Why Study Or Reflect On Peoples Temple?

…Jim changed over the years – and so much more – is essential for those wanting to understand. Catchy phrases like, “Drink the Kool-Aid,” are reckless and hurtful. I miss…

Serial 1270

…[Joyce Parks] stated she attended one mass meeting in which Jones personally administered drink of Kool-Aid to all present and then told them it was poison and they were all…

“I’m not drinking it!”

A recent pet peeve of mine is the phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid.” It’s a reference to the Jonestown Massacre, but it’s used without emotion, like it’s about being at a…

Down the rabbit hole and into the vortex

…is not part of any collective Danish memory and not something the media makes reference to. I have never even heard a Kool-Aid joke. I believe this gives me a…

Just Like The Jones’

…Congressman Ryan and troubled parents flew in to see for themselves, they were gunned down by loyalists who exhorted a thousand followers to drink the Kool-Aid which passed as mass…

Stanley Nelson Reflects on Lessons of Jonestown

…done anything to stop it. Questioning and speaking out had been stifled. I am amazed at how many young people don’t know about Peoples Temple. The phrase, “drink the kool-aid”…

Serial 1557-10

Kool-Aid was used in this practice. Bagby stated she decided to leave Jonestown because she was afraid. Bagby advised Rev. Jones’ statements about suicide before Congressman Ryan arrived caused her…