Insanity prevails.

i'm under the impression this is only showing in the states.

that is some fucked up shit.

must see this.

Why does this kinda thing only ever seem to happen in the States?

It happens in Guyana too
ahh , beat me to it

WOoOWWW....
people are so fucking bizarre in their simplicity sometimes. I can't wait to see this.

it was Guyana South America

Guyana is in South America, very close to the border with Central America. But the Jonestown cult began in California and migrated down to "paradise." So if you want to associate it with "the states," you'd have every right to do so. But we here in the U.S. have no monopoly on fucked-up cultish behavior... The Moonies originated in South Korea, Aum Shinri Kyo was founded in Japan, the Catholics in Italy...

It's ok, you're American, no one expects you to know where anywhere else in the world is.

HAHAHAhahahaha. Only funny cause it's true.

Well if I remember correctly ( yes I am that old) not all of them commited suicide, it was like "drink this or I will kill you" cult leaders demand obiedience you know.

Kind of.

The story of Jonestown and the man responsible for it, Rev. Jim Jones, is a very interesting story, to say the least. Jones, despite his father being an active member in the Ku Klux Klan, became a preacher and phony faith healer in a mostly African American tent revival show. In 1961 Jones takes a sudden year-long trip to Brazil. Despite having left the U.S. virtually penniless, he returns with over $10,000 which he uses to start his first People's Temple in Ukiah, California. Brazilian locals suspect that Jones is an agent for the CIA.

Jones gathers mostly minority followers at his temple, preaching to them the evils of Satan and the evils of communism. He also takes virtually every penny his followers have, assisted by armed guards. Most of the "donations" he collects this way come in the form of unemployment and social security checks. Life was good for Jones.

At least is was until 7 dissatisfied members of his church attempt to leave and wind up "mysteriously" dead. Members who survive their break with Jones levy accusations of sexual abuse, torture, and kidnapping. Fearing he's worn out his welcome in Ukiah, Jones moves his temple to San Fransico.

But the "viscious rumors" and "attacks" on The People's Temple and Jones himself don't stop coming. In 1977, Jones sets up shop in Jonestown, Guyana, South America. His benefactors in this out-of-country move? No less than the Guyanan U.S. embassy.

Life at Jonestown for his 900+ followers is sub-human. They are fed subsistant rations and live in concentration camp-like dormitories. They work the fields which grow their food from sunup to sundown, and practice near-daily "suicide drills." Jones sits on his wooden throne, lording over his subjects via a camp-wide loudspeaker system, all the while growing ever fatter and more detached from reality.

But the good times for the self proclaimed "Messiah from Ukiah" couldn't last. In 1978, relatives of People's Temple members appeal to Congressman Leo Ryan to investigate Jones and his temple. Ryan's investigation is stonewalled by the State Department, so he decides to fly in and inspect Jonestown for himself.

Accompanied by Richard Dwyer, Deputy Chief of the U.S. Mission to Guyana, and several reporters, Ryan visits Jonestown on November 18, 1978. What he and those with him discover is never fully known. When they attempt to leave the camp, Ryan's party is followed by armed guards from Jonestown. The guards catch up and gun down Ryan and four reporters at the airstrip Ryan had arrived at.

Either during the attack on Ryan, or shortly thereafter, Jones orders his followers to commit mass-suicide by drinking arsenic-spiked Kool Aid. Afterwards, Jones allegedly shoots himself in the head. The initial death toll reported by Guyanese authorities was 408. However, American authorites on the scene several days later set the final death tool at 913.

Why such a large discrepancy in the number of dead? American authorties claimed that the Guyanese "couldn't count," had missed "a pile of dead," and finally settled on the story that the Guyanese hadn't noticed that some bodies were "stacked" on top of others. How 408 bodies (82 of which were children) covered an aditional 505 is never explained.

Also never explained are large stashes of weapons and psychotropic drugs found after the "mass suicide." And amongst Jones' paperwork, investigators find official FBI files on the Black Panthers and the Weathermen group. How Jones came to posess the files, and (more importantly) why he posessed them is never explained.

But did the Kool Aid man truly do in 913 people in Guyana? C. Leslie Mootoo, the first coroner on the scene doesn't think so. He concluded that all but 3 of the victims had been "murdered by persons unknown." Amognst his findings were evidence of strangulation, gunshot wounds, and needlemarks in shoulderblades. He also notices drag marks on the ground, leading to neat rows of bodies. Mootoo even casts doubt on Jones having commited suicide, finding the gun he was supposed to have shot himself with 200 feet from the body.

All of this begs the question: if most of the members didn't commit suicide, who killed them? Records show that there were at least 1100 people residing at Jonestown. 913 died, and 167 escaped and returned to the U.S. That leaves at least 20 unaccounted for. So who were they?

Nearly all survivors claim that there was an "all-white" group at Jonestown. This group was armed, enforced discipline amongst the camp, ate better than all other members, and were free to come and go. All members of this group are unaccounted for to this day.

So why wasn't there a huge investigation? Because the U.S. State Department fed the press the Kool Aid story, which was swallowed hook, line, and sinker. U.S. Army doctors performed no autopsies, claiming cause of death "wasn't an issue," and allowed all 913 bodies to rot in the Guyanese jungle where they lay. When bodies were finally returned to relatives, they had been illegaly embalmed or cremated. No chance for autopsy.

What really happened at Jonestown on November 18, 1978 truly is a mystery to this day.