People in peoples temple were honest especially the ones not part of the inner circle. They believed in something bigger than themselves. They believed and hoped to bring light to a dark world
Goes to show how the Apple CAN fall far away from the tree. NOT like father NOT like son. He could’ve easily turned out like his father. However he didn’t. Unfortunately the mental damage his father caused him is still unknown to this day.
@@cranford69 Stephan is a manipulative little shit just like his father, but he isn't as evil as his dad was. Just gray. He's trying to live his life I suppose.
His Dad wasn’t respectful to him. Dang , he just said he hated his father for destroying everything that he lived for. He’s not upset his dad is dead. Wonder how he feels about his mom. She was helping out w the poison , I think. Then flipped out and started crying and walking away from the cyanide fast. But she killed herself too.
Little John Víctor couldn't make it to live. He was just Jim Jones trophy . What a coward psychopath. Stephan just make it alive because he was sent to Georgetown by his father.
You can see the shock and horror in his eyes... He was very wise beyond his years, this guy was only 19 years old at the time.... These days, even 30 year olds aren't as mature and thoughtful as he is at this time... Bless Stephan Jones, he is a good man
It was the environment. Hell, he admits he and his brothers had considered killing Jim at certain points. At first, they didn't because they were worried about his inner circle; later, they thought Jones was going to die from his failing health soon
What do you think about the people who read the cards and they say they could tell the future. And they tell people to get rid of certain friends because their negative energy
More like covering his own ass against retaliation from family members of those murdered by his old man. Interesting how he wasn't around when daddy decided to off his congregation. There was a lot he wasn't telling regarding his own involvement in Jones town.
@@dennismcclain1931There is no strong evidence he is guilty of anything except being the son of Jim Jones. Luckily we don't punish the son for the sins of the father.
@@dennismcclain1931 Stephan Jones and some others were in the Guyanese capital for a basketball tournament. Jim Jones ordered them to return to Jonestown due to the Congressman's visit, but they refused. It's as simple as that. Pretty much the worst you can say about his involvement in Jonestown is that he had a "tough guy" reputation and was involved (as were many others) in intimidating and yelling at people during public meetings.
Dennis McClain most of the survivors who’ve spoken publicly over the years credit Stephan and his brother Jimmy with doing everything they could to try to stop it once they got word of what was going down. Nineteen years old is just barely into adulthood and the young man in this video has seen and known nothing outside of the people’s temple. I admire the strength and dignity he is showing in the face of overwhelming devastation. And everything I’ve seen or read about him in the decades since seems to confirm that he is an honest, honorable man who has overcome great tragedy. It’s easy to forget, but he is a victim too.
Very sad. You can see he is in shock. It would be terrible to have a father who "murdered" over 900 people. It is just awful that his mother had to die.
@@JustMeELC I had heard in a documentary that the mother was trying to stop them from killing the children and then when the last child was killed she took the poison herself.
Chris Lalor wow! That’s interesting! I always respected what he’s had to say especially from such a difficult position. He went through trauma himself and probably felt like he contribute to the trauma of others. The concepts jim Jones preached were a head of his time in his early days but I’m not sure if he believed them himself or merely knew he could manipulate those who did. Would be interesting to know what would have happened had he been born in this time..
ANTI -CORL SQUAD No. It would have been easy to lure him to Georgetown and arrest him. There still might have been chaos in Jonestown, but likely not so many deaths.
notsosunnny he is shellshocked and he was not in charge, you have no idea what you're talking about, I was friends with Stephen, he is a very good person.
+Harry Paul Sharon Amos was in charge of operations in Jamestown. Stephen fought his old man at every turn and would not have been trusted with main radio operations. Even yes man son Jim Jones Jr. wasn't trusted with that responsibility. +Chris Lalor Stephen is a gem of a man. Lived in my brother's neighborhood when the girls were babies.
I'm not sure what Jamestown is, but the Temple's radio house was in Georgetown. Stephen was there with the Temples basketball team playing the Guyanese national team. After the game, he went to the airport eager to see that Ryan made it back safely. Also at the airport were members of "Concerned relatives" anxiously awaiting word of the trip. When it got later and later, Stephen went to the radio house to contact Jonestown. Just minutes before he arrived, Amos slit her children's throat and then her own throat after getting the order from Jonestown. This is where Stephen was arrested.
Well...the church consisted of a lot more than 400 people & was a huge presence in San Francisco, so it's a fair question (albeit kinda insensitively timed). They had the blessings of Mayor Moscone, Harvey Milk & Governor Reagan before all this went down.
MrHopeTelevision I think it shows how media has changed so much since then. In cases like this I think it's for the better.. poor kid is basically still in shock.
The reason for the low count in deaths is because at first only the bodies that could be seen were counted. It wasn't until they started removing bodies that they realised there were other bodies underneath them.
@@anongirl559 Yeah, there actually *was* talk for about a month after the mass murder-suicides of possibly continuing Peoples Temple in some manner, but Stephan Jones had no interest in succeeding his dad and the Temple was about to have its finances blasted into oblivion anyhow by lawsuits and the like. Peoples Temple effectively died in Guyana on November 18, 1978.
@@nataliekate2176 If you think this one is bad, watch the interview with Steven Stayner in 1980 days after he escaped his evil kidnapper... and he was 14.
I have much love and respect for him. He turned out to be such a great and caring man I just wish I could hold him at this time here where he's 19 and tell him it's going to be okay.
1990758 First of all, the son of the devil isn't the devil. Satan was an angel of God. Where is your information about Stephan Jones participating in the bearings coming from?
I never knew until today that Jim Jones had any children. I've been reading some of Stephan's recollections of life with his father and he's a brilliant writer. I have much respect for how he handled the reporters here. I cannot imagine how it must have felt to basically lose your whole world at one time. He must be a very mentally strong person to have survived this.
wow. i have never seen someone be this shellshocked. if you hear other interviews he's given since then, you know that he didn't believe that there were any survivors at all. that was absolutely everyone he had ever known and loved and all the friends he'd grew up with. That was EVERYONE. it gets sadder when he talks about how his mother fought and screamed and wailed and tried to stop them from killing the children, but when all of the kids were dead, she took the poison willingly.
The look in Stephen's eyes says it all. It's ashame he had to carry the guilt for what his father did. 40 years later, he spoke on what happened at Jonestown. He knew at this moment the temple church was done.
@@TCthaCrisis .....I know it’s an old comment but you need to be shown the asswipe you are. What are you talking about? Your comment makes no sense. I’m done with you I hope you re-read and understand it better.
@@bobloblaw2958 I didn't write he was innocent. I wrote "God Bless the innocent!", I was referring to those who were murdered by Jones and his inner circle(murder squad).
V R: Yeah cowards, they were gonna die anyways so why not go out with a fight. Idc those people were weird marxist communist who were taken up air in this world.
