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42 years ago, more than 900 cult members died after drinking poison in a historic mass-murder suicide.
This was the Jonestown Massacre.
42 years ago, more than 900 cult members died after drinking poison in a historic mass-murder suicide.
This was the Jonestown Massacre.
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00:00Last November, these were pictures that shocked the world.
00:03Views of one man's dream that he turned into a nightmare.
00:07A place of paradise that became a hell for hundreds of people who'd put their faith in him.
00:25And then we heard some more talk about the beauty of dying on loudspeaker.
00:28It was getting very, very faint. We were moving away from it.
00:31And then I heard Jim Jones say,
00:33Mother, mother, mother, mother, mother, mother.
00:37And then there was silence, and then I heard automatic rifle fire.
00:41Really, it's beautiful to see that all these divisions have been broken down.
01:01Not only race, but any differences of economic position.
01:05We don't recognize this kind of division in our group.
01:07So, it's a warm fellowship and acceptance of all people.
01:37Where before he had ruled with love and understanding,
01:56he began to say that people don't understand love.
01:59We've got to rule with fear.
02:01These people only understand fear.
02:03And he began doing things like whipping and public humiliation things.
02:20And he would say that, okay, now, if the people, government officials or whatever,
02:37were to come in here and try to destroy us or take us or try to expose us,
02:45then we would kill ourselves.