The Rise And Fall Of The Peoples Temple Cult (Jonestown Massacre)
In Jonestown, Jim Jones, The Peoples Temple and Church's notorious leader, led his congregation to their deaths, where over 900 people died from drinking cyanide-laced Flavor Aid. Merle and Joyce dive in to learn all about the rise and fall of The Peoples Temple.
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My dad was on the military group that had to go clean up after the massacre. He said it was unreal, and he still thinks about it to this day.
as a researcher into Jonestown, I ask has he been interviewed? Would he accept an invitation to be interviewed?
such a waste of life, for nothing
thats horrible, that had to have been traumatizing.
I only have one question that I would love to ask him, "Why did the Army remove the Identification wrist bands that identified most of the bodies?". Was it simply inexperience and human error because of the overwhelming horror or did the order come down for this to be done?
Byeeee
fun fact, my grandfather used to own a construction company, and jim jones hired him and his father (my great grandfather) to build the temple in redwood valley CA, my grandfather said they day he went to collect the money for the build, jim jones tried to convince him to join, and my grandfather said that he got horrible vibes from him and that he was just overall creepy as hell.
Never trust someone who likes to wear sunglasses inside all the time.
Ive heard the whole tape. He says how the children arnt suffering its just because its bitter. They were screaming because of the pain not bitterness and its heartbreaking. Many adults were injected when they refused to drink. Some had needles stuck in their backs so done without their consent
Their insides were literally melting. Some were lucky and got shot.
I heard the whole tape some time ago too The ending was so creepy when the screams started to fade and the only thing that could be heard in the end was music Heartbreaking
@@lizc6393 only two got shot. That was him and his mistress.
And when they try to leave arm men shot at them and even killed some who try to leave all over a paranoid mad man
This is why I don’t joke about “drinking the koolaid.” They didn’t drink it.
One thing you forgot to include in this video is Jim Jones had his followers conduct regular "Mass Suicide" drills on a regular basis while in Jonestown. So when the time came to actually commit suicide it was not something new, they had practiced it many times before.
very true, and it lead many people to think this was just another drill as they had no reason to expect that this would be any different
I believe they were called "white night" drills?
They were conducting these drills back in Indiana, and in California, and in Guyana. Long before Jones killed their bodies he broke their spirits. Sleep deprivation. Turning family members against each other. Even love making. All curtailed.
He would trick members into drinking the flavoraid and then tell them they had 45 minutes to live to see their reaction. He then announced that he had a nuclear weapon that was synchronized to detonate at the end of the 45 minutes. I’m amazed that so many people stuck around for Jonestown because he was doing this in California way before Guyana.
@@joeladeroute8663 then they only have themselves to blame. i can't believe all the people that are defending the "victims" as if they weren't the perpetrators. people are blessed with a brain and if they choose not to use it, it is indeed a choice! they are absolutely accountable for what transpired.
I’ve heard the full audio of the massacre. It’s very disturbing, hearing people scream while Jim rambles about how death is liberating.
link?
Yeah I heard it too it is very disturbing and it also makes you sad hearing those babies scream because they are in pain from drinking poison
I could only listen to a few minutes of it. It's just...way, _way_ too much for me.
There's an episode of Last Podcast on the Left where they play the whole tape uninterrupted, I think...I didn't listen to whole thing (ain't got time for that).
@@Tommmcat1990 Yeah, that's exactly where I heard it. Have to say I'm glad the boys stuck it on its own separate track instead of putting it in the actual episodes like they used to do with old 911 calls.
Just to keep things productive (and maybe shine a little ray of light on this horrible story), there were about EIGHTY people who survived the Jonestown massacre, one way or the other. While some 36 of them have died in the years since, the many other survivors have been trying to get the mass media to tell their stories all this time. Alas, the media only seems to want to talk about Jim Jones, himself, effectively giving that naricssist free publicity even after his death. But since your coverage here already seems to be moving a bit away from that direction (thank you), talking to these people might be a good follow-up to this video, somewhere down the line. Welcome to the family, ladies; it's good to have you.
Exactly.. and the fact that they included Jim Jones in the memorial is disgusting.
There's a podcast called Something was Wrong and one of their seasons is devoted to talking about two of the survivors who got out when the congressman was shot. It was interesting to listen to.
people admire serial killers today
See, I didn't even know there were survivors. I would want to watch a video about them. Immediately.
@@yanniesays yup, a few people ran into the jungle and hid. Some families were separated when one spouse didn't want to run with the other, or parents ran and kids didn't, or vice versa. They came back and found the massacre. Just awful.