This is same Stephen who was on the tapes threatening to break someone’s neck if they did not salute him and helping berate members for not working hard enough.
ruclips.net/video/CiPT-ijaJxE/видео.htmlsi=GCMZMjUO9Dc1DGUM In that video there is audio of Stephan talking down to various temple members including him saying he’ll break one of their necks if they don’t salute him.
@@midnightcaptain8344 wow, I had never known this. So much of the aftermath and the accounts of what life was like in Jonestown, I knew from his son Stephen. It’s around the 25:00 mark in that video where he does say this. One could say he was trying to play his part so that he wasn’t abused himself but what does that say of him? He should have stood up for the others and set an example. It would have made more people aware sooner or it would have prevented Jones from acting more crazy either for his own name’s sake. If he killed his son for speaking against that is going to have more dissatisfied and fearing people. If he admonishes him, that would have made people dissatisfied too and doubt if this is all for their good, and would have seen them leaving sooner. You’re right he had a lot of power in this situation that he could have done something anything if he really was a decent person he portrays himself to be. That audio is painful to listen to. People that got turned by hate abusing and breaking the will of their fellow humans. Anything that comes from Stephen’s mouth is to be taken with a grain of salt. Thanks for sharing.
He is utterly one person who looks terrified and confused and is handling shit himself and looks like he is about to break down. Obviously brilliant.. I think he is amazing
@@usnationalist8150 yeah seriously. The vibe I'm getting is that he's worried about his own gruesome doings at Jonestown getting out and even leading to prosecution. He was an evil POS who put kids in the hole at Jonestown. Everyone in the comment is blowing Stephan like he's some great guy. I guess it's people drinking the Kool-Aid all over again. Gullible, naive idiots.
How sad, he didn't even know that everyone he knew & loved was dead. Don't know if I could go on after something like this. Imagine losing 900+ of your closest friends & loved ones. People you lived & worked with every day. Wondering why YOU were spared. Hats off to all the survivors who are still hanging in there.
He was spared by his father by being sent to Georgetown, Guyana for a basketball tournament; I really doubt that it was a random decision. In Julia Scheere's book A Thousand Lives, many witnesses report on how cruel he was to people in Jonestown including children.
He was spared by his mother. His father didn’t want him to go to Georgetown and ordered him to come back to Jonestown on the 17th, which he refused to do.
He lied a few times there, he knew damn well how many guns were out there being he was one of the top security. He also knew about the beatings and the box.
HE WAS HAD TO BE HE HAD TO DO WHAT HE HAD TO DO UNFORTUNATELY PLEASE HIS FATHER AND THEM OTHER NUT CASE'S BECAUSE A MANY WAS WITH THE SHYT WHICH THEY HAD TO ALL EYES WERE ON DEM PAC AND OUTLAW'SZ
@6:47: The woman who they panned in on is named Paula Adams. She was one of the women who was used to decide Guyanese officials, so that she could act as a spy. She actually fell in love with one of her targets, Laurence Mann, ambassador to the US, moved back to the states with him and remained with him until he killed her and their child in a murder -suicide. This is only one example of how tragedy followed many of the survivors long after this occurred.
I'm so sorry that this man had to go through all this! Could you imagine the trauma he's had to go through? The trauma he has to live with for the rest of his life?! Could you imagine being raised by a sociopath as a helpless child? Hurts my heart. 💔
What trauma? The 900 dead people including t 300 kids who were murdered and their families had the trauma not the Jones kids who coincidentally are alive right now.
@@dora1980 He has to live with that for the rest of his life. Imagine if your parent was leading a cult and killed a bunch of people and you saw all of that craziness.... that wouldn't be traumatic for you? Or would you be cool with it?
@@darkmatter7182 What do you mean you know? You were there? .His dad sent him and his adopted son to a basketball game that was maybe miles away .He didn't' t try nothing.They were doing rehearsals for suicide for God's sake!
Poor Stephen. Him not at the time knowing all were dead besides a handfull of escaped ppl who told him what went down- later. Its so eeirie to watch this and everything put on his shoulders bc its His dads only living bio son. Too sad tragic and SENCELESS.
The tournament was long planned. Maybe Jim picked that time because he knew Stephan would stop him. Then again, he did try to order the team back, but Stephan refused and saved all of the San Francisco group and almost all of the Georgetown group by demanding that they ignore the order.
Why didn't he do anything when all those people will be an abuse the old people in children if he was not off in a way playing basketball he would have drunk the Kool-Aid too
@@1990758 Why didn't the other 900 people who were there? He was a teenager. This was his father. His obedience is very understandable to most of us. That you lack the necessary IQ to understand is evident. Good luck with that.
@@cocokai9661 I know everything there is about the Jonestown situation I'm not a product of genetic breeding. I don't believe in luck I believe in faith I understand your frustration but it will only lead to high blood pressure
@@1990758 You're not a product of genetic breeding? Please explain what type of breeding you are a product of? Perhaps you mean you're a product of inbreeding?
Stephan is either a sincerely caring, intelligent, and articulate young man processing an exceptionally painful situation amazingly well. Or he's a silver tongue devil like his father, who knows the right thing to say at any given time in order to maximize his chances of getting what he wants.
Well there's no evidence of the latter, so I think it's safe to go with the former. I don't even know what he could "get what he wants" out of the situation he was in at that moment besides not look stupid or "brainwashed" in front of the media.
@@Agile3040 Not everyone reacts to a tragedy by crying their eyes out in front of cameras. He was part of security in Jonestown and it seems he acted as a sort of informal leader for the settlement's inhabitants who happened to be in the Guyanese capital at the time of the mass murder-suicides. Where you see a "silver tongue devil" I just see a guy who is able to hold up pretty well given the circumstances. They didn't even know the full extent of the tragedy yet; they still had hope that hundreds of people had fled into the surrounding jungle.
Ismail Prior to the mass killings Jim Jones had cyanide and assault weapons shipped to Guyana. Jim was doing and saying a lot of creepy things long before the mass killings. Yet his son is sitting there like a deer in headlights and playing dumb and innocent. But of course.
The son was beautiful, sensitive and well spoken. Jim Jones was a very handsome man in his youth. Reminded me of young elvis, old elvis. Too bad he was a malignant narcissist.
Yes Steven was gorgeous. Still is!! If he'd grow his hair out, he'd look like his dad now that he's older. I believe it's telling that he seems to go out of his way now to not favor his dad. Still gorgeous though..
If you have read the book "A Thousand Lives" by Julia Scheere, your first thought about Stephan Jones will be "how in the world is this man not in prison?" According to the survivor accounts in this book, he acted like a concentration camp guard in Jonestown; hitting people, abusing them, threatening children, aiming a rifle at two teenage boys who tried to escape ... Amazing that he is a free and respected man today.
