I'm watching Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle on Sundance right now

[CatWoman]

this is pretty damn hard to watch

[Siwsan]

1. I'm watching it, too

It's beyond horrifying.

[CatWoman]

2. my stomach is tied up in knots

[Siwsan]

3. Jones and the people who helped him were pure evil

That was hell on earth.

[kimbutgar]

4. My Dad met Jim Jones in the 70's while he was working at the SF housing authority

He thought he was creepy but also charismatic. When the Jonestown thing happened Dad was not shocked. A women I worked with was in his cult but got out before Guyana.

[CatWoman]

5. I was in the Army when this murder took place

and I remember paratroopers having to jump in to survey the damage.

Bodies were stacked up at Dover Air Force Base and unfortunately a lot of funeral homes would not take the bodies.

[kimbutgar]

6. So many innocent people who were brainwashed

Just like the orange maggot supporters. In The SF Chronicle article today they wrote about a supporter of the maggot who rushed in to save his maga banner and hat while his house burned down. He waved that flag when the maggots motorcade drove though Chico. What a dumb ass sob. He doesn’t realize FEMA will not be there for him after the fire gets replaced in the news cycle. He is totally screwed. And the insurance companies will screw him over because they can get his administration to deny claims with no legal recourse. He will be royally screwed over.

[murielm99]

8. I had a friend from college who died there.

It still horrifies me. Every once in a while, someone shows up who is pure evil. Jones was one of those.

[TDale313]

7. So awful. n/t

[IGoToDU]

9. Scary as hell

I was not quite a teen when the horrific incidents in Guayana went down. Gave (and still gives!) me nightmares.

[Brother Buzz]

10. I understand my asshole Libertarian mayor, a teenage survivor, was in it

He was locking horns with the cult enforcers as a rebellious kid, before even going to Jonestown. He's been mostly quiet on the subject for years, and only started opening up lately.

Here's a decent recount of his story after the shooting began:


https://www.wattpad.com/492851100-down-918-rabbit-holes-165-thom-bogue%27s-odyssey

[malaise]

11. Very hard to watch