Temple defector Deborah Layton described the event in an affidavit: Everyone, including the children, was told to line up. As we passed through the line, we were given a small glass of red liquid to drink. After a slew of legal and fiscal issues, CAN disbanded in 1996. This second title was only briefly used, and 'White Night' was adopted soon thereafter. Together, they called themselves the "Concerned Relatives". It was labeled a "cult of death" by both Time and Newsweek magazines. [117] In September 1978, Lane spoke to the residents of Jonestown, providing support for Jones' theories and comparing him to famed civil rights movement leader Martin Luther King Jr.[117], Lane then held press conferences stating that "none of the charges" against the Temple "are accurate or true" and that there was a "massive conspiracy" against the Temple by "intelligence organizations," naming the CIA, the FBI, and even the U.S. [201], After the deaths, both the House Committee on Foreign Affairs and the U.S. State Department itself criticized the latter's handling of the Temple. [68] This "torture hole", along with beatings, became the subject of rumor among local Guyanese. "[133], Ryan, Speier, Dwyer, and Annibourne stayed the night in Jonestown while other members of the delegation, including the press corps and members of Concerned Relatives, were told that they had to find other accommodations. [61][83][84] After work, when purported emergencies arose, the Temple sometimes conducted what Jones referred to as "White Nights". Sociopolitical Documentary hosted by Shan Nicholson, [98] He also wrote to the State Department inquiring about North Korea and Albania, then enduring the Sino-Albanian split. On the day after Reiterman's article was published, Harvey Milk a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors who was supported by the Temple wrote a letter to President Jimmy Carter defending Jones "as a man of the highest character," and stating that Temple defectors were trying to "damage Rev. [170] Prokes and the Carter brothers were put into protective custody in Port Kaituma. officials". To do so, he stated that they were "skilled and progressive", showed off an envelope he claimed contained $500,000, and stated that he would invest most of the group's assets in Guyana. [99], Meanwhile, in late 1977 and early 1978, Tim and Grace Stoen participated in meetings with other relatives of Jonestown residents at the home of Jeannie Mills, another Temple defector. Neville Annibourne, representing Guyana's Ministry of Information; This page was last edited on 4 January 2023, at 09:14. Sensing the end, Jones triggered a tragic chain of events, forcing his followers to a dark conclusion. [161] After consuming the poison, according to Rhodes, people were then escorted away down a wooden walkway leading outside the pavilion. [170] Rhodes volunteered to fetch a stethoscope and hid under a building. [25] Increasing public support in California gave Jones access to several high-ranking political figures, including vice presidential candidate Walter Mondale and First Lady Rosalynn Carter. [42], The Temple established offices in Georgetown and conducted numerous meetings with Burnham and other Guyanese officials. It's based on theJeff Guinness book about the massacre, and Guinness is perhaps the most prominent talking head. [106] Jones stated before the speech, "For many years, we have let our sympathies be quite publicly known, that the United States government was not our mother, but that the Soviet Union was our spiritual motherland. [90], Jones' paranoia and drug usage increased in Jonestown as he became fearful of a government raid on the commune, citing concerns that the community would not be able to resist an attack. [21], After Jones received considerable criticism in Indiana for his integrationist views, the Temple moved to Redwood Valley, California, in 1965. As his racially integrated church and practices came under scrutiny, he moved his congregation to California, where its growing popularity brought Jones political power, but also a drug habit coupled with a paranoid need to control his followers. [36] In 1976, Guyana finally approved the lease it had negotiated (retroactive to April 1974) with the Temple for the over 3,000 acres (1,200ha) of land in northwest Guyana on which Jonestown was located. However, Miller may have ceased dissenting when Jones confirmed at one point that "the Congressman has been murdered" after the airstrip shooters returned. 