Watching a show on Jonestown

[Doc_Lobster]

For some reason I always watch this stuff. It is just so messed up. What a monster.

[Doc_Lobster]

The number of people, and children, who died is just shocking. The things people can do.

[luckyval]

I totally got sucked into a documentary on Jonestown recently - fascinating and disturbing.

That guy that left his kid there so he could leave with members of the press? I can't even imagine

[thinkofthesoldiers]

I saw a dramatization of it once and when the kids dropped after drinking the koolaid, I just couldn't do it anymore.

[nahoku]

Jan 6, 2013 22:40:36 GMT -5 sameoldash said:

yes!! a couple of years ago, there was a huge marathon on all about jonestown and i could.not.stop.watching. it scared the shit out of me but i couldn't tear my eyes away.

a sick fuck indeed. those poor families that left.

I've watched those marathons, too. It happened on the day I was born.

[Doc_Lobster]

God, I can't imagine what it would be like for the parents who left.

[fuckyourcouch]

ugh. those poor people.

[Deleted]

I had a mild obsession about Jonestown a few years back. I remember watching a documentary where his son was interviewed, and it was DARK.

The people that left before the suicide, whose children were left behind with ex-spouses just devastated me. I can't imagine.


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[textbookcase]

I was reading a lot about it the other day. I wasn't aware of how many people died until then (around 900!) I had no idea!

[Doc_Lobster]

They are interviewing the son in this one, and it is dark. Maybe the same show.

[Deleted]

I've watched a documentary or two on it, one when I was way too young to really understand everything. Such a disgusting thing to happen, and like other's said I can't imagine what the people who left who had loved ones still there felt.

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Jan 6, 2013 23:03:57 GMT -5 Doc_Lobster said:

They are interviewing the son in this one, and it is dark. Maybe the same show.

Sounds like it! It's a very good documentary, the interviews are heartbreaking.


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[Deleted]

I watched one of these when I was home on mat leave. Not a good idea at all. I saw the one with the dramatization where it shows the kids drinking the Kool aid. I cried for days.

[BlackCanary]

I also find it fascinating. I don't understand how a person can do this.

[psychmom]

What channel were you watching it on? Do you know the name of the documentary?

I've always found Jonestown fascinating.

[Doc_Lobster]

It's on H2 and is called Paradise Lost.