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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Y'all actually trying to teach people about communist and socialist ideology?? That's what they were. Jim Jones says, don't be like this, die like good communist and socialist.
Is this where the kool aid for black people comes from
He look like Ted Bundy and Elvis
Terrible and terroristic
Most people refused to drink it and they gave them the needle. Sad massacre set up by our government. Look it up folks
Everyone knows that jones was cia. This was an experiment put on through the cia. Never ever trust government. Everything is a lie.
why is this on "youtube kids"???
every time I see a video like this, i assume this is the most absurd event ever in the history of humanity… a while later, youtube throws at me an even worse and unbelievably ridiculous. there's no limit to what people can do :/
Wtf
Jones was shot, did not shoot himself.
Good people will do good things, bad people will do bad things, but to make good people do bad things, it takes religion. – Hitch
And that other member a mom of 2 I believe got that call saying NOW she sliced her daughters throats then her own
Every form of Leadership is catering to a Cult and none of them ever work in the end.
Maybe he want to prove the verse at the bible, that serpent poison unaffected by believer, so pity he really belief it and told people to do it… Wtf
Sad. Fools will follow anyone.
Haven't had Kool aid or trusted guy in sunglasses since
He was a drug trafficker and fleeced idiots to do his bidding. Sounds like 2020.
Mass murder? Sounds similar?? Can any one say (Coronavirus) maybe they should have just waited for the covid19 to wipe them out.. stupid people follow stupider people instead of being their own independently self guided.
Matt Lauer?
900 dumbfuckers dead.. good less stupid in the world
I don't know that it started out as an effort by a charismatic preacher to build a new society. I think his mental health symptoms were at the heart of all his actions
Good for his son for still going by the name… Jim Jones (Sr) actually did a lot of good, esp race-equality related things, in his early days. If he hadn't lost the plot at some point, I think could have done a lot of great things and helped make a lot of positive changes. Unfortunately it didn't go that way, and obviously I don't condone what ultimatly happened- Just pointing out that the fact that it could have gone so differently/he initially had great potential.
Yeah we don’t hear about that stuff no more because it’s unseen and disclosed and not brought to the media’s attention so much of it is out there still
Should have pretend to drink and pretend to die?
Follow socialists and in the end will you get death and destruction.
I’m from Guyana, it’s a nice and beautiful country but stupid Jim homes ruined it
I am from Guyana. I still live here. Me and my sister were just talking about this. So I came on YouTube to see if I can find any documentary on it. Most people don't even know Guyana exist until you mention Jim Jones or Jonestown. Right now the place is just pure jungle. No one goes there to stay overnight or wants to live there.
Hoax
The interesting part is that Jones was an atheist.
There are more like him all over the world. I dont take part in organized religion. It's a very easy platform to prey on sheep