914[193] of the 918 dead, including Jones himself, were collected by the United States military in Guyana, then transported by military cargo plane to Dover Air Force Base in Delaware, a location that had been used previously for mass processing of the dead from the Tenerife airport disaster. [154] After the Cessna had taxied to the far end of the airstrip, he produced a handgun and started shooting at the passengers. Confusingly, this mention came after the switch to 'White Night' had been made. [128] That night, they attended a musical reception in the settlement's main pavilion. Many contemporary media accounts after the events called the deaths a mass suicide. 2018 TV-14. ", "What was Peoples Temple's plan to move to the Soviet Union? [120], Reiterman was surprised by the severe deterioration of Jones' health when he saw him in Jonestown on November 17, 1978. - English narration. Ryan stated that none of the 60 relatives he had targeted for interviews wanted to leave, the 14 defectors constituted a very small portion of Jonestown's residents, that any sense of imprisonment the defectors had was likely because of peer pressure and a lack of physical transportation, and even if 200 of the 900+ wanted to leave, "I'd still say you have a beautiful place here. The story is based on the 2017 book by "Road to Jonestown" by Jeff Guinn. [27] For its Caribbean missionary post, the Temple quickly chose Guyana, conducting research on its economy and extradition treaties with the U.S.[27] In October 1973, the directors of the Temple passed a resolution to establish an agricultural mission there. "[17][18] Jones had an interest in Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, and Adolf Hitler from a young age, and would later frequently praise Stalin and Vladimir Lenin as heroes. [51] School study and nighttime lectures for adults turned to Jones' discussions about revolution and enemies, with lessons focusing on Soviet alliances, Jones' crises, and the purported "mercenaries" sent by Tim Stoen, who had defected from the Temple and turned against the group. [27][28] Former Temple member Tim Carter stated that the reasons for choosing Guyana were the Temple's view of a perceived dominance of racism and multinational corporations in the U.S. [74], Leo Ryan, who represented California's 11th congressional district, announced that he would visit Jonestown. Guests at a large 1976 testimonial dinner for Jones included Governor Jerry Brown, Lieutenant Governor Mervyn Dymally, and California Assemblyman Willie Brown, among others. [117] Though Lane presented himself as a disinterested party, Jones was actually paying him $6,000 per month to generate such theories. Therefore, it was as much a mass murder as a mass suicide. When asked directly about parallels to the current president, Guinn explained that all religious and political leaders are demagogues to some extent, using fear and separatism to obtain the loyalty of followers. [115] The Temple, represented by Charles R. Garry, filed a suit against Stoen on July 10, 1978, seeking $150 million in damages. On at least two occasions during White Nights, after a "revolutionary suicide" vote was reached, a simulated mass suicide was rehearsed. [151] The truck departing to the airstrip had stopped after the passengers heard of the attack on Ryan, and took him as a passenger before continuing its journey towards the airstrip.[152]. Reeleased 40 years after the events of the 1978 Jonestown mass murder-'suicide' that killed more than 900 Americans, this documentary tells the history of th. When the time came when we should have dropped dead, Rev. [198] Paroled in 2002, he is the only person ever to have been held criminally responsible for the events at Jonestown. Documentary that explores the circumstances that led to the deaths of more than 900 men, women and children in 1978 at the People's Temple in northern Guyana. [94], The rallies took an almost surreal tone as black activists Angela Davis and Huey Newton communicated via radio-telephone to the Jonestown crowd, urging them to hold strong against the "conspiracy". (Weingarten, Gene. It is unknown how they reached Georgetown, 150 miles (240km) away, since the boat had been sent away earlier that day. On November 14, 1978, Ryan flew to Georgetown, along with a delegation[123] that included: and Concerned Relatives representatives, including: When the Ryan delegation arrived in Guyana, Lane and Garry initially refused to