CRIES OF THE PEOPLE'S TEMPLE

Thirty years ago Jim Jones - the preacher who led the People's Temple - ordered 919 of his followers to drink cyanide-laced Kool-Aid. I've always been fascinated by how an apparently happy, racially integrated, progressive community living in a tropical paradise so rapidy descended into an evil suicide cult. Here are two audio clips that kinda show that terrible dichotomy...

Here's a great track from He's Able, a gospel album recorded by the People's Temple Choir.
Listen: People's Temple - "Something Got A Hold Of Me"



Here's a recording of the debate that went on in Jonestown as the congregation killed themselves at the urging of their drugged-up, slurring leader.
Listen: Jonestown Death Tape



For some background watch this documentary: The Life And Death Of People's Temple

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"BUDD, DON'T DO THIS!"

"Where's Don Johnson?"

BUDD DWYER (This isn't a link to the actual suicide, just his wiki page)

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