Tales of the Tall Technician I agree plus he was putting kids in hole the black box and people pity this monster. Like father like son . Read the book I think you might like this book: a.co/bhi8bxU
@@MrsP474 How is Jim not the most guilty one? He ordered nearly a thousand people to "suicide" themselves while armed guards surrounded them and forcibly injected those who refused. Obviously he had accomplices, but Stephan wasn't among them. He was many miles away in Georgetown.
+Ismail I wasn't referring to Stephan. I was referring to the inner circle. They were terrible enablers. They ordered the poison, mixed it, handed it out. Very willing to do all of it.
Steven was a bully within Jonestown. Listen to the tapes. He was involved in beatings and cruelties. He was being groomed to take his father spot. He knew all this would happen. He was trying to save his ass in this.
Thank you!!! I thought I was the only person not liking his vibe. He’s way more self righteous and composed than you would expect from somebody who was at least partially complicit in the deaths of 900+ people. He’s lucky he’s attractive & reasonably smart. It really helped him get ahead of the narrative here.
I see your argument, and I'd agree he's not entirely innocent, but take into consideration that he was probably coerced into acting along with his father, under his instructions, amidst these atrocities.
He's talked about being tormented internally afterwards. Carrying that shame. He seems like a deeply empathetic person. Here he also seems mature for just 19 years. I wanna read his essays, but can't find them
Whites of eyes showing under irises - extremely stressed. At 2:08 hesitation and avoidance at question about guns. At 4:10 there is hesitation, seems like he has heard things. 4:40 angry about Debbie Blakey, yet she was instrumental in getting the congressman to investigate.
Yeah I think the anger is the most emotion we see and I think that’s because this was days after and felt like the investigation was what sent his father off the deep end. That’s what he meant ‘what did she accomplish?’ Because he kinda blames her for starting this chain of events and he thought with time and space from the US he could ‘talk his father down from it’. I really got for Stephen, he’s been in a few docos and I’ve always respected what he had to say and found it sincere. He’s very open about the fact that his father was not a saint and neither was he, and has some pretty interesting insights after the fact about how his father manipulated those around him.
Theflowoflove in my opinion he’s still in shock and reeling from the collapse of everything his family and everyone he cared about had built. That anger is because he blames the witch hunt (which was completely valid) for what has happened at that time. You should search him in things later where he talks about it and has clearly processed it and it able to see why people left and appreciate that it could have been much worse.
@@PrinceOfLillies Yeah, in the book "Stories from Jonestown" (where Stephan Jones is interviewed decades later), Stephan says that while he never interacted with Ryan, he would have told him at the time, "Man, you're fucking this up." Stephan expected his dad to end up dying from drug abuse before long. Instead Ryan and the newsmen inadvertently pushed Jim Jones to the breaking point, resulting in them being murdered along with nearly a thousand other people. Of course, from the viewpoint of Debbie Layton and the Concerned Relatives, Jones was a ticking time bomb who could have committed "revolutionary suicide" at any moment.
Ismail I need to read this book! I haven’t read anything on it since school but that was just articles etc It’s tragic all round and difficult to say what may or may not have happened had certain factors not been in play.
I think what we need to realize is Stephen, and his 2 brothers were victims as well. I mean really, who'd wanna carry around that legacy, and all of their memories... good and bad
If you listen to the Jonestown tapes, you will see a different picture of Stephen than the peace-and-love persona he presents today. Watch how he starts stuttering when the subject of guns comes up.
Look at this guy BSing his way out of culpability. He actively held people against their wills and punished people. He was part of the security squad that kept people from escaping. Is he running a cult today? Is he living off blood money today from his father's cult?
I find it crazy that he had to be subjected to such tough questions while in such shock. He really should have been receiving help psychologically. Much like what would be provided after a big school shooting.
later on he does go into detail about hearing the order to 'get revenge and then suicide' when he was in georgetown over ham radio. he contacted san francisco and told them not to do anything
Can you cite your sources of info about it , thank you . Even Charles Krause survivor journalist said he didn't trust this people> the basquet ball team was a death squad Jim Jones group, according to survivor witnesses, they said this group have the mission to go after survivors from the massacre following Jim Jones orders .
So basically Jim saved his own children by making sure they were away while poisoning the children of many, many others. What a huge scumbag. It's not this man's fault but it makes it worse in a way
You need to do some research on this matter. Jim Jones radioed Jim Jones Jr at Georgetown and told him to make sure all members there killed themselves. Jr and Stephan tried to get someone at the US embassy to get them to Jonestown to try to stop it. Their father tried to stop them from going to Georgetown for the basketball tournament they were scheduled to compete in and Marceline insisted they go.
Stephan has said that those who were not necessarily kind to him after his father murdered all those people were not mean to him. I'm glad of that. The members of Peoples Temple were as Stephan says, good people looking to do good for others. The insidious nature of the cult of personality is like the old trope of a crab in a pot full of tepid water with the temperature slowly rising. In reality it's untrue, but it works as a metaphor for the inculcation of beliefs.
Dear lord, i feel so sorry for him, he had no clue what his dad was doing, all he wanted to do was good with those who his dad took the lives of, you can tell he's a total wreck answering those questions
How was it such a surprise when they had several practice runs of suicide. His father gave poison to followers to test their loyalty which turned out to be placebo but told them the day would be coming soon when it would be real.
They got used to it and didn't WANT to believe it would be real at one point. Would you? It's a crazy situation, that they HAD TO get used to. Your mind gets twisted. Why are so many people victim-blaming? Have some empathy
This man looks very powerful, able to control himself and others, a bit too cold though; not somebody I would trust straightforward. At the same time he's charismatic, handsome and clearly intelligent. I don't know if he has inherited those traits from his father, but he could probably be a leader in any area or community he wanted to. For some reason though he activates in me some defense mechanisms, like the ones I would have keeping a wolf as a pet, like 'better safe than sorry'.
06:57 Paula Adams, killed almost five years later, for your lover Lawrence Mann. He was an ambassador in Guyana between 1975 and 1981. Shot in Paula and her son, and in itself.
Did any of the children of Jones die? I'm glad to see that at least 3 of his children survived, but it's very curious that they were not there or if so, they were not killed.
-@@june049 -Yes, his daughter Agnes died; so did sons Johnny and Lew. I've never seen this in any documentary; I highly recommend the book RAVEN by Tim Reiterman.
@@johnwilliams-ec1kw there's no reason for me to watch the video I've been so intrigued about Jonestown since it happened I've seen just about every video that has to do with it. That's not why he sent his sons to Georgetown
Steven is a good man he wasn't disillusioned he knew his Father was on drugs and losing his mind and he doesn't apologize he has no reason to do I'd say he was the only one to stand up to Jim Jones and still be alive
Stephen is beautiful, but if you all think this is interesting, you should read Debbie Blakey's book, "Seductive Poison." She's the girl who escaped Jonestown just a few months before the mass suicides-murders.
