Jonestown: The Paradise Built So No One Could Leave
On 18 November 1978, U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan arrived at a small airstrip in Guyana to take people home from Jonestown. Families had told him that relatives were being held in an isolated religious settlement in the jungle. They described forced work, beatings, confinement, and rehearsals for a mass suicide. Ryan wanted to see the place for himself.
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On 18 November 1978, U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan arrived at a small airstrip in Guyana to take people home from Jonestown. Families had told him that relatives were being held in an isolated religious settlement in the jungle. They described forced work, beatings, confinement, and rehearsals for a mass suicide. Ryan wanted to see the place for himself.
On 18 November 1978, U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan arrived at a small airstrip in Guyana to take people home from Jonestown. Families had told him that relatives were being held in an isolated religious settlement in the jungle. They described forced work, beatings, confinement, and rehearsals for a mass suicide. Ryan wanted to see the place for himself.
On 18 November 1978, U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan arrived at a small airstrip in Guyana to take people home from Jonestown. Families had told him that relatives were being held in an isolated religious settlement in the jungle. They described forced work, beatings, confinement, and rehearsals for a mass suicide. Ryan wanted to see the place for himself.
On 18 November 1978, U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan arrived at a small airstrip in Guyana to take people home from Jonestown. Families had told him that relatives were being held in an isolated religious settlement in the jungle. They described forced work, beatings, confinement, and rehearsals for a mass suicide. Ryan wanted to see the place for himself.
On 18 November 1978, U.S. Congressman Leo Ryan arrived at a small airstrip in Guyana to take people home from Jonestown. Families had told him that relatives were being held in an isolated religious settlement in the jungle. They described forced work, beatings, confinement, and rehearsals for a mass suicide. Ryan wanted to see the place for himself.