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In church. so i went back. he offered me to sit down in the seat where he was sitting at the table to eat. he said, you can have my seat. >> jones and his wife practiced what they preached. they had a biological son steven and adopted an african-american baby they named jim junior. it was indianapolis first adoption of a black child by a white family. >> he had this great family of all different colors. he had a wonderful wife. i loved his kids. i was just enchanted by everything he had going. >...

Looking back on that terrible day, its hard not to think it was all foretold. the die had been cast years earlier with macabre tests of loyalty. >> i can remember we were in a planning commission meeting, and jim goes, "you know, i really love you, im going to let you guys drink wine. you dont think i love you." so we were all given this wine. it was from the ranch that the grapes had turned into, i guess, wine, whatever. jim said, "has everybody drank their wine?" some people said, "i dont want...

Explosive story with nowhere to tell it, until "new west" magazine grabbed hold of it. the article would shine fierce light into the temples darkest shadows, and jones knew it. the walls would soon come tumbling down, and he wasnt about to wait around for the crash. >> it came out. jim basically called people saying, "pack up your stuff, youre leaving today." people went out with one days notice they were leaving the country forever. >> we knew we werent coming back to the u.s. ever. ♪ >> by s...

Been there for some time. so we got there and we were eating the fruit. we just felt like we were in nechb a way because in the states you didnt get that kind of food necessarily. well up beknownst to me they had to buy all that fruit. and i found out later there would be pictures of jim with his hand up holding, supposedly, like these are bananas. he was literally holding those bananas up there. they werent growing on that tree. >> if jonestown was not yet a tropical paradise, jones was determi...

Jones. >> how is it that jim jones has your son? >> okay. i know this is very hard to believe and, i mean, if people out there dont believe me thats their problem, okay. its easy for someone to stay out there and say if it was my child, i would have never left. im a mother and i would have never left my child. it took me four years to gather the courage to leave. the key was this. jim told us that if we ever left we would be killed. i had a woman put a gun in my face and tell me she, personally,...

I cant begin to describe it. you can sit here and talk all day long, and no words could describe the peace, the beauty, the sense of accomplishment and responsibility and camaraderie thats here. that was from my heart. some of the most beautiful experiences i had in my life, i had in jonestown. the mission for me was, i saw -- literally, i saw my son and his children living there 50 years later. >> this is one of the many generators we purchased with our sweat and blood. this is the casaba mill,...

Think it was all foretold. the die had been cast years earlier with macabre tests of loyalty. >> i can remember we were in a planning commission meeting, and jim goes, "you know, i really love you, im going to let you guys drink wine. you dont think i love you." so we were all given this wine. it was from the ranch that the grapes had turned into, i guess, wine, whatever. jim said, "has everybody drank their wine?" some people said, "i dont want any." he said, "no, everybodys going to drink that...

Seat where he was sitting. at the table to eat. he said, you can have my seat. >> jones and his wife practiced what they preached. they had a biological son, stephan, and adopted an african-american baby they named jim junior. it was indianapolis first adoption of a black child by a white family. >> he had this great family of all different colors. he had a wonderful wife. i loved his kids. i was enchanted by everything he had going. >> i really dont feel comfortable being photographed. i really...

Unbeknownst to me, they had to buy all that fruit. and i found out later there would be pictures of jim with his hand up holding, supposedly, like these are bananas. he was literally holding those bananas up there. they werent growing on that tree. >> if jonestown was not yet a tropical paradise, jones was determined to one day make it the socialist utopia he dreamed and preached about. but for now home was san francisco. and by 1976, jones had made peoples temple a major player in local politic...

The sense of accomplishment and responsibility and camaraderie thats here. that was from my heart. some of the most beautiful experiences i had in my life, i had in jonestown. the mission for me was, i saw -- literally, i saw my son and his children living there 50 years later. >> this is one of the many generators we purchased with our sweat and blood. this is our mill, which we are now making over $30 u.s. a day in sauces. were doing it on handmade basis. containers going all over the place. c...