Archived Site: Jonestown Survivor

Information Concerning this Archived Site

Source: https://jonestownsurvivor.com (Inactive)

This is the archive of a large website of articles and blogs published in conjunction with the book, Jonestown Survivor: An Insider’s Look. The book and all the material in this archive were written by Laura Johnston Kohl, a member of Peoples Temple who survived the tragedy in Jonestown by being in Guyana’s capital city of Georgetown on 18 November 1978.

Following the twentieth anniversary of the Jonestown tragedy, Ms. Johnston Kohl became a prolific writer and active public speaker, work she continued to do until shortly before her death on 19 November 2019. She also made herself available to family members of those who perished in Guyana and scholars who try to understand the calamity of the ending. Finally, she was a generous contributor of articles and remembrances for the Alternative Considerations site, all of which may be found here.

In the interest of preserving the information from her site for future generations of Jonestown scholars and researchers, the managers of this site obtained permission from Laura’s husband Ron Kohl to archive her work in its entirety. Both the archive and the book itself are published with his permission.

Jonestown Survivor on Approaching the 40th Anniversary

June 17, 2018

Approaching the 40th anniversary of Jonestown on November 18, 2018, things are heating up. Just in the past few months, I have had interviews with media and documentary crews every few weeks. I am often contacted to provide more information for the 2200+ photos I have added to the flickr.com Peoples Temple Photogallery. This week, NBC contacted me. The premier source of Peoples Temple research and information is on the "Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple" website – created by the Jonestown Institute based at SDSU. (https://jonestown.sdsu.edu/)

There are other things in the works as well. A fellow survivor, Jordan Vilchez, and I are keeping each other on track to finish our drafts of our books (my second book) by August.Other survivors and friends have books, documentaries, mini-series for television and other projects to finish this fall. Several of the television documentaries and docudramas have already aired this last month, with others coming out soon, and even others being recorded at the end of the month and in the future.

I am co-editor of the Communal Societies Journal, from Communal Studies Association, coming out in the Fall, 2018. It will include insightful articles written by insiders and others about the Peoples Temple community.

I am hoping that for those who have somehow missed learning the lessons from the 918 deaths in Jonestown, we are providing many sources to refesh memories, or teach.

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