This man has openly admitted that he can make people like him, that this was something he got from his Father. He clearly wants to remove himself as far from the truth as possible, as the truth is so devastating. Yet there are clear signs he knows much more than he is saying & he has also said recently that he knew the deception, as he got to see it from a family perspective. Tim Carter & the other man that was with him were deeply involved. I am not feeling all the accounts of what happened. There is so much more we the public will never know. In his recent interview, he didn't look well. He had a part in it & was sent away by his father. He said, what did anyone accomplish that left, living would be an accomplishment. This tragic crime to this day, s still highly questionable from the bottom to the top.
There's no evidence that Stephan Jones or Tim Carter had anything to do with the mass murder-suicides. The worst thing you can say about them is that carried out Jones' orders in other contexts (e.g. Carter infiltrated the Concerned Relatives to find out what Tim Stoen was up to, and Stephan Jones participated in punishing people during Jonestown meetings.) They regret doing so.
@@arniezanzibar5309 You're confusing two events. Stephan was ordered by his father to return to Jonestown for the Congressman's visit; nothing about suicide was brought up. Stephan had long since realized his father was a hypocrite and petty tyrant, and refused to obey the order to return. Being in Georgetown, he and other members of the settlement's basketball team decided to spend some time attending a cinema. Only later did he and other members of the team learn that his father had carried out the mass murder-suicide. By that point nothing could be done. Stephan has actually said he regrets not returning to the settlement as his father had ordered, since he feels that if he and the rest of the basketball team were present, there was a chance they would have intervened to stop what happened.
@@arniezanzibar5309actually they did do something! They went to the US embassy and begged for help like sending them on a helicopter to try and stop Jones. But they turned them away as they were closed on Saturdays.
For just being 19 and put in a very horrible situation, he handled himself very articulate and honorably!
People in peoples temple were honest especially the ones not part of the inner circle. They believed in something bigger than themselves. They believed and hoped to bring light to a dark world
Agree.
I met him 4 years ago. He turned out well and his life is wonderful and he said he was glad to escape his father's wrath. He's a nice guy
Goes to show how the Apple CAN fall far away from the tree. NOT like father NOT like son. He could’ve easily turned out like his father. However he didn’t. Unfortunately the mental damage his father caused him is still unknown to this day.
@@cranford69 Stephan is a manipulative little shit just like his father, but he isn't as evil as his dad was. Just gray. He's trying to live his life I suppose.
@@cranford69Lies, He was just as evil as his father.
His Dad wasn’t respectful to him. Dang , he just said he hated his father for destroying everything that he lived for. He’s not upset his dad is dead. Wonder how he feels about his mom. She was helping out w the poison , I think. Then flipped out and started crying and walking away from the cyanide fast. But she killed herself too.
Little John Víctor couldn't make it to live. He was just Jim Jones trophy . What a coward psychopath. Stephan just make it alive because he was sent to Georgetown by his father.
You can see the shock and horror in his eyes... He was very wise beyond his years, this guy was only 19 years old at the time.... These days, even 30 year olds aren't as mature and thoughtful as he is at this time... Bless Stephan Jones, he is a good man
I agree. These days even 40 years old acts like they're 20. I really like the 70s
Agree. He’s smart.
Good looking.
He seems much older and more mature than a typical 19 year old.
It was the environment. Hell, he admits he and his brothers had considered killing Jim at certain points. At first, they didn't because they were worried about his inner circle; later, they thought Jones was going to die from his failing health soon
With a dad like that you would have to be
He writes very well. I'm assuming he was always a smart kid.
Yes he's a very well spoken young man.
That environment made a lot of the kids seem older than they appeared it seems
I remember this like it was yesterday. Imagine having to answer to the world about your mad man father.
What do you think about the people who read the cards and they say they could tell the future. And they tell people to get rid of certain friends because their negative energy
More like covering his own ass against retaliation from family members of those murdered by his old man.
Interesting how he wasn't around when daddy decided to off his congregation.
There was a lot he wasn't telling regarding his own involvement in Jones town.
@@dennismcclain1931There is no strong evidence he is guilty of anything except being the son of Jim Jones. Luckily we don't punish the son for the sins of the father.
@@dennismcclain1931 Stephan Jones and some others were in the Guyanese capital for a basketball tournament. Jim Jones ordered them to return to Jonestown due to the Congressman's visit, but they refused. It's as simple as that. Pretty much the worst you can say about his involvement in Jonestown is that he had a "tough guy" reputation and was involved (as were many others) in intimidating and yelling at people during public meetings.
Dennis McClain most of the survivors who’ve spoken publicly over the years credit Stephan and his brother Jimmy with doing everything they could to try to stop it once they got word of what was going down. Nineteen years old is just barely into adulthood and the young man in this video has seen and known nothing outside of the people’s temple. I admire the strength and dignity he is showing in the face of overwhelming devastation. And everything I’ve seen or read about him in the decades since seems to confirm that he is an honest, honorable man who has overcome great tragedy. It’s easy to forget, but he is a victim too.
Very sad. You can see he is in shock. It would be terrible to have a father who "murdered" over 900 people. It is just awful that his mother had to die.
Michele Huffman it’s awful that all of them had to die
Actually I believe his mother helped his father commit the murders
His mother tried to stop it
Lisa Whitt His mother helped hand out the poison ugh
@@JustMeELC I had heard in a documentary that the mother was trying to stop them from killing the children and then when the last child was killed she took the poison herself.
Stephen is a good man, I had the privilege to get to know him for a few years.
Chris Lalor for real?
REALLY ????
Pickle Rick
We worked together in the Bay Area in the early nineties.
Chris Lalor wow! That’s interesting! I always respected what he’s had to say especially from such a difficult position. He went through trauma himself and probably felt like he contribute to the trauma of others. The concepts jim Jones preached were a head of his time in his early days but I’m not sure if he believed them himself or merely knew he could manipulate those who did.
Would be interesting to know what would have happened had he been born in this time..
Everybody thought Jim Jones was a good man to I guess anybody can be con
He knew how sick his father was
MC Bowl he also seems to know he was against it
ANTI -CORL SQUAD No. It would have been easy to lure him to Georgetown and arrest him. There still might have been chaos in Jonestown, but likely not so many deaths.
He denounces his father. God bless him.
he was a 19 year old kid. Sheesh.
So did his wife, why aren’t you blaming the adults here??
I'm glad him and his adopted brother decided not to go back to jonestown
No he got off easy, he was a step down as crazy as his dad was.
Stephan is so shell-shocked here. Look at his eyes. It's super eerie to watch this... :(
notsosunnny he's not shell shocked, he was in charge of the operations base in the guianian capital.
notsosunnny he is shellshocked and he was not in charge, you have no idea what you're talking about, I was friends with Stephen, he is a very good person.