A good video with the bridge notes but you missed 2 big ole red flags from his childhood, namely that he once killed a dog in order to resurrect it and climbed onto the roof of a barn to prove he could fly. Surprisingly, neither of these things worked out for him.
They missed alot. They didn't mention the regular death drills. How he'd have sex with men. His fake assassinations. His fake faith healing. His pet monkey who killed it's self. The fact that people started trying to leave and that's what pushed him over the edge to begin his final solution. And that's just the top of my head. It's buzzfeed so I don't expect that much from them. This was decent and they talked about the racial aspects which almost never get mentioned so I'll give them a pass.
My great grandmother died in this cult. She died a few months before i was born. I have read letters she wrote to my dad from Jonestown. watch every documentary I can on this subject
what was her name?
Wow that's wild
Wow. It was scary reading the book.
It's truly amazing how people who just want to belong... can be led so astray. This was a brutal massacre. Jim Jones knew that people were unhappy, and he knew that they would have eventually left or turned on him. He betrayed them and their trust, and destroyed entire families.
The sad truth
What's the difference between him and trump? Death? Trump is just calling for the death of others.
@@raingirl98275 Lol, Jim Jones actually had more in Common with Bernie Sanders than Donald Trump.
This was so much better than I thought it would be. The emotions and trauma that are brought up and shared so respectfully is incredible. Thank you. You don't need to compete with past hosts. You are informative and strong in your own way. I can't wait to see where this goes!
I was looking for a comment like this giving feedback on the new show. I still haven’t watched it but you really think it ls worth a shot?
@@anubis8586 I do. We need to move past Shane and Ryan and give this a chance. They do a really good job by making you feel as if this could happen to you or me and bring such emotion to the story of the victims.
@@3ch1dna07 I totally agree haha , I'm a bit sceptical when it comes to buzzfeed but I really enjoy these hosts , plus the boys have their own content and are still making spooky related videos so it's not even like we gotta move past them just keep an open mind to these two beautiful people.
@@sploompdoomper I found it quite cringey even though I like these girls, will keep an open mind and watch more though
THIS is a good show. it's good to show people that EVERYONE is able to be lured into the right cult. everyone. no one is "too smart to join a cult" and that's an important thing to emphasize and it's good that they're only talking badly about the cult leaders
Not everyone. Those who follow God & refuse to follow man will never be lead astray. RIP 🙏
@@mariagabrielle6383 no there are plenty of christian cults that rope in Christian ppl. NO ONE is too smart to join a cult bc they start out as a great place you love.
@@mariagabrielle6383 Amen🙏🏾
@@mariagabrielle6383 what about christian cults tho? That’s really disrespectful to claim
I know my Mom would likely to be in a cult, because she's really upheld teachers on a pedestal. She still talked about how this teacher was nice and complementary to her in HS, in her 70s. And she's quite religious. The teachers that I'm talking about, includes the ones that give sermons. Because in her mind, teachers would be anyone that pass knowledge to others. But I think my Dad would totally put a break on that. So yeah, following God does not mean you are immune to join a cult.
I love how Joyce and Merle approach everything with compassion, but they also critically think about the issues.
ive heard/seen so many people cover this specific cult, yet i dont think anyone has ever shown the racial side to it properly or enough. this was an amazing coverage of it, excited to see more episodes
I watched a documentary once about a little girl who escaped and man my heart was racing!
omg please drop the title!!
@@brendapxh it was too long ago and while I was channel flipping so I never saw the title, but I’m pretty sure it was on the history channel.
I've heard most of the last tape as well. It's one of the most horrifying things I've ever been exposed to. The kids screaming did me in. It took a few days for me to stop thinking about it.
Why don't you listen to the others, like the one where temple people talk about wanting to kill their family members and engage in terrorists actions. They were not innocent at all!
They said something as a throwaway comment about influencers hitting a certain amount of followers… never thought of social media as a cult… buuuuut man is runs parallel to cults almost.
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This is why the expression was made “don’t drink the koolaid”
he shouldn't be called by his preferred terrible nonsensical nickname "Jim", we should call him Jamie Jones to disrespect him
jimmy jam
Jimmy McJim face
Jimmothy Jonesy
Jimbo
jane "the pud" jones?
In all truth Jim Jones was a horrible human and we should learn from these sick cults. People need to really understand what a cult is.
Great new series! Love to see Joyce hosting and I really hope this becomes a recurring series.
