Why Did Jonestown Happen
What Happened
In 1977 Jonestown was founded for members of the people’s temple by Jim Jones in the jungles of Guyana, and had 50 people living there. This all changed when an exposé was being printed about him. The article included article with ex-members. That night Jim jones and hundreds of others flew to Guyana and moved into the Jonestown compound. Jonestown was meant to be a utopia but didn’t have enough housing or beds. The cabins were filled from wall to wall with bunk beds and were majorly over crowded. People would sleep in gender based cabins so married couples would be separated. Many people would get sick due to the temperature and members would have to work up to 12 hours a day in the heat. Many people loved living on the compound and others wanted to leave, the only problem was you could only leave if you asked Jim Jones but he didn’t want anyone to leave. …show more content…
He took along his advisor, a NBC film crew and the concerned relative of people in Jonestown. When he got there a note was secretly passed to a member of NBC with the names of people who wanted to leave. On November, 18, 1978, Ryan announced he was going to take anyone who wanted to leave back to the US. Only a few people accepted the offer.
When the truck left with the people who wanted to leave, Ryan stayed back to ensure that no one else wanted to leave. Ryan was attacked by a member of the peoples temple attacked him with a knife, the man failed to cut Ryan’s throat. He then knew he was in danger he joined the truck and left.
The arrived at the airport safely but the plains weren’t ready to leave. While they were waiting a tractor and trailer pulled up next to them, a group of people from jones town got out and started shooting at Ryan’s group, killing several including Ryan and injuring many
In 1977 Jonestown was founded for members of the people’s temple by Jim Jones in the jungles of Guyana, and had 50 people living there. This all changed when an exposé was being printed about him. The article included article with ex-members. That night Jim jones and hundreds of others flew to Guyana and moved into the Jonestown compound. Jonestown was meant to be a utopia but didn’t have enough housing or beds. The cabins were filled from wall to wall with bunk beds and were majorly over crowded. People would sleep in gender based cabins so married couples would be separated. Many people would get sick due to the temperature and members would have to work up to 12 hours a day in the heat. Many people loved living on the compound and others wanted to leave, the only problem was you could only leave if you asked Jim Jones but he didn’t want anyone to leave. …show more content…
He took along his advisor, a NBC film crew and the concerned relative of people in Jonestown. When he got there a note was secretly passed to a member of NBC with the names of people who wanted to leave. On November, 18, 1978, Ryan announced he was going to take anyone who wanted to leave back to the US. Only a few people accepted the offer.
When the truck left with the people who wanted to leave, Ryan stayed back to ensure that no one else wanted to leave. Ryan was attacked by a member of the peoples temple attacked him with a knife, the man failed to cut Ryan’s throat. He then knew he was in danger he joined the truck and left.
The arrived at the airport safely but the plains weren’t ready to leave. While they were waiting a tractor and trailer pulled up next to them, a group of people from jones town got out and started shooting at Ryan’s group, killing several including Ryan and injuring many