18 Nov 2020 9:41 pm
Today is the Anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre.
The “Jonestown Massacre” occurred on November 18, 1978, when more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones (1931-78).
The youngest members of the Peoples Temple were the first to die, as parents and nurses used syringes to drop a potent mix of cyanide, sedatives and powdered fruit juice into children’s throats.
Adults then lined up to drink the poison-laced concoction while armed guards surrounded the pavilion.
This horrific event is the source of the phrase, “drinking the Kool-Aid.”
The “Jonestown Massacre” occurred on November 18, 1978, when more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader Jim Jones (1931-78).
The youngest members of the Peoples Temple were the first to die, as parents and nurses used syringes to drop a potent mix of cyanide, sedatives and powdered fruit juice into children’s throats.
Adults then lined up to drink the poison-laced concoction while armed guards surrounded the pavilion.
This horrific event is the source of the phrase, “drinking the Kool-Aid.”