I really appreciate their format. I LOVE the original Buzzfeed Unsolved with Ryan and Shane, but there were MOMENTS where all the joking around would take away from the story they were telling. But it was their personality and dynamic and I still loved it. The dynamic in this video is that they are having intentional discussions about the topic and constantly trying to make sense of it or reacting to it. I love both kinds of formats and I think it should be recognized! And like, totally cool if it ain’t your vibe. That’s the beauty of art!
what even happened to shane and ryan like i came back to this channel after a long time and theyre gone
@@aavisism they have their own channel now called Watcher ❤️
@@aavisism they’ve got their own show called Watcher. It’s a separate show that isn’t affiliated with Buzzfeed.
Well said! I really enjoy the dynamic between these two hosts so far
@@chava4809 the cooking show?
I love the way you guys went about this. Not only informative but captivating. As a copyright nerd I also love that you guys included the info about your music, photos, etc. that you used in the description. Amazing work
Fantastic debut episode, guys. I especially love the research and the expert interview. You guys have great chemistry, and the topic is a little uncharted as far as well-produced KZhead content goes. I'm excited to see where you guys take this project. Good luck!
Please please PLEAAAASE talk about Love Has Won!! The whole Hawaii thing, her livestreams, the chicken parmesan rant....it's a wild ride.
I recently found out about this one. The whole thing was a bit confusing so I want to go back and rewatch the short doccie about her because I just don't even get how she ever got a following. She didn't strike me as what we are told are characteristics of cult leaders.
Love this setup and I really appreciate how yall thought of the ethical side of the themes and influences this show could bring
its sad that people have to think they have to belong to something like a church or a group to feel loved or validated. they feel like they don't have anywhere else to turn so they are convinced that one person can make them feel so important and be valued.
loved this, it drew me in and kept my attention and im loving you two as hosts
Not everyone drank the flavorade... quite a few people were shot from refusing. He had his armed thugs carry out this task. There were survivors and I am so thankful for that.
I learned about Jonestown in high school English class. We were reading The Handmaid's Tale, and our teacher introduced us to the concept of cults to better understand how people can get swept away by ideologies that outsiders would find outrageous and crazy. It fueled such a morbid fascination in me about the psychology behind it to make people follow you blindly. Also unrelated, but Joyce is an absolute queen! Love her so much ❤
Good one.. I liked how respectful they were, and informative
I really enjoyed this. Been looking for something half decent and found more than decent. Looking forward to seeing more of these two ladies ❤
Hi! You may want to take a look at Pablo Salum's story. He escaped a cult when he was 14 years. He devoted his life to take this Escuela de Yoga de Buenos Aires down for over 30 years and the most painful thing in this story is that his whole family is still in it. Recently there were arrests made and even Vice made an article about it. It is a David and Goliath fight for over 30 years where he helped other victims from these cults and is fighting for an anti cult law to protect people and help rehabilitate survivors.
Yessssss! This content I’m here for! Git it Rise & Fall! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
I love you guys as a duo! Such good balance of humor and intentional conversation and history
I hate that people only know Guyana because of this horrific event :/ we are so much more than that
exactly!! i hate how when people hear guyana, they either don’t know what/where they country is or only know it from this massacre
ok loving this new duo! I hope they do more!
This is the most I've enjoyed this channel since the ghoul boys. Keep up the good work!
You gotta do the successor to Jim Jones, David Koresh and the Branch Dividians. Also, Heaven’s Gate is a nice wacky story too
i love these two hosts already. excited to see what they have in store :)
I read the book "Raven" when it was published in the 1980s. It's a truly chilling book, and recommended reading for anyone wishing to understand as much as possible about Jones and the Temple.
I'll check it out.
@@nicolew6904 I do not remember the "white savour" perspective being explored in the book but it may have been. I remember it delving more into the narcissism and control. It's been nearly 40 years since I read it, and I was unwilling to re-read it (which I do with most good books).
@@agcons Jones actually viewed himself as being black though, not white.
This is great. Keep it up, yall.
I never heard this whole story before. Good job.
Great video champ! You got a new fan love ceasar
I CANT WAIT FOR THE NEXT EPISODE!!!!!
really loved the show. hope it continues!!
Amazing work Joyce and Merle! Can not wait for the next episode! Love the ground rules and well-researched content! You are wonderful hosts and please keep up the great work! Joyce, please join more Twitch streams and KZhead videos with Merle! Love you both!
