Pt. 8 - Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

This is part 8 of the entire PBS Documentary of Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple. Featuring never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch. For more information about Peoples Temple and Jamestown, visit these links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peoples_Temple and http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonestown

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[noixvoid]

this motherfucker jim jones led to death 909 people. the victims who committed suicide were not guilty. they were brainwashed by the evil charisma of this fuckin maniac. i hope that jim jones son of a bitch, fuckin bastard rot in hell and suffer eternaly. fuck off motherfucker killer of children.

[splashyyswag]

This is one of the most bizzare things ive ever heard of/seen.... this shit is seriously fucked

[gklcgr]

ffs dont cut it in the most interesting part

[tthomaselli2]

"Mother, mother, mother, mother, mother, please!... Mother, please, please, please don't... Don't do this! Don't do this!... Lay down your life with your child, but, don't do this... Hurry, my children, hurry!...".; WTF?!?!

[geddoe316]

@Hellzyead if he would have stood against them, he would have been killed. at the very least he got out to carry on his wife and son's memory

[mishanich123456]

Whats really disturbing and tragic is 8:16. You can hear the babies screaming and crying and the pictures...its just so horrific

[nwb252555]

mass suicide? bullshit, this is murder. and that is what it needs to be referred to from now on.

[beautifulKhaos2091]

Damn. I can't say nothin but Damn.

[djpokki]

@acecadet4000 is this like one of those 'ironic' comments from ppl pretending to be the average stupid ass youtube commenter or are you genuinely that misinformed jw

[djpokki]

@acecadet4000 lol oh wow

[TimeToDwell]

@acecadet4000 hahaha...how in the hell do you work that out?

[acecadet4000]

erikka... atheism has killed more people in 60 years than religion has done in over 2,000 years.