Chris, you replied to the wrong comment. I have nothing but love and sympathy for Stephan. :(
+Harry Paul
Sharon Amos was in charge of operations in Jamestown.
Stephen fought his old man at every turn and would not have been trusted with main radio operations. Even yes man son Jim Jones Jr. wasn't trusted with that responsibility.
+Chris Lalor
Stephen is a gem of a man. Lived in my brother's neighborhood when the girls were babies.
I'm not sure what Jamestown is, but the Temple's radio house was in Georgetown. Stephen was there with the Temples basketball team playing the Guyanese national team. After the game, he went to the airport eager to see that Ryan made it back safely. Also at the airport were members of "Concerned relatives" anxiously awaiting word of the trip. When it got later and later, Stephen went to the radio house to contact Jonestown. Just minutes before he arrived, Amos slit her children's throat and then her own throat after getting the order from Jonestown. This is where Stephen was arrested.
What a beautiful man....
Like Jackson Browne in a cult.
CJ Dawson that’s not the point of the interview
Yeah dude’s a looker. Much better looking now, IMO, with a buzzed head and no mustache.
He looks like a young james Taylor
jesus - they think 400 are dead and they're still wondering whether the church will go on - such ridiculous questions
Well...the church consisted of a lot more than 400 people & was a huge presence in San Francisco, so it's a fair question (albeit kinda insensitively timed). They had the blessings of Mayor Moscone, Harvey Milk & Governor Reagan before all this went down.
MrHopeTelevision I think it shows how media has changed so much since then. In cases like this I think it's for the better.. poor kid is basically still in shock.
The reason for the low count in deaths is because at first only the bodies that could be seen were counted. It wasn't until they started removing bodies that they realised there were other bodies underneath them.
@@anongirl559 Yeah, there actually *was* talk for about a month after the mass murder-suicides of possibly continuing Peoples Temple in some manner, but Stephan Jones had no interest in succeeding his dad and the Temple was about to have its finances blasted into oblivion anyhow by lawsuits and the like. Peoples Temple effectively died in Guyana on November 18, 1978.
@@nataliekate2176 If you think this one is bad, watch the interview with Steven Stayner in 1980 days after he escaped his evil kidnapper... and he was 14.
Traumatized! How utterly heartbreaking. He is a beautiful soul.
I have much love and respect for him. He turned out to be such a great and caring man I just wish I could hold him at this time here where he's 19 and tell him it's going to be okay.
Is the son of the devil no respect his mother was the wife of the devil he knew exactly what was going on he participated in some of the beatings
1990758 First of all, the son of the devil isn't the devil. Satan was an angel of God. Where is your information about Stephan Jones participating in the bearings coming from?
Love over some stranger, careful with his flavor Aid 😋
I never knew until today that Jim Jones had any children. I've been reading some of Stephan's recollections of life with his father and he's a brilliant writer. I have much respect for how he handled the reporters here. I cannot imagine how it must have felt to basically lose your whole world at one time. He must be a very mentally strong person to have survived this.
wow. i have never seen someone be this shellshocked. if you hear other interviews he's given since then, you know that he didn't believe that there were any survivors at all. that was absolutely everyone he had ever known and loved and all the friends he'd grew up with. That was EVERYONE. it gets sadder when he talks about how his mother fought and screamed and wailed and tried to stop them from killing the children, but when all of the kids were dead, she took the poison willingly.
“Mother mother mother don’t be like that…”
The look in Stephen's eyes says it all. It's ashame he had to carry the guilt for what his father did. 40 years later, he spoke on what happened at Jonestown. He knew at this moment the temple church was done.
I feel love for this person, he went through a "hell" we could not comprehend.
gizzycat cat
No one? How about the people who were ACTUAL VICTIMS you fucktard
@@TCthaCrisis I'm pretty sure Stephan Jones is a victim too. He lost family members and friends, to his dad no less.
@@TCthaCrisis .....I know it’s an old comment but you need to be shown the asswipe you are. What are you talking about? Your comment makes no sense. I’m done with you I hope you re-read and understand it better.
He's shellshocked! His mind hasn't completely come to grips with what his dad just did! God Bless the innocent!
He never claimed innocence, in his own words he had participated in torture, you can look it up.
@@bobloblaw2958 I didn't write he was innocent. I wrote "God Bless the innocent!", I was referring to those who were murdered by Jones and his inner circle(murder squad).
He wasn’t innocent and neither were the 900 people who drank the koolaid. Only innocent ones were the kids.
@@usnationalist8150 not all of the 900 people. Definitely many but atleast half or more didn’t want that.
V R: Yeah cowards, they were gonna die anyways so why not go out with a fight. Idc those people were weird marxist communist who were taken up air in this world.
He looks like he's in shock.
Very sad
He is.. it’s sad that he had to answer all these questions too during this time for him
My understanding is that this was just a few days after the massacre. Wouldn't you be in shock?
This is same Stephen who was on the tapes threatening to break someone’s neck if they did not salute him and helping berate members for not working hard enough.
can u send me the link to this tape?
@@iheartts. ruclips.net/video/ofbGZDbbUsE/видео.htmlsi=pAx_FoJvjwCyxue1
which tape is this? If its the final death tape, he wasn't even in Jonestown that week.
ruclips.net/video/CiPT-ijaJxE/видео.htmlsi=GCMZMjUO9Dc1DGUM
In that video there is audio of Stephan talking down to various temple members including him saying he’ll break one of their necks if they don’t salute him.
@@midnightcaptain8344 wow, I had never known this. So much of the aftermath and the accounts of what life was like in Jonestown, I knew from his son Stephen. It’s around the 25:00 mark in that video where he does say this. One could say he was trying to play his part so that he wasn’t abused himself but what does that say of him? He should have stood up for the others and set an example. It would have made more people aware sooner or it would have prevented Jones from acting more crazy either for his own name’s sake. If he killed his son for speaking against that is going to have more dissatisfied and fearing people. If he admonishes him, that would have made people dissatisfied too and doubt if this is all for their good, and would have seen them leaving sooner. You’re right he had a lot of power in this situation that he could have done something anything if he really was a decent person he portrays himself to be. That audio is painful to listen to. People that got turned by hate abusing and breaking the will of their fellow humans. Anything that comes from Stephen’s mouth is to be taken with a grain of salt. Thanks for sharing.
You can see the grief in his eyes
I see scared evil person.
He is utterly one person who looks terrified and confused and is handling shit himself and looks like he is about to break down. Obviously brilliant.. I think he is amazing
Nthe Deepblue Absolutely
@@ashleys8335 me too. Very level headed.
No he knew it was going to happen. He was a step down as evil as his dad.