allow them access to Jonestown. The press exposes the dark side of Jones, causing a mass exodus to Jonestown. [28] Jones also thought that Guyana was small, poor, and independent enough for him to easily obtain influence and official protection. I tell you, I don't care how many screams you hear, I don't care how many anguished cries death is a million times preferable to 10 more days of this life. [124] However, by the morning of November 17, they informed Jones that Ryan would likely leave for Jonestown that afternoon regardless of his willingness. government. [73] The community had a nursery at which 33 infants were born. The following is a letter of instructions regarding all of our assets that we want to leave to the Communist Party of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. [196] As of September 2014, four of their remains had been returned to next-of-kin, and the remaining five had not. [14] Though its roots and teachings shared more with Christian revival movements than with Marxism, it purported to practice what it called "apostolic socialism". [158], Jackie Speier, Sung, Dwyer, Reiterman, Anthony Katsaris, Boyd, Oliver, Krause, and Javers were the nine injured in and around the Twin Otter. He wounded Bagby and Gosney, and tried to kill Dale Parks, who disarmed him after the gun misfired. [118], Jones' health significantly declined in Jonestown. [59] Jones' news readings usually portrayed the U.S. as a "capitalist" and "imperialist" villain, while casting "socialist" leaders, such as Kim Il-sung,[60] Robert Mugabe,[61] and Joseph Stalin[62] in a positive light. Please be sure that these assets do get to the USSR. [116], During the summer of 1978, Jones sought the legal services of Mark Lane and Donald Freed, both Kennedy assassination conspiracy theorists, to help make the case of a "grand conspiracy" by U.S. intelligence agencies against the Temple. Methods included imprisonment in a 6-by-4-by-3-foot (1.83m 1.22m 0.91m) plywood box and forcing children to spend a night at the bottom of a well, sometimes upside-down. The children loved it. Veterans of the 'Siege' were held in high regard in Jonestown, and in numerous addresses Jones tearfully recalled their stoic courage on the 'front line. [15][16] In doing so, the Temple preached that "those who remained drugged with the opiate of religion had to be brought to enlightenment socialism. (2 episodes, 2018) Series Production Design by Jen K. Messer . Jonestown's primary means of communication with the outside world was a shortwave radio. In addition to Soviet documentaries, political thrillers such as The Parallax View, The Day of the Jackal, State of Siege, and Z were repeatedly screened and minutely analyzed by Jones. BBC.Storyville.2020.Jonestown.Terror.in.the.Jungle.720p.HDTV.x264.AAC.MVGroup.org.mkv (1782.06Mb) Subtitles: [eng], Categories: Sociopolitical | Shan Nicholson | BBC | BBC Storyville | 2020 | English | Name, Jonestown - The Life and Death of Peoples Temple, BBC.Storyville.2020.Jonestown.Terror.in.the.Jungle.720p.HDTV.x264.AAC.MVGroup.org.mkv, https://docuwiki.net/index.php?title=Jonestown:_Terror_in_the_Jungle, Audio Bitrate: Q=0.48 VBR 48KHz (~128Kbps). Known as 'the Six Day Siege', this ordeal was used thereafter by Jones as a symbol of the community's indomitable spirit. The panic reached such a point that an ad hoc evacuation was ordered by Jones, with dozens of townsfolk hastily loaded onto boats on the George River. During the Siege, Jones spoke to Temple members about attacks from outsiders and had them surround Jonestown with guns and machetes. Accordingly, the U.S. embassy arranged for a second plane, a six-passenger Cessna. This invariably meant damning criticisms of perceived capitalist propaganda in Western material, and glowing praise for and highlighting of MarxistLeninist messages in material from communist nations.