Jonestown Massacre [ Apocalyptic Cult ] Who Was Jim Jones ? |Mystery & Makeup - GRWM| Bailey Sarian

Jim Jones scares me like no other cult leader because his early message of equality is one I would have agreed with, and might have been tempted to follow. Other cults leave me wondering how these people got taken in by the leader, but with Jones, I know exactly how. I can see myself as one of his followers and it terrifies me.

bailey honestly make me feel like i’m her best friend the way she talks in all her videos

At my previous job I worked with a woman who survived this nightmare. Her, her son, mom, sister, and her husband all lived in Jonestown. When Jim Jones was telling everyone they had to die, she fled in the rainforest with her baby on her back. Unfortunately, her family didn’t join her. She had to leave in secret because she knew it was her only way out. A tragedy. PS she’s literally one of the sweetest, kindest people I know. Her name is Leslie and she actually wrote a book about her experience. It’s called Slavery of Faith by Leslie Wagner-Wilson

Bailey isn’t lying about that last tape. I had to listen to some of it for a college course years ago, and it is truly devastating. You hear people screaming in pain, including CHILDREN and BABIES, and you hear mothers wailing because their children are dying. There’s one point where mothers are crying and begging to keep their children from taking the poison, and Jim Jones is telling them they have to let their children go. You don’t forget that tape once you hear it. Jim Jones is an absolute monster.

No one noticed he could perform “miracles” but couldn’t heal his wife?!?!

My husband: ...but why does she do her makeup? husband later, drops remote, losing our place in the video. Uses the progress of Bailey's makeup to find our place again Husband: oh, that's why she does her makeup.

I love that you separate "black" and "African American" because its totally not the same thing. love it

Dying by poison is incredibly painful. That's why Jim (And the mistress) chose the gun.

At first I was like “this guys nice!” Then I was like “oh! 😀”

Jim Jones as a child wearing his Sunday clothes to school when his parents consistently ignore him reminds me of that video of Michael Scott as a kid where he says "I want to get married and have 100 kids so I can have 100 friends and no one can say 'no' to being my friend." which is pretty much a cult if u think abt it

Some of my aunts and uncles knew Jim Jones, went to school with him at Richmond High School. One of my uncles said Jim was a real nice guy and was shocked to hear the news. My Mom tells a story about how this little Black boy walked into a barbershop in Richmond to get his hair cut for his mother's funeral. The White barber refused and Jim Jones stood up for the child. He shamed the barber for refusing the boy service when he just wanted to be presentable for his mother's funeral. This tragedy is heartbreaking on so many levels.

Actually, Bailey, if you haven't already, this would make for a brilliant "Dark History" video if you haven't already. It is MACABRE. On the morning of the 19th, Guyanese foot soldiers went to the compound and it was dead quiet. The whole ground was apparently covered in a veil of fog. They described the ground feeling damp and marshy. But that silence was shattered when a younger teenage foot soldier actually saw what he was walking on. He apparently screamed and screamed, went into hysterics. All he could say was "BODIES! ITS ALL BODIES! EVERYWHERE". I hope that man is okay.

I’m confused as to why the followers didn’t notice he couldn’t heal his wife’s back???

For some reason, Jim Jones reminds me of Kanye 🤔😂 I don’t know, I could see Kanye starting his own cult church and sell pictures of himself. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Here in Jamaica we had a cult Pastor (Kevin Smith )who sacrificed his members etc I'd really love if you could do a story about it.

if Jim had kept doing what he was doing in the first 25 minutes of the video he would have been the greatest ever he could've been such a philanthropist ,but nooo he had to be a crazy person and do all that crazy possessive homicidal maniac

As a black girl I can confirm: Black churches are so lively and everyone is always happy to be there. The shouting(form of dancing) and music or even the food that we have after it's all comforting. Really shows their passion for all they do and believe in. Proud of that

This is the definition of “they had us in the first half, I’m not gonna lie”

I love how the church members weren't allowed romantic relationships but Jim could have mistresses. Seems right.