@@usnationalist8150 yeah seriously. The vibe I'm getting is that he's worried about his own gruesome doings at Jonestown getting out and even leading to prosecution. He was an evil POS who put kids in the hole at Jonestown. Everyone in the comment is blowing Stephan like he's some great guy. I guess it's people drinking the Kool-Aid all over again. Gullible, naive idiots.
Such a smart well spoken man. He can see it for what it was.
His brother Jim Jr seems mad in comparison.
hes really gone through hell. he detested his crazy father
That's what you think
1990758 On the Jonestown tapes you can tell he hated his father.
How sad, he didn't even know that everyone he knew & loved was dead. Don't know if I could go on after something like this. Imagine losing 900+ of your closest friends & loved ones. People you lived & worked with every day. Wondering why YOU were spared. Hats off to all the survivors who are still hanging in there.
He was spared by his father by being sent to Georgetown, Guyana for a basketball tournament; I really doubt that it was a random decision. In Julia Scheere's book A Thousand Lives, many witnesses report on how cruel he was to people in Jonestown including children.
He was spared by his mother. His father didn’t want him to go to Georgetown and ordered him to come back to Jonestown on the 17th, which he refused to do.
I feel sorry for jim jones son he was only 19
Lol you are easily acceptable to cults so be careful.
@@usnationalist8150 wtf are you talking about?
He lied a few times there, he knew damn well how many guns were out there being he was one of the top security. He also knew about the beatings and the box.
He was very well trained by his father Jim Jones.
Hard to believe this is the same person who was participating in all of the beatings and egging them on in the Jonestown tapes.
HE WAS HAD TO BE HE HAD TO DO WHAT HE HAD TO DO UNFORTUNATELY PLEASE HIS FATHER AND THEM OTHER NUT CASE'S BECAUSE A MANY WAS WITH THE SHYT WHICH THEY HAD TO ALL EYES WERE ON DEM PAC AND OUTLAW'SZ
@6:47: The woman who they panned in on is named Paula Adams. She was one of the women who was used to decide Guyanese officials, so that she could act as a spy. She actually fell in love with one of her targets, Laurence Mann, ambassador to the US, moved back to the states with him and remained with him until he killed her and their child in a murder -suicide. This is only one example of how tragedy followed many of the survivors long after this occurred.
He is only 19 years old At this interview. He is obviously highly intelligent and articulate. AND Handsome!! Wow!!
How did he not know it was going to happen? They had discussions about how to do it and they practiced doing it.
Socialism. Lesson was not learned. That's sickening.
My heart hurts for Stephan Jones and all of those beautiful people. He sure appears to be grounded in reality.
He is such a beautiful person inside and out!
Bless his heart :(
I'm so sorry that this man had to go through all this! Could you imagine the trauma he's had to go through? The trauma he has to live with for the rest of his life?! Could you imagine being raised by a sociopath as a helpless child? Hurts my heart. 💔
What trauma? The 900 dead people including t 300 kids who were murdered and their families had the trauma not the Jones kids who coincidentally are alive right now.
@@dora1980 He has to live with that for the rest of his life. Imagine if your parent was leading a cult and killed a bunch of people and you saw all of that craziness.... that wouldn't be traumatic for you? Or would you be cool with it?
@@powerofknowledge7771 no I would not be cool but from what I hear this man was not different than his father.
@@dora1980 I know he was trying to stop it.
@@darkmatter7182 What do you mean you know? You were there? .His dad sent him and his adopted son to a basketball game that was maybe miles away .He didn't' t try nothing.They were doing rehearsals for suicide for God's sake!
Poor Stephen. Him not at the time knowing all were dead besides a handfull of escaped ppl who told him what went down- later. Its so eeirie to watch this and everything put on his shoulders bc its His dads only living bio son. Too sad tragic and SENCELESS.
this has nothing to do with the masaccre... -.-
C Green you're*.
southsyde Sasha senseless*.
TheJurnalyst eat shit* you*
C Green Don't* breed* as you wouldn't* be able to teach them properly.
Word is his mother sent him & others away for a basketball tournament. I think she knew what was to come..
She knew what was coming and stayed back ,I don't think so.
The tournament was long planned. Maybe Jim picked that time because he knew Stephan would stop him. Then again, he did try to order the team back, but Stephan refused and saved all of the San Francisco group and almost all of the Georgetown group by demanding that they ignore the order.
Nothing but admiration for this guy. In the face of such harsh and sensitive adversity he handled himself well.
Why didn't he do anything when all those people will be an abuse the old people in children if he was not off in a way playing basketball he would have drunk the Kool-Aid too
@@beautifulkindness5840 I did I think it was about in the mid-80s I think it was grape flavor
@@1990758 Why didn't the other 900 people who were there? He was a teenager. This was his father. His obedience is very understandable to most of us. That you lack the necessary IQ to understand is evident. Good luck with that.
@@cocokai9661 I know everything there is about the Jonestown situation I'm not a product of genetic breeding. I don't believe in luck I believe in faith I understand your frustration but it will only lead to high blood pressure
@@1990758 You're not a product of genetic breeding? Please explain what type of breeding you are a product of? Perhaps you mean you're a product of inbreeding?
A lot of people say he was not innocent
he's shook because he knows if he would've been there he woulda also been forced to drink the flavor aid or injected with it.
Very well spoken, rational teenager! God bless him and his children. 😢
His eyes.....
God knows the truth about everything he did or didn't do. He can't hide from God.
I hope he asked for forgiveness if he did do bad things.
Stephan is either a sincerely caring, intelligent, and articulate young man processing an exceptionally painful situation amazingly well.
Or he's a silver tongue devil like his father, who knows the right thing to say at any given time in order to maximize his chances of getting what he wants.
Well there's no evidence of the latter, so I think it's safe to go with the former. I don't even know what he could "get what he wants" out of the situation he was in at that moment besides not look stupid or "brainwashed" in front of the media.
Somewhat like his father
Mel Ba The latter, that’s for sure. He’s unusually calm in the midst of a massacre and a bit snarky.
@@Agile3040 Not everyone reacts to a tragedy by crying their eyes out in front of cameras. He was part of security in Jonestown and it seems he acted as a sort of informal leader for the settlement's inhabitants who happened to be in the Guyanese capital at the time of the mass murder-suicides.
Where you see a "silver tongue devil" I just see a guy who is able to hold up pretty well given the circumstances. They didn't even know the full extent of the tragedy yet; they still had hope that hundreds of people had fled into the surrounding jungle.
Ismail Prior to the mass killings Jim Jones had cyanide and assault weapons shipped to Guyana. Jim was doing and saying a lot of creepy things long before the mass killings. Yet his son is sitting there like a deer in headlights and playing dumb and innocent. But of course.
He talks very differently here to the way he does on the tapes.
They were not even allowed to process everything before interviewing the survivors. I can only imagine how hard it was
He is gorgeous
The son was beautiful, sensitive and well spoken. Jim Jones was a very handsome man in his youth. Reminded me of young elvis, old elvis. Too bad he was a malignant narcissist.