[57]. [134], In the early morning of November 18, eleven Temple members sensed danger enough to walk out of Jonestown and all the way to the town of Matthew's Ridge, in the opposite direction from the Port Kaituma airstrip. [176] The envelope contained two passports and three instructional letters, the first of which was to Timofeyev, stating: Dear Comrade Timofeyev, Ryan was killed after being shot more than twenty times. Jim Jones grew up and established the People's Temple in rural Indiana. [92] A few days later, a second order was issued for John to be taken into protective custody by authorities. [49][50] After the mass migration, Jonestown became overcrowded. [98] He directed Temple members to write to over a dozen foreign governments inquiring about immigration policies relevant to another exodus by the Temple. The buildings were mostly destroyed by a fire in the mid-1980s, after which the ruins were left to decay and be reclaimed by the jungle. Jones recognized the drum, originally adapted for use during meal times, as the drum used for drink mixtures during the White Night exercises, and which he believed was used to hold the beverage mix of poison and grape-flavored punch during the events of November 18, 1978. A work of investigative journalism that presents the theory that the Central Intelligence Agency employed the Reverend Jim Jones to administer a pharmaceutical field test in mind control and ethnic weaponry to a large test group, namely the . "Accusation of Human Rights Violations by Rev. [79] 45% of Jonestown residents were black women. The group had to wait until the aircraft landed at approximately 5:10p.m.[151] Then the boarding process began. Postal Service. Layton could not be tried in the U.S. for the attempted murders of Gosney, Bagby, Dale Parks, and the Cessna pilot on Guyanese soil and was, instead, tried under a federal statute against assassinating members of Congress and internationally protected people (Ryan and Dwyer). Jonestown, Jim Jones, Peoples Temple, BBC, Documentary. To learn whether the rumours coming from the jungle were true, California congressman Leo Ryan travelled to Guyana. They're gonna shoot that pilot and down comes the plane into the jungle and we had better not have any of our children left when it's over, because they'll parachute in here on us. [33] The site, located near the disputed border with Venezuela, was isolated and had soil of low fertility, even by Guyanese standards. [99], Sharon Amos, Michael Prokes, Matthew Blunt, Timothy Regan,[100] and other Temple members took active roles in the "Guyana-Korea Friendship Society", which sponsored two seminars on the revolutionary concepts of Kim Il Sung. The book "The Road to Jonestown" by Jeff Guinn, The Last Podcast on the Left five part series from early 2018, and this four part tv series are all worth checking out. English. Members are captivated; his lust for power becomes unstoppable. [102][103][104], Although Jones, his executive partners, and congregation voiced their thoughts about moving their operation to the Soviet Union, Jones had a change of heart. And "His hatred of racism, sexism, elitism, and mainly classism, is what prompted him to make a new world for the people a paradise in the jungle. The White Nights were originally called 'Omegas', denoting their finality, but when Jones decided that the events more properly marked a new beginning and an evolution to a higher form of socialist consciousness, they were briefly renamed 'Alphas'. [27], The Temple chose Guyana, in part, because of the group's own socialist politics, which were moving further to the left during the selection process. Jonestown became internationally infamous when, on November 18, 1978, a total of 909[1][2] people died at the settlement, at the nearby airstrip in Port Kaituma, and at a Temple-run building in Georgetown, Guyana's capital city. [8][13], The Peoples Temple was formed by Jim Jones in Indianapolis, Indiana, in 1955. [172][173] Cries and screams of children and adults were easily heard on the tape recording made. 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[29] After the day's work ended, Temple members would attend several hours of activities in a pavilion, including classes in socialism. [122] Over the following months, Ryan's interest was further aroused by the allegations put forth by Stoen, Layton, and the Concerned Relatives.[122]. Jones's excessive drug use, irrational behaviour and the isolation of his followers raises the alarm back home. He warned us that the time was not far off when it would become necessary for us to die by our own hands. In 2011, a memorial to them was erected at the cemetery. Terms used to describe the deaths in Jonestown and Georgetown have evolved over time. Using unreleased recordings, photographs taken by members of the People's Temple, previously classified FBI documents and new testimony from survivors and Jones's own family members, Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle investigates how and why this tragedy happened. Jonestown massacre Encyclopedia Britannica Jonestown, (November 18, 1978), was the location of the mass murder-suicide of members of the California-based Peoples Temple cult at the behest of. [148], Shortly after the dump truck initially departed, Temple member Don "Ujara" Sly grabbed Ryan while wielding a knife. [11][12] Guards armed with guns and crossbows had been ordered to shoot anyone who attempted to flee the settlement as Jones lobbied for suicide. I hereby leave all assets in any bank account to which I am a signatory to the Communist Party of the U.S.S.R."