Devastating to listen to, and sadly fascinating.
From Archive.org, one of the more disturbing historical artifacts of the late 20th Century: “An audio recording made on November 18, 1978, at the Peoples Temple compound in Jonestown, Guyana immediately preceding and during the mass suicide or murder of over 900 members of the cult.”
A good deal more on Jonestown, including transcripts of various tapes such as this one, can be found here: http://jonestown.sdsu.edu/.
I remember when this happened. I was 11—too young to wrap my head around the insanity of a mass suicide of 900 people.
Actually, I’m still too young.
Listening to this… chills the blood.
And you wonder what courage it must have taken for Christine Miller — whose rebellious voice you hear on the first half of the recording — to take the microphone and speak against Jim Jones.
Sky & Em's dad. Kim's husband. Tom & Linda's son. I work in radio, at WAOR in South Bend, IN. I write fiction. I also play catch with a demanding Yorkie.