Yes Steven was gorgeous. Still is!! If he'd grow his hair out, he'd look like his dad now that he's older. I believe it's telling that he seems to go out of his way now to not favor his dad. Still gorgeous though..
Was
@@Perfectpearl Who
yup, both his mom and dad had great bone structure, Stephen got great genes from both
If you have read the book "A Thousand Lives" by Julia Scheere, your first thought about Stephan Jones will be "how in the world is this man not in prison?" According to the survivor accounts in this book, he acted like a concentration camp guard in Jonestown; hitting people, abusing them, threatening children, aiming a rifle at two teenage boys who tried to escape ... Amazing that he is a free and respected man today.
People blame Jim Jones for everything but he is far from the most guilty one.
Yeah he comes across as a little too smooth here , especially considering that his father just killed 900 people.
Tales of the Tall Technician I agree plus he was putting kids in hole the black box and people pity this monster. Like father like son . Read the book I think you might like this book: a.co/bhi8bxU
@@MrsP474 How is Jim not the most guilty one? He ordered nearly a thousand people to "suicide" themselves while armed guards surrounded them and forcibly injected those who refused. Obviously he had accomplices, but Stephan wasn't among them. He was many miles away in Georgetown.
+Ismail I wasn't referring to Stephan. I was referring to the inner circle. They were terrible enablers. They ordered the poison, mixed it, handed it out. Very willing to do all of it.
This man....he’s actually shook...
'Sir what is it like to have the most awkward last name in America rn?'
Steven was a bully within Jonestown. Listen to the tapes. He was involved in beatings and cruelties. He was being groomed to take his father spot. He knew all this would happen. He was trying to save his ass in this.
Thank you!!! I thought I was the only person not liking his vibe. He’s way more self righteous and composed than you would expect from somebody who was at least partially complicit in the deaths of 900+ people. He’s lucky he’s attractive & reasonably smart. It really helped him get ahead of the narrative here.
which tapes specifically?
what tapes? would love to listen
I see your argument, and I'd agree he's not entirely innocent, but take into consideration that he was probably coerced into acting along with his father, under his instructions, amidst these atrocities.
Damn right he was involved in beatings!
What a decent man this young adult came to be. His father's virtues & vision less all the ego and paronoia.
He's talked about being tormented internally afterwards. Carrying that shame. He seems like a deeply empathetic person. Here he also seems mature for just 19 years. I wanna read his essays, but can't find them
Whites of eyes showing under irises - extremely stressed. At 2:08 hesitation and avoidance at question about guns. At 4:10 there is hesitation, seems like he has heard things. 4:40 angry about Debbie Blakey, yet she was instrumental in getting the congressman to investigate.
Well observed I noticed too, he even responds regarding Debbie Blakey, what could be accomplished by anyone leaving, living for a start.
Yeah I think the anger is the most emotion we see and I think that’s because this was days after and felt like the investigation was what sent his father off the deep end.
That’s what he meant ‘what did she accomplish?’ Because he kinda blames her for starting this chain of events and he thought with time and space from the US he could ‘talk his father down from it’. I really got for Stephen, he’s been in a few docos and I’ve always respected what he had to say and found it sincere. He’s very open about the fact that his father was not a saint and neither was he, and has some pretty interesting insights after the fact about how his father manipulated those around him.
Theflowoflove in my opinion he’s still in shock and reeling from the collapse of everything his family and everyone he cared about had built. That anger is because he blames the witch hunt (which was completely valid) for what has happened at that time. You should search him in things later where he talks about it and has clearly processed it and it able to see why people left and appreciate that it could have been much worse.
@@PrinceOfLillies Yeah, in the book "Stories from Jonestown" (where Stephan Jones is interviewed decades later), Stephan says that while he never interacted with Ryan, he would have told him at the time, "Man, you're fucking this up." Stephan expected his dad to end up dying from drug abuse before long. Instead Ryan and the newsmen inadvertently pushed Jim Jones to the breaking point, resulting in them being murdered along with nearly a thousand other people.
Of course, from the viewpoint of Debbie Layton and the Concerned Relatives, Jones was a ticking time bomb who could have committed "revolutionary suicide" at any moment.
Ismail I need to read this book! I haven’t read anything on it since school but that was just articles etc
It’s tragic all round and difficult to say what may or may not have happened had certain factors not been in play.
i know he was sad but he had really good features
this interview was immediately after the Mass suicide.
But he didn't know the status of it at the time of this reporting.
More like mass MURDER.
I think what we need to realize is Stephen, and his 2 brothers were victims as well. I mean really, who'd wanna carry around that legacy, and all of their memories... good and bad
Stephan is a righteous man!! These were good people manipulated by a psychopath and he was under no delusions, even at the time of this interview.
The woman next to him is Paula Adams who was one of the first settlers in Guyana and became in effect the liaison with the Guyanese government.
She got shot and killed , including her child by her partner- husband , he was the American ambassador at Guyana .
Stephan and his brother are both such good people. They deserved better.
The concern in his voice 💔
This man has been consistent all through. He is a good man who is also very handsome.
😂😂😂. He was caught on tape beating members along with the other black brother. Both should of been charged.
I've seen interviews with hom from recent times. Man , imagine that hanging over your head your entire life.
“We never dreamed this would happen” - They rehearsed it and Jones discussed it, for goddess sakes.
Stephen and Jim Jr. both thought it was malarkey doing those rehearsals, Jim Jr. talked about it
Some of these commenters have obviously never listen to Stephen on the Peoples Temple s recordings...he was despicable and culpable.
For a 19 year old, he handed that well. Even more so considering it was his own dad.
There is only one God and only Holy One the name is Jesus Christ mighty and Peace in the world Love and Save your soul💙
RIP to all victims especially the children
If you listen to the Jonestown tapes, you will see a different picture of Stephen than the peace-and-love persona he presents today. Watch how he starts stuttering when the subject of guns comes up.
Links to the tapes ?
Look at this guy BSing his way out of culpability. He actively held people against their wills and punished people. He was part of the security squad that kept people from escaping.
Is he running a cult today? Is he living off blood money today from his father's cult?
He is absolutely GORGEOUS
He DOES NOT WANT YOU
@@SabiahPolk how would you know?
ITS SAID THAT HIS FATHER WAS GORGEOUS ALSO AND HIS LOOKS HELPED WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO...
You would probably fit right in the cult
So sorry all this happened to you. You did so wonderful with your life. I am so proud of you. I don’t judge anyone.
he still looks scared
Of course he does he's probably think he's going to get arrested
19 year olds can’t understand much
I am like him speechless at what happened
I find it crazy that he had to be subjected to such tough questions while in such shock. He really should have been receiving help psychologically. Much like what would be provided after a big school shooting.
