and with angels and Lucifer wether you want to believe it or not

@gratiaseia 4 жыл бұрын

@Rowan Melton really? Where's the statistics that can prove that?

@johnnyjoestar5193 4 жыл бұрын

@Rowan Melton not true at all actually.

@kansy0402 4 жыл бұрын

Charlie Boy2 and that is fine, believe what you want to...but making a mockery of and trying to change what others believe is completely wrong

@stuffedbun28833 3 жыл бұрын

4:54 It feels weird they’re discussing such a devastating tragedy, and there’s people cheering outside in the background to be on tv lol

@tankdogization 2 жыл бұрын

A lot of messed up stuff that happened in the 1960s and 1970s never gets talked about in history classes.

@Turbopro27 24 күн бұрын

Multiple genocides, some spanning multiple years with deaths comparable to the mooStache man genocide.

@bruh7249 6 жыл бұрын

The photos of all the dead bodies are sickening

@ilovethetampabaylightning92 4 жыл бұрын

I almost vomited when I saw Jones’ corpse.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 жыл бұрын

Why doesn't it look like 914 people, though...? If you start counting, there aren't enough. I wonder why the numbers are clearly wrong. If you've eyeballed X amount of people before, say at a venue...this doesn't look like 914.

@archaicamusement3871 3 жыл бұрын

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 apparently, bodies were under others bodies, like piles. At first they say there were like 400 deaths people.

@charlieshober3007 5 жыл бұрын

I had no idea these types of situations actually exist. The thought of something like this actually happening in our world sends chills down my spine.

@Chilakilos 2 жыл бұрын

The human mind is so easy to manipulate

@daveborn1971 2 жыл бұрын

Heavens gate happen more recently.

@gettingcalledoutontwitteri1882 Жыл бұрын

@@daveborn1971 wdym

@gettingcalledoutontwitteri1882 Жыл бұрын

@@Chilakilos Someone said, "if given chance, they would do the same as H1tler" Honestly , i highly believe it Human race is disgusting.

@Mousyy Жыл бұрын

Im glad you're that naive, I genuinely mean that. The world is very a cold and dark place if you know where to look.

@msmity63 4 жыл бұрын

“The story begins in America” Because of course it does.

@maureenmetcalfe8558 3 жыл бұрын

Such a haunting audio. It's so much more eerie in this day and age of social media to just have the voices. Christine trying to negotiate their lives to go to Russia is heart breaking. And the children crying in the background is horrifying.

@vickirosstudor490 5 жыл бұрын

"Jim Jones Jr." Yeaa, not really a badge of honor is it? I would've changed my name as soon as I saw the footage of the bodies.

@grawakendream8980 4 жыл бұрын

What would you have changed it to?

@jonathanlucas4848 4 жыл бұрын

Probably would of changed it to some random name like “Adolf Hitler” or “Benito Mussolini”

@grawakendream8980 4 жыл бұрын

@@jonathanlucas4848 well-played

@suzannescorner199 3 жыл бұрын

I think he's still brainwashed and still sees J.J senior as a great leader

@grawakendream8980 3 жыл бұрын

@@suzannescorner199 i think you could be right. de-programming can be super tough

@matthewblum8687 6 жыл бұрын

The lesson should be: Don't follow crazy guys; find your own spirituality

@elwilliams106 6 жыл бұрын

AMEN!!!!!

@happypiano8397 6 жыл бұрын

Derek Fisher exactly

@princeofdarknessxyz1 6 жыл бұрын

lol keep telling yourself that

@lisajackson2329 6 жыл бұрын

Matthew Blum Find your own place and love yourself and God....

@hollygeary4550 6 жыл бұрын

Derek Fisher Your consciousness is God, therefore you must look within to find the one that you seek. It is God, the same way a drop of water is to an ocean. Understand this. It is not a separate being.

@erinfraise6154 4 жыл бұрын

It started off as a really beautiful endeavor. Man, did it go wrong. So many good, decent people led astray by a malignant narcissist.

@tdotgang538 3 жыл бұрын

“It’s better to live for a cause than die for a cause”

@ericjamesphotography 6 жыл бұрын

Along with Nazis this is another sad example of how easily brainwashed humans we endure.

@idontcaresir 6 жыл бұрын

bc they are damaged

@bassinblue 6 жыл бұрын

Poor people can be targeted easily.(Example) If I give a person who is dying of thirst, small amounts of water every 2 hours and in between those hours I talk to them about a 'religion' I am starting up, then by the time that person is hydrated and doesn't need water, they will consider me a saviour and genuinely love me. It's a psychological game.

