Blame the woman he loved, used and abused along the way. Press J to jump to the feed. Mods reserve the right to apply the don't be a jackass rule. Many took a stand against Jones and became examples of what not to do for they were punished severely and often did not return the same as before. The following are not considered documentaries on this subreddit: TV news, articles, interviews, lectures, amateur home videos, mockumentaries, biopics, and vlogs. And until 9/11, it was the largest single mass killing of American citizens. AMA! "This is the Zodiac Speaking" (2008) - To celebrate the fact that this week, after 51 years, the Zodiac's notorious 340 cipher has finally been solved, here is the best documentary … 1. Following the orders of their leader, Rev. This month Random House released the audio book, now on Audible. Cookies help us deliver our Services. Thank you so much for doing this. After 18 years of keeping who I was a secret, I wrote my memoir Seductive Poison. This is one of the saddest documentaries you will ever see, but also one of the best cult documentaries available. As someone who was in Jonestown, do you think that it was Jim Jones' plan all along to commit this atrocity? Proof: https://twitter.com/deborahlayton27. By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. I realized Jones must have known this story. . Do you think people assumed that last night was another White Night and just went along with it at first? When you believe in something and think there will be a great payout, whether in spiritual points or money it is often hard to take a closer look and walk away from so much. A siren would come over the loud speakers at 1 or 2 in the morning waking us from our abysmal sleep. If OP doesn't get around you answering this one, does anyone else know much about this? Although my experience is extreme, I saw this tendency again when I worked on the trading floor of an investment banking firm -- where invisible boundaries are crossed believing the end justifies the means. It is not shameful to find the story so fascinating. Now these women describe what it was like to be at Jonestown. Hello Reddit, I'm Deborah Layton. Everything about him was fake, even the "miracles" performed. Deborah Layton... are you related to the infamous Larry Layton? On Nov. 18, 1978, one of the biggest American mass deaths took place in Jonestown, Guyana at the Peoples Temple compound. Jim Jones was later dead of a self inflicted gunshot wound to the head. Today marks 42 years since the Jonestown massacre, when Jim Jones forced 909 individuals to drink cyanide-poisoned Flavor Aid. The six-episode docuseries High Score is one of the best documentaries Netflix has made thus far. Question: Knowing what you know now, what would you say your very best life advice is? Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQ5KBzD8w0, The last half hour or this is so harrowing, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9NQ5KBzD8w0&list=PLQkW8z5Nmr1r1uVgea49BJP3E6BbT7fL5&index=34, Evidence of Revision (5 of 6) RFK assassination, MK ULTRA + Jonestown massacre (full movie), http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mct-rUfkH7I, And here you can hear his final sermon: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdnMRkkKfaA, New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the Documentaries community, Press J to jump to the feed. People were desperately afraid in Jonestown. The remote Guyana outpost of cult leader Jim Jones' Peoples Temple, Jonestown was the site of a 1978 massacre that resulted in the deaths of … Jim Jones wasn't the only one responsible for the mass suicide. NARRATION: Episode narrated by the Anonymous Host EPISODE: Episode researched and written by Milly Raso MUSIC: ‘Flatline intro’ and ‘Come play with me’ intro and outro www.dl-sounds.com All other music and audio clean up performed byMike Migas OTHER: Logo design by Paulina Szymanska Larry believed that he was saving his wife, their unborn child and all of the other residents of the encampment by sacrificing his own life. He served over twenty years in prison for crimes a thousand of us committed -- the only person held responsible for the massacre. Bodies lie around the compound of the People's Temple in Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. With Rebecca Moore, Janet Shular, Tim Carter, Stanley Clayton. Last Update: I hope, in some way, I have been able to explain the unexplainable and bring some understanding to the unfathomable. Related Documentaries: Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple… From PBS 'American Experience' documentary series, 'Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple' features never-before-seen footage that helps to deliver a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, a religious cult headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he … As said before, 909 people died in the mass suicide. What was the church doing to force people to stay? Jones' voice screaming "hurry hurry children, run to the safety of the Pavilion." I cannot defend what my brother