I am so sorry about everything discussed here! So glad Stephan has lived a long life and hope he was able to find peace!
He looks so terrified here terrified and shell shocked.
beautifullie perfectdenial
I don't see that at all. I think you just want to see that
I see it clearly your just blind. And I never said that I wanted to see that you're an idiot.
Because he's think he's going to get arrested I can see he's convinced you to like father like son
later on he does go into detail about hearing the order to 'get revenge and then suicide' when he was in georgetown over ham radio. he contacted san francisco and told them not to do anything
Stephen knew that there was a possibility that this could happen. The code word was "Mr. Frasier".
Can you cite your sources of info about it , thank you . Even Charles Krause survivor journalist said he didn't trust this people> the basquet ball team was a death squad Jim Jones group, according to survivor witnesses, they said this group have the mission to go after survivors from the massacre following Jim Jones orders .
So basically Jim saved his own children by making sure they were away while poisoning the children of many, many others. What a huge scumbag. It's not this man's fault but it makes it worse in a way
You need to do some research on this matter. Jim Jones radioed Jim Jones Jr at Georgetown and told him to make sure all members there killed themselves. Jr and Stephan tried to get someone at the US embassy to get them to Jonestown to try to stop it. Their father tried to stop them from going to Georgetown for the basketball tournament they were scheduled to compete in and Marceline insisted they go.
Amazing nineteen year old. Wow
Stephan has said that those who were not necessarily kind to him after his father murdered all those people were not mean to him.
I'm glad of that. The members of Peoples Temple were as Stephan says, good people looking to do good for others. The insidious nature of the cult of personality is like the old trope of a crab in a pot full of tepid water with the temperature slowly rising. In reality it's untrue, but it works as a metaphor for the inculcation of beliefs.
Dear lord, i feel so sorry for him, he had no clue what his dad was doing, all he wanted to do was good with those who his dad took the lives of, you can tell he's a total wreck answering those questions
"hE LoOkS LiKe he'S iN SHOCK!!!!"
Well what the hell ELSE would he look like? 🤦
Wow he speaks absolutely a grades at 19. Under them circumstances as well. I belive he was as brain washed and scared as the rest
How was it such a surprise when they had several practice runs of suicide. His father gave poison to followers to test their loyalty which turned out to be placebo but told them the day would be coming soon when it would be real.
They got used to it and didn't WANT to believe it would be real at one point. Would you? It's a crazy situation, that they HAD TO get used to. Your mind gets twisted. Why are so many people victim-blaming? Have some empathy
Thom Bogue says that when he was running away stephen caught him and alsl he was part of discipline.
This man looks very powerful, able to control himself and others, a bit too cold though; not somebody I would trust straightforward. At the same time he's charismatic, handsome and clearly intelligent. I don't know if he has inherited those traits from his father, but he could probably be a leader in any area or community he wanted to. For some reason though he activates in me some defense mechanisms, like the ones I would have keeping a wolf as a pet, like 'better safe than sorry'.
Yeah, well listen to the Jonestown tapes brother. He was an evil monster.
He was a jerk in Jonestown. He's talked about in recent years how he was afraid that he could become like his father as he got older.
06:57 Paula Adams, killed almost five years later, for your lover Lawrence Mann. He was an ambassador in Guyana between 1975 and 1981. Shot in Paula and her son, and in itself.
Did she kill her child herself & her partner ? Or did Mann kill them ?
THESE REPORTERS ARE GREEDY AND THIRSTY.
Don't forget he was 19 when his father did what he did.
This man had to know something was about to go down, even subconsciously
Good point. They had enough practice runs.
He knew everything if he was there he would have drank the Kool-Aid too
Did any of the children of Jones die? I'm glad to see that at least 3 of his children survived, but it's very curious that they were not there or if so, they were not killed.
-@@june049 -Yes, his daughter Agnes died; so did sons Johnny and Lew. I've never seen this in any documentary; I highly recommend the book RAVEN by Tim Reiterman.
@@johnwilliams-ec1kw there's no reason for me to watch the video I've been so intrigued about Jonestown since it happened I've seen just about every video that has to do with it. That's not why he sent his sons to Georgetown
God I feel horrible for Stephan here.
You would say that you need to drink the Kool-Aid too
1990758 Flavor Aid.
Steven is a good man he wasn't disillusioned he knew his Father was on drugs and losing his mind and he doesn't apologize he has no reason to do I'd say he was the only one to stand up to Jim Jones and still be alive
Stephen is beautiful, but if you all think this is interesting, you should read Debbie Blakey's book, "Seductive Poison." She's the girl who escaped Jonestown just a few months before the mass suicides-murders.
Crazy and sinister ppl R beautiful. Yeah okay
@@LilySteph1949 Stephen isn't Jim Jones.
I always believed the pureness of this man.
Is he still close with his family now? You never hear about his other siblings...
He was at one of the memorial services with Jim Jr., but it seems like he doesn't seem as far in the process of dealing with it as Stephan.
Apparently, he, Jim Jr, and Tim are still close.
This man has openly admitted that he can make people like him, that this was something he got from his Father. He clearly wants to remove himself as far from the truth as possible, as the truth is so devastating. Yet there are clear signs he knows much more than he is saying & he has also said recently that he knew the deception, as he got to see it from a family perspective. Tim Carter & the other man that was with him were deeply involved. I am not feeling all the accounts of what happened. There is so much more we the public will never know. In his recent interview, he didn't look well. He had a part in it & was sent away by his father. He said, what did anyone accomplish that left, living would be an accomplishment. This tragic crime to this day, s still highly questionable from the bottom to the top.
There's no evidence that Stephan Jones or Tim Carter had anything to do with the mass murder-suicides. The worst thing you can say about them is that carried out Jones' orders in other contexts (e.g. Carter infiltrated the Concerned Relatives to find out what Tim Stoen was up to, and Stephan Jones participated in punishing people during Jonestown meetings.) They regret doing so.
@@IsmailofeRegime Stephen Jones heard the call to Georgetown to commit suicide, he did nothing to stop it, he went and saw a movie at the cinema
@@arniezanzibar5309 You're confusing two events. Stephan was ordered by his father to return to Jonestown for the Congressman's visit; nothing about suicide was brought up. Stephan had long since realized his father was a hypocrite and petty tyrant, and refused to obey the order to return. Being in Georgetown, he and other members of the settlement's basketball team decided to spend some time attending a cinema.
Only later did he and other members of the team learn that his father had carried out the mass murder-suicide. By that point nothing could be done. Stephan has actually said he regrets not returning to the settlement as his father had ordered, since he feels that if he and the rest of the basketball team were present, there was a chance they would have intervened to stop what happened.
@@arniezanzibar5309actually they did do something! They went to the US embassy and begged for help like sending them on a helicopter to try and stop Jones. But they turned them away as they were closed on Saturdays.