@vegetalover1009 6 жыл бұрын

polifatts so being against racism homophobia and sexism makes you brainwashed

@subswithnovideos-dg8cp 6 жыл бұрын

Ohio Girl you can be against it but you don't have to force it on any other people.

@vegetalover1009 6 жыл бұрын

YeHoshua-Shoa Goldstein Shekulburg yeah you kind of do

@samanthaheart-gaming9049 6 жыл бұрын

Killed 900 people with one punch

@GoofyCombat 6 жыл бұрын

Samantha Heart-Gaming badum tss

@indigobeatz1526 6 жыл бұрын

Oh no please u didnt

@indigobeatz1526 6 жыл бұрын

Lmao

@joemartin1253 6 жыл бұрын

Yes by a Lunatic American

@abelardoplatas1549 6 жыл бұрын

the real life One Punch Man

@nationalanthem8294 3 жыл бұрын

I love so much how they're all talking about the mass murder-suicide at the end while people on the street just wave and smile from outside 😭

@teejay6063 Жыл бұрын

"We're looking for love, acceptance" As soon as you learn to love and accept yourself 100%, you don't need it from anyone else.

@chiyeunglau4322 7 жыл бұрын

The irony of people cheering and laughing in the background.

@gaboproust749 6 жыл бұрын

lol ikr

@mandygreen3998 6 жыл бұрын

Chiyeung Lau. Its very sad the way they ended up murdered for following such a sick and twisted man. They look all happy, singing their songs, very very sad ended up the way it did!

@andrewhooper7603 5 жыл бұрын

"And children. So sad." "HELLO Today fans!"

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 жыл бұрын

The last videotape showed the band singing Earth, Wind and Fire's "WAY of the world." Still see this band playing it when I hear it.

@katieshaw1127 6 жыл бұрын

My dad brought the bodies of the victims back to the states... USAF in a C-141 as a loadmaster ... so sad 😞... so damaging!

@over50fab20 6 жыл бұрын

Katie Shaw omgoodness that had to be traumatic for your father. So sorry.

@richardrodrigues783 6 жыл бұрын

Katie Shaw An ugly,unfortunate, tragic story.With the very corrupt local government. of the PNC under Forbes Burnham due diligence was not exercised. The land was just sold to the People's Temple and the believers came and settled there.No oversight of this community was planned for and/or carried out. The congressman was poorly protected by his country's security apparatus and the local army in Guyana.

@howardclegg6497 5 жыл бұрын

I was in the army during this event. Graves Registration was my job. I put these bodies in body bags.

@natalya5212 5 жыл бұрын

Howard Clegg I cant even begin to imagine the kind of monster it takes to commit so much murder. I am so sorry you had to look at the faces of innocent people who died at the hands of a monster.

@93seronica Жыл бұрын

And what’s horrible is that the bodies were decomposing due to being left out in the hot sun for days

@darryldeclue841 3 жыл бұрын

I remember seeing that on the news, I was a freshman in high school, it blew my mind, then later watched the movie the Guyana tragedy, story of Jim Jones, it’s so sad how people Blindly followed him, I also believe that in the very beginning, his intentions were good, but then he allowed the drugs to take over, and let his ego take over

@juhadexcelsior Жыл бұрын

Anyone that preaches against Christ the way he did was rotten from the dead beginning.

@blooddef 4 ай бұрын

I'm 27 years old and I'm shocked to just start finding out about this. I've never heard about this ordeal my entire life. What a shocking and frightening situation. May the victims rest in peace!

@christabellelysander4392 6 күн бұрын

Same here!

@shannonvanscotter3171 6 жыл бұрын

Don't ever blindly follow another person, pure and simple!

@zotanzero 4 жыл бұрын

4:50 "Yeah it's so sad what happened to all those children..." People in the background: "WOOOO I'M ON TV HI MOM!"

@peggypeggy4137 3 жыл бұрын

This reminds me so much of the Branch Davidians in Waco, in the way that there were so many children that died. I feel especially badly for them as they don't even get the chance to make decisions or mistakes, for that matter.

@CarterSauceFrey05 3 жыл бұрын

I would be embarrassed if I was the mom

@wolfanaut416 3 жыл бұрын

“Just when I thought I was out, they pulled me back in!”

@stefaninova3770 3 жыл бұрын

Jonestown suicide was 6 years before I was born at the time my fiance was two, this was just heartbreaking

@RUFUS_97 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P congressman, R.I.P beloved innocent children...

@Yakkymania 2 жыл бұрын

and all of the adults except for Jones.

@GeorgeVreelandHill 6 жыл бұрын

This can happen again because there are so many lost people out there who will follow anyone who offers them hope. You even see it in politicians, but the media is watching them, but the media is not watching the street corner con artist who may be the next Jim Jones.