[186], In the early evening of November 18, at the Temple's headquarters in Georgetown, Temple member Sharon Amos received a radio communication from Jonestown instructing the members at the headquarters to take revenge on the Temple's enemies and then commit revolutionary suicide. [88], The Temple had received monthly half-pound shipments of cyanide since 1976 after Jones obtained a jeweler's license to buy the chemical, purportedly to clean gold. Enclosed in this letter are letters which instruct the banks to send the cashiers checks to you. Several people fell into the river, suffering injuries. [69][70] For some members who attempted to escape, drugs such as Thorazine, sodium pentathol, chloral hydrate, Demerol, and Valium were administered in an "extended care unit". [29] According to Carter, the Temple concluded that Guyana, an English-speaking, socialist country with a predominantly indigenous population and with a government including prominent black leaders, would afford black Temple members a peaceful place to live. [36][181] Hyacinth Thrash, 76, realized what was happening and crawled under her bed, only to walk out after the poisonings were completed. What were their ages? Three high-ranking Temple survivors claimed they were given an assignment and thereby escaped death. We are here living communally. Lay down your life with dignity; don't lay down with tears and agony." [34] The nearest body of water was seven miles (eleven kilometres) away by muddy roads. In 1977, Jones, the self-proclaimed "messiah" of his evangelical flock, led his followers to a remote jungle in Guyana to live in Jonestown. [165], When the Red Brigade members came back to Jonestown after Ryan's murder, Tim Carter, a Vietnam War veteran, recalled them having the "thousand-yard stare" of weary soldiers. After the shootings, the Cessna's pilot Tom Fernandez, along with the pilot and co-pilot of the Twin Otter, Captain Guy Spence and First officer Astil Rodwell Paul, as well as the injured Monica Bagby, fled in the Cessna to Georgetown. Jones would occasionally not finish sentences even when reading typed reports over the commune's PA system. [56] Jones would often read news and commentary, including items from Radio Moscow and Radio Havana,[57] and was known to side with the Soviets over the Chinese during the Sino-Soviet split. Jones bragged about other female Temple members he referred to as "public relations women" giving all for the cause in Jonestown. [164] About 30 minutes after Marceline Jones' announcement, Jim Jones made his own, calling all members immediately to the pavilion.[161]. Four other Temple members committed murder-suicide in Georgetown at Jones' command. [112] The repercussions were devastating for the Temple's reputation, and made most former supporters more suspicious of the Temple's claims that it was the victim of a "rightist vendetta". [120], Audio tapes of 1978 meetings within Jonestown attest to Jones' declining physical condition, with the commune leader complaining of high blood pressure which he had since the early 1950s, small strokes, and weight loss of 30 to 40 pounds in the last two weeks of Jonestown, temporary blindness, convulsions, and, in late October to early November 1978 while he was ill in his cabin, grotesque swelling of the extremities. No other specific reference is made to the events of the day. [106] Following the visit, Temple members met almost weekly with Timofeyev to discuss a potential Soviet exodus. This documentary does a nice job laying things out for a beginner. [213], In 1987, The Jonestown Carnage: A CIA Crime (1978) (Russian: - ) was published in the Soviet Union, claiming that group members were assassinated by CIA agents and mercenaries to prevent further political emigration from the U.S. as well as suppress opposition to the U.S. regime. "[185], Found near Carolyn Layton's body was a handwritten note signed by Layton, witnessed by Katsaris and Moore, dated November 18, 