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Peoples Temple

and the Jonestown massacre.

Timeline.

the summer of 1977

Nov 18th 1978

Nov 17th 1978

early 1970s

mid-1950s

group's official move to Jonestown, Guyana

the arrival of Leo Ryan

relocation to San Francisco, California

first Peoples Temple church (Indianapolis, Indiana)

the Jonestown Massacre

[...] the Peoples Temple spread a message that combined elements of Christianity with communist and socialist ideology, with an emphasis on racial equality.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple

Creating an image.

rasing money by various ways including selling live monkeys door-to-door

Jones believed to possess supernatural abilties by revealing personal data

cancer healings

money donations

social and medical programs for the poor and needy

spreading the message of equality

convention meetings with respected speakers

expanding Jones' political connections

Creating an image.

JONES' PARANOIA & DRUG ADDICTION

HUMILIATION

rasing money by various ways including selling live monkeys door-to-door

Jones believed to possess supernatural abilties by revealing personal data

ACTIVE COMMUNIST"The thought was, infiltrate the church."

FAKED

cancer healings

money donations

PHYSICAL ABUSE

social and medical programs for the poor and needy

spreading the message of equality

MEMBERS FORCEDTO GIVE UP THEIR BELONGINGS/HOMES/ CHILD CUSTODY

convention meetings with respected speakers

expanding Jones' political connections

Implementing the plan — Jonestown.

Peoples Temple Agricultural Project

Nearly 1000 residents (stats from 1978)

Self-proclaimed socialist-paradise

Pre-planning of mass suicide

— ESCAPE —

Trigger.

Leo Ryan's investigation

On the November 17th 1978 Leo Ryan, an american representative, together with reporters and photographers, came to Jonestown to investigate the claims of abuse, the treatment of its residents and living conditions. It was also his last day alive. Openly welcomed at first, was gunned down on the airstrip, waiting for his flight back home.

November 18th.

Soldiers will come for you. They will torture you. Don't let them.

909 people died that day, toddlers, teens and adults, together with Jim Jones himself, found in a chair with a bullet wound, most likely self-inflicted. 33 survived.

symptoms are immediate, cyanide blocks respiration, convulsion, tissue hypoxia, fainting, death in the next minutes

Documentation.

Jim Jones' Death tape 1978

Photographs

FBI Records

over 250 pages

sources

https://vault.fbi.gov/jonestown/jonestown https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple https://www.history.com/topics/crime/jonestown#origins-of-the-peoples-temple https://www.czytelniamedyczna.pl/3462,rozpoznanie-i-leczenie-zatruc-cyjankami-w-okresie-przedszpitalnym.html https://www.foundsf.org/index.php?title=Peoples_Temple https://www.britannica.com/event/Jonestown