@stodgo8095 5 жыл бұрын

Are you referring to USA fake president? Just wondering.

@allkpopislife8540 5 жыл бұрын

Oh it did. With that one killing. That killed another many people in a mansion. They took poison and all layed in beds in the same position. Wearing the same clothing and stuff. The only difference between the Jonestown and this is that. The 900 people were forced to drink the poison which included kids, and babies. The killing in the mansion. They accepted it.

@evanw2195 5 жыл бұрын

Fake Jesus in Siberia with 5k follower branch dividians we’ve been warned but some are still tricked

@michellehill1604 5 жыл бұрын

Right, they do they are called Pastors and Priests

@alexisdelvalle2025 5 жыл бұрын

Search for nature boy in youtube

@tmwproductions3685 4 жыл бұрын

Such a tragedy. How awful those final moments must have been.

@jjescobedo2240 3 жыл бұрын

nice reporting!

@PowderedFace 4 жыл бұрын

The fact that almost all of this was recorded..like, literally almost everything is so interesting and gives everyone a better look into the whole story.

@ianfortuna9385 4 жыл бұрын

I'm addicted to Mentos I have no sympathy for these fools

@monirmussanur273 4 жыл бұрын

Ian Fortuna Not the 300 kids that just followed their parents?

@ianfortuna9385 4 жыл бұрын

Monir Mussanur nope I hate kids so it was less than a tragedy all together

@mikaeruu0309 3 жыл бұрын

@@ianfortuna9385 I don't like ur name

@ianfortuna9385 3 жыл бұрын

@@mikaeruu0309 cry me a River then

@ericadaniel3710 6 жыл бұрын

People have not changed. Even after escaping and surviving one of the members joined yet another cult. So sad people lost their lives dealing with this evil devil.

@AbsinthedeLaRochefoucauld 3 жыл бұрын

I swear this Jim Jones guy had the Death Note in real life.

@ARedMagicMarker 2 жыл бұрын

*LOL*

@xx_somescenecath0lic_xx888 4 жыл бұрын

R.I.P to all of the people who died. I hope that they are in heaven now.

@BearForceOne379 6 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh! I can’t even imagine what all the victims went through. This is such a sad part of history for any human being to endure. I am just glad that the ones who survived made something out of their experience and that his children aren’t affected in a destructive way. They chose to heal instead of letting the experience change their good nature. I applaud all the survivors and hope the families of the dead are doing well.

@thislittlelight5657 6 жыл бұрын

Some people defend the cults they are in, because how it makes them feel, but love without truth is deceptive.

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 жыл бұрын

JJ picked people that often nobody else wanted....

@RAVENC-4621 3 жыл бұрын

Anyone who names a town after themselves... you know there’s something wrong.

@ARedMagicMarker 2 жыл бұрын

I dunno. Ramirez World has a nice ring to it.

@johnhui1038 3 жыл бұрын

“Many will come in My name, saying, ‘I am He!’ and will mislead many.” Mark 13:6

@kingklout5418 7 жыл бұрын

the kool-aid man

@ghostkiller427 6 жыл бұрын

*O H Y E A H*

@LR-kx4gd 6 жыл бұрын

A key to rebel town b

@baddvibez8702 6 жыл бұрын

KING KLOUT after nearly every one was dead....*Kool-Aid man jumps out of Jim"s body* " OH YEAH!!!!

@LiberalsArePoop 6 жыл бұрын

The irony is that it was actually Flavor-Aid.

@davogt6514 5 жыл бұрын

Drunk the kool-aid........

@jamesfox2579 6 жыл бұрын

I remember this happening when I was a senior in high school in 1978.

@darnellpettus7955 3 жыл бұрын

I still don’t , will never understand how people can’t let someone gain that much control over them !!! It’s mind blowing

@Ricky3610 8 ай бұрын

Happened in 2020 with the covid vaccine

@babysenpai3883 4 жыл бұрын

May the soul of those innocent people rest in peace 🙏I feel so sad for them

@lancehurley9743 5 жыл бұрын

Jim Jones was worse than Charlie Manson ever thought about...

@SurgeCess 3 жыл бұрын

Yet Charles Manson is seemingly viewed as a personification of pure evil in North America, while Jones was just some crazy cult leader. Jones was much worse.

@chrsfontane5796 5 жыл бұрын

Jone's Juniors statement that he had to live with the tragedy with his father did but then he then said he did it not me so he's basically not letting this get the best of him good for him

@johnrogan9420 4 жыл бұрын

One of the stupidest men alive!

@alangarza28 2 жыл бұрын

"Those who do not remember the past, are condemned to repeat it"

@SurgeCess 3 жыл бұрын

I was born about 150 miles away from Jonestown, a year after it happened.