1978, stating, "This is my last will and testament. [54][55] This also comported with the Temple's practice of gradually subjecting its followers to sophisticated mind control and behavior modification techniques borrowed from Kim Il-sung's Korea and Mao Zedong's China. It was felt that the presence of the Stoens would unnecessarily antagonize Jones, and Harris wanted to remain in Georgetown because he hoped to spend time with his daughter Liane, who was staying at the Temples Lamaha Gardens headquarters there. [26], In the fall of 1973, after critical newspaper articles by Lester Kinsolving and the defection of eight Temple members, Jones and Temple attorney Tim Stoen prepared an "immediate action" contingency plan for responding to a police or media crackdown. [161] During this time, aides prepared a large metal tub with grape Flavor Aid, poisoned with diphenhydramine, promethazine, chlorpromazine, chloroquine, chloral hydrate, diazepam,[162] and cyanide. I am doing this on behalf of Peoples Temple because we, as communists, want our money to be of benefit for help to oppressed peoples all over the world, or in any way that your decision-making body sees fit. A syringe without a needle fitted was used to squirt poison into the infant's mouth, after which Paul squirted another syringe into her own mouth. Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple", "Jonestown Massacre: How conman Jim Jones' final words caused 900 deaths", "The Religious Movements Homepage Project: Peoples Temple", "Interview on Oregon Public Broadcasting Radio (Clip#3)", "Jonestown: An International Story of Diplomacy, Detente, and Neglect, 19731978", "Transcript of Recovered FBI tape Q 833. [176][177], The letters included listed accounts with balances totaling in excess of $7.3million to be transferred to the Communist Party of the Soviet Union. [190] The more seriously wounded slept in a small tent at the airstrip. [57], Nothing in the way of film or recorded TV, shown on the commune's closed-circuit system, no matter how innocuous or seemingly politically neutral, could be viewed without a Temple staffer present to "interpret" the material for the viewers. [146] Al pleaded with Bonnie to return to the U.S., but Bonnie rejected his suggestions. Jim Jones created an elaborate ruse to convince his followers that he could cure cancer right before their eyes.The JONESTOWN: Terror in the Jungle 2-night s. [145], After a sudden violent rainstorm started, emotional scenes developed between family members. The entourage had originally scheduled a 19-passenger Twin Otter from Guyana Airways to fly them back to Georgetown. [119] Jones was said to be abusing injectable Valium, Quaaludes, stimulants, and barbiturates. James Warren Jones. Minister. For days on end, frightened townsfolk ringed the commune, armed with machetes and whatever crude tools would serve as weapons. [165], According to escaped Temple member Odell Rhodes, the first to take the poison were Ruletta Paul and her one-year-old infant. [190] Most of them spent the night in the Port Kaituma caf. I'm quite a sucker for films about cults, but the remarkable thing is how many of them were caught on film. [224] Although the site was covered with dense vegetation, the team uncovered a standing cassava mill (possibly the largest remaining structure), the remains of a tractor (speculated to be the same tractor used by the airstrip shooters), a generator, a filing cabinet, a truck near the site of Jones' house, a fuel pump, and other smaller miscellaneous items. [95] Jones made radio broadcasts stating "we will die unless we are granted freedom from harassment and asylum. ", which indicated to Reid that Mondale had a personal interest in Jones' well-being.[48]. [91] Jones would call "Alert, Alert, Alert" over the community loudspeaker to call the community together in the central pavilion. [135][137][138][139] When journalists and members of the Concerned Relatives arrived in Jonestown later that day, Marceline Jones gave them a tour of the settlement. Children were generally surrendered to communal care, and at times were only allowed to see their biological parents briefly at night. [202], The Cult Awareness Network (CAN), a group aimed at deprogramming members of cults, was formed soon after the Jonestown deaths. [38] Guyanese immigration procedures were compromised to inhibit the departure of Temple defectors and curtail the visas of Temple opponents. 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