I really want to like this new series. It needs to be about ten minutes longer with the details a bit more fleshed out. There was so much just glossed over and not included that make a difference to the story, especially the survivors and how some of them managed to survive.
Great new series! Would love to see more!
loved this duo
Loved the ep! Good job, like the chemistry of the hosts! So, some cults I would love to hear more about: (1.) Thelema, the (2.) Sherry Shriner Cult and (3.) Heaven's Gate. There are tons of podcasts and videos out there about Heaven's Gate, but I would love to hear about it more from everyday life of people inside the cult.
This was really nice, actually enjoyed it. I hope y'all wi do the Davidians too and how the gov messed that whole situation up and the Rajneesh movement. Also everyone still whining about R&S, yall know you're not forced to watch content on Buzzfeed right? They have their own channel now called watcher. Go there if you miss them so much.
*”check out next week, we’re gonna cry about a different white man”* - understandably only time I got a laugh out of this whole video, thank you.
I love her.
It is racist
Thank you for showing emotion and crying about some thing so horrific. I often wonder why people covering cults or true crime don't include more emotion. Crying for these victims is important and drives home how horrible these acts were. We should feel SOMETHING over content and history like this. Thank you!
Man if they ever get to scientology! That one is horrifying!
They'll get sued too for covering those facts.
South Park did it
They STALK YOU
Loved this! Joyce and Merle are an excellent combo🥰 MOAR please🤲
more. the word is more.
I was 13 years old when the mass suicide/murders took place in Jonestown on November 18, 1978. This has intrigued me since then and it still intrigues me now. It amazes me how one man can convince so many others to follow him even to the point of harsh punishment for them, the sacrificing of all their income and all their properties, and eventually to their deaths. When I see videos of how things went down in Jonestown and the stories the survivors shared of their experiences, I learn something new each time. May the Lord continue to be with families of the victims who lost loved ones on that horrible day and the survivors who are still living today. I know there is not a day that goes by that these survivors don't think of that horrible day on November 18, 1978.
Very informative
This is very enlightening I like it
Loved this please keep doing this
For a few, lesser known cults that are interesting (basically, not on the top five lists): synanon, order of the solar temple, the Rajneesh Movement, Children of God (🤢), and the unification church/moonies
I watched a documentary about the Rajneesh movement. Wow, that was a whole other level in so many ways.
LOVE. Love you both, I also like to know about cults. So excited for this series!!
There are still people out there like this. But instead of God it's something or someone else.
I like the light-hearted process of exploration.
The two cults are The Orange People, the one that Netflix did a documentary on. The other cult was in Australia, known as The Family. Love your work.
I actually stumbled across this man a few days ago after listening the the song called Bad Things By cults
You can tell they did their research by saying it was flavorade and not Kool-Aid
They didn't perform their research well, then. There were no confirmed cyanide deaths. The pathology found on the found doesn't support it. Two things always appear after a true cyanide death, however, only qualifyied practicianers can spot it.
Finding out my Grandma was a former member. If it wasn’t for her getting pregnant with my mom…sigh none of us would be here😢 prayers to the families
Unpopular opinion, sounds like there were huge warning flags and clear instances of abuse where all his followers should have noped out even before the move to Guyana. 🤷
Thing was If you choose to leave the church you were basically choosing death. A lot of people who “left” peoples temple “accidentally” died a few days or weeks later. Some crashed of a cliff, some were murdered a few years later “no trace” Paula Addams and her family who survived Jonestown were all murdered like 5-6 years later
Ah i love these two hosts
The check out next week comment sent me, LOL! Good episode guys!
This cult committed such vile actions against its own members...
It just feels like black people thought that this man was some sort of savior for black folks because of all that he had "Given" they probably thought "Finally someone understands what we have gone through and now we can begin a healing process." Just for them to end up leaving their families to go to some place worse. What stood out to me is how you guys referred to it as a "Plantation" and it resonated with me because it sounded and even looked like a plantation. It was almost like the stories that the captains would tell the slaves on the boat when they were on their way to America. Hearing him talk to Christine sounded like an awful mother belittling their child because they think they knew better because they are "Older" or "Wiser", it shows how he knows that he brainwashed them.
9:54 - 10:08 ironically this kind of sums up what I imagine working at buzzfeed is like. Lol
I love the Twin Peaks decal sticker in the back of the car (or are they riding in a van?), specifically the owl cave symbol. I love Twin Peaks so if these ladies like Twin Peaks then I’m game for this show.