@junejr1274 5 жыл бұрын

Still sends chills down my spine that people follow people who do things like this. It's why you don't treat people like Gods with your faith. Abuse of power.

@carriecarter5472 5 жыл бұрын

40 year anniversary of the Jonestown massacre will be this Sunday. My prayers go out to the families and loved ones of this terrible tragedy.

@xmunki1389 3 жыл бұрын

"People play games, they lie"... Well, he wasn't wrong about that

@Lafilledlapluie 3 жыл бұрын

The range of manipulation in human beings is scary. From intimate partners to religious leaders to politicians. All just preying on the humanity of others

@ccard4 6 жыл бұрын

Farcry 5 bois

@HyperMediaCompany 6 жыл бұрын

thats not funny

@Jescide 6 жыл бұрын

that's funny

@Jescide 6 жыл бұрын

you're funny.

@Chronos146 6 жыл бұрын

actaully edens gate are more sane syill insane

@finnagetbusy3547 6 жыл бұрын

Cmon dude

@oneadvocate9517 6 жыл бұрын

Although I was only 8, I remember this

@paulabaker8403 3 жыл бұрын

I remember this soooo clearly. So heinous and sad. So many, looking for love and acceptanc. A place void of racism.

@cpssee Жыл бұрын

I went to school with people like Jones... they still exist and get away with unimaginable horros...

@NorwayChallenge 6 жыл бұрын

Heard about this through the "crimefile" podcast today. It went very indepth from Jim Jones damaging childhood to the mass suicide/murder that ended the cult.

@deltagodangel 5 жыл бұрын

..."it's so sad-" "HELLO TODAY FANS"

@RockettServehard-li1do 3 ай бұрын

I had never heard of this story until I learned about it in the tenth grade at school. I’m surprised more people weren’t always talking about it back then that I had to learn about in school.

@kerrid5717 4 жыл бұрын

I saw a man who decided to escape the same day the congressman visited but he left his son behind and the son died I’m still mad

@laura030500 4 жыл бұрын

Kerri D Me too! I saw that recently and the guy talked about that his 4! Year old son would be better off at at Jonestown but was fleeing himself because he knew how horrible it was there. His son died there without parents and was probably scared for life🤦🏼‍♀️ and honestly I’m still mad

@misterwinkybluff5930 5 жыл бұрын

Imagine if the Bible never mentioned anything about a second coming of Jesus…

@zipsthespacebandit595 4 жыл бұрын

This makes me sick. My child is so precious to me how could someone? Love and acceptance does not equal fear and death.

@Stargirlbeck 4 жыл бұрын

the son’s outlook on keeping his name is remarkable.

@adairdouglass4391 3 жыл бұрын

The races together was a beautiful thing!

@mandygreen3998 6 жыл бұрын

Dont drink the koolaid!!

@knuckle_dragger 6 жыл бұрын

Mandy Green too late

@elizabethharttley4073 6 жыл бұрын

This event is where the saying came from fyi

@Ronnie159102 5 жыл бұрын

It was actually Flavoraide.

@hre2044 5 жыл бұрын

Soylent green is people! don't drink soy!

@desucofk4446 5 жыл бұрын

I make my own kool-aid.

@styxcreek 5 жыл бұрын

I’m currently reading Jeff Guinn’s excellent book. Jones had some good ideas to start with, he passionately believed in equality, but megalomania and paranoia got the better of him. A tragic story.

@breezywarhead8489 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah but he did give the hint about suicide before he moving out to guyana with his inner circle of white dudes

@larrytate5605 Жыл бұрын

and weak minds got the best of his followers.

@natatatt 7 ай бұрын

Great book. Very well researched.

@nicoleerlo3159 4 жыл бұрын

The people in the background completely oblivious to what they’re talking about made me chuckle

@Candybuiltsi 4 жыл бұрын

They need to come with a “Hall of Disgrace” or “Hall of Humiliation” already

@johnqpublic2718 6 жыл бұрын

Matt Lauer just sitting there....

@brianw4brian 6 жыл бұрын

Luke B well lauer is just a sack POS. The news is horrible.

@fernandovalencia3542 5 жыл бұрын

He is a monster.

@wwetnabamafan194 4 жыл бұрын

Anyone remember the 80's miniseries, "Guyana Tragedy: The Story of Jim Jones"?

@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 3 жыл бұрын

What I remember is the band playing Way of the World by EWF. I still hear when I hear that song. And the last audio/videotape. That chilled me to the bone. To this day. It's unnerving how this doesn't look like 914 people, tho. Just saying...not claiming a big conspiracy or anything.

@SurgeCess 3 жыл бұрын

Yes vaguely, but I would like to see it again.