did except to say that he believed he was saving the lives of 900 people by taking the lives of the "traitors." By the age of 21 I was a trusted aide to Jim Jones, and the signatory for millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts. Two new documentaries revisit Jonestown Monday April 24, 2006 Peoples Temple SAN FRANCISCO –When Stanley Nelson set out to make a documentary on cult leader Jim Jones and the mass murder-suicide of his followers, his biggest challenge was unearthing enough new footage to make the 28-year-old story seem fresh again. Sadly, the Peoples Temple is most famously known for their mass suicide, which ended in the deaths of over 900 cult members, including 300 of their own children in their Guyana settlement of Jonestown. Many jurors begged for leniency however his sentence was mandatory life. In high school, we had to do a religion project in which we were each assigned a religion to study and present to the class. The Chief Judge, who sat for both of my brother's trials said Larry was only a small cog in a big machine. What exactly happened during those drills? Of the nearly 1,000 church members who began the day in Jonestown, a cult commune, only 33 survived to see the next day. In 1977, evangelical preacher Jim Jones fled the United States with nearly a thousand followers of his peoples temple cult. It became front page news across the country. On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 Americans died in Jonestown, Guyana. . http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdnMRkkKfaA. At just eighteen years old, and home from boarding school, I innocently joined the Peoples Temple and moved into their campus dormitory in Northern California. Recently, I watched the NXIVM and Heaven's Gate documentaries as well. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. It is too hard in this short a forum to explain, defend all of our actions. On November 18, 1978, the village of Jonestown became the location of a shocking tragedy when 909 members of a cult, the Peoples Temple, died from cyanide poisoning at the direction of their leader, Jim Jones.. Jones was a preacher who formed the Peoples Temple in Indiana in the 1950s. A friend of mine said this is an amazing forum, so I'm looking forward to spending the afternoon with you. Occasionally, you'll find yourself in the mood to explore a darker, dirtier, or sexier side of … Was there a lot of sex abuse in the community? We had these at least weekly. Six months later and just four days before the tragedy, I was in Washington D.C. giving testimony before State Department officials requesting help. Trust me, I continue to try to make sense of the losses. On November 18, 1978, 909 members of the Peoples Temple living in the Jonestown settlement in Guyana consumed a deadly, cyanide-laced drink. When I had finished writing Seductive Poison I was asked by a BBC documentary film crew to accompany them back to Guyana and into Jonestown. By the age of 21 I was a trusted aide to Jim Jones, and the signatory for millions of dollars in foreign bank accounts. More than 900 members of the cult, led by the Rev. No one knew that in fact Jones had different young men on different nights -- unbeknownst to each other shooting off their guns. By the end of that day, 918 men, women and children will die. More were murdered. I will never, ever forget when I randomly stopped on a Jonestown documentary several years ago, not really knowing much of anything about it, and I was glued to the TV. I wanted to leave desperately, but would never have left with him. 17.3m members in the Documentaries community. I actually explain this much better and thoroughly in my memoir. Victor Frankl wrote about this in his book "Man's Search for Meaning" and I start my book off with his quote "We who have come back by the aide of many lucky changes, or miracles -- whatever one may choose to call them -- we know: the best of us did not return." By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies. I read quite a few books on the ordeal and articles and whatnot online. They did so on the orders of the cult's leader, Jim Jones. In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones lures his followers to Jonestown, Guyana where they commit mass suicide of … Documentaries only. Created over a decade ago, Ghost Adventures is one of the most famous paranormal shows on television at the moment. Within weeks of my escape from Jonestown, I wrote an affidavit to the US government requesting their help for the 900+ people being held against their will in Jones' encampment. .************************************************. U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan was assassinated as he tried to rescue Jonestown residents desperate for freedom. He also said that it could have been him. Some committed suicide. People join political movements, social organizations attend off-campus dinner socials believing they are mingling with like-minded people. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast. 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