Came here to say this exact thing. Love their vibe alone but the Twin Peaks Owl Cave symbol sold me 100%
Thank you for noticing 🥹 I’ve had that thing for 6 years and no one has ever pointed it out 🕴🏻
@@MerleONeal I’m a fellow twin peaks fanatic. Looking forward to more episodes!
The podcast Casefile did a three parter on Jones Town and it was absolutely harrowing. Those tape recordings...
Hi Ladies, y’all are doing an awesome job! I’m obsessed with cults and fringe beliefs and this show knocks it out the park ! Your chemistry is great and feels real. These are some dark, heavy stories but you give victims respect and tell it like it is. Thank you!
Great show. I will continue to watch.
I remember this guy! I'm absolutely adamant the FarCry5 game is based on this story/guy.
Ryan and Shane vibes. Not quite the same but not bad. Really miss those guys and there unsolved series.
one of my homies is guyanese and his mom still remembers the jonestown massacre
Nice bunch of fellas I don't know how they didn't keep it all together
Omg the set has so many Easter eggs. Is that an orange theory fitness logo on the jar in the front? And a teal swan in the back?!?
Hey Dears, Some suggestions: - Consider if remastering the volume sounds would make sense. It appears to me that your voices are a bit low in volume & mixed into the background sounds. - Sometimes the ratio of feedbacks over presented facts/stories are too much in my opinion. All the best
Wow didn't realise the actual temple was still there in Los Angeles!
I wish we could hear from one of the victims as well as a psychologist. It would help to understand the situation better.
Please do an episode on the Hermetic order of the golden dawn.❤❤
I love the rules! I LOVE the check in!
I was 8 years old when jonestown happened I remember the news reports about it and I read everything I could about it
What you read about Jonestown was U.S. government propaganda. Jim Jones was practically raised in the KKK. The whites were allowed to come and go in and out of the camp anytime they wanted, while the blacks were held captive inside the camp. Jones followers were murdered after Congressman Leo Ryan threatened to expose Jones for trying to operate a U.S. intelligence agency-funded mind-controlled slave labor camp which is what Jonestown really was. Jones himself was killed before it even happened. The victims were either murdered by some type of poison injected in the back(evident by all the bent needles found all around the camp) below their shoulder blades, shot, stabbed, or strangled. Those people never took any cyanide and the pathology reports, issued by Dr. Cyril L. Mootoo, never supported it. Who murdered them?....The C.I.A.-trained Guyanese police forces, trained by Dan Mitrione, a close friend of Jones who was a U.S. government official in Latin America who trained local police in the use of torture along with British Black Watch troops, around 200 of them, who were waiting in the woods with serrated knives to kill the ones that tried to escape. The U.S. Army reported a series of lies of how they 'died' which took six days. Why did it take six days? That's how long it took to drag all the bodies, around 900 people, into position and lay them face-down in neat rows. In some of the photos, you can see the drag marks. Leo Ryan was gunned down at the Kaituma Airport strip by mind-controlled Guyanese defense forces, trained by Dan Mitrione, who was also a close childhood friend of Jones.
I like Buzzfeed Unsolved.
This is really great.
To the individuals who constantly bring up Shane and Ryan....they've had their own channel Watcher for almost 3 years now. They're never coming back here, let it go already.
Please cover Heaven's Gate next!
Please cover House of Yahweh, a close friend of mine escaped this cult as a young adult.
Well, if it's not already on the list, a cult I wouldn't mind watching you both cover is Aum Shinrikyo.
Can't believe he got almost 1000 people to follow him to Guyana and killed them there. You can't get your head around it even after seeing the photos.
The bodies were staged after the U.S. Army rounded up the victims and started to move them into neat rows side-by-side. In some of the photos, you can see the actual drag marks.
I love the sticker on their car of Judy from Twin Peaks (four minutes into the video).
It truly amazes me how people can be manipulated into doing the most awful things.
What I always found striking about Jonestown is that most of the documentaries initially set up Jim Jones as the archetypal one-dimensional villain who did the evil do by himself. And by the end of the documentary, the documentary makers just an off-hand mention Jim Jones's inner circle and the guard force, without elaboration. They always remain a faceless force in these tales. I'm always wondering why people don't talk more about their role. Sure, Jim Jones was the ultimate authority in this atrocity, but he couldn't have pulled it off without these people. They 100% shared Jones's delusion and we should hear their tales.
They literally even discussed murdering their own family members to Jim Jones.
i was searching for the video that shane and ryan made before :((
Is this the new BFU Network content we've needed since our pals departed?