period for these new religious movements. what was so interesting about the rise of cults in our country is how many people wanted to ally themselves with these stigmatized and fanatical organizations. and i must say it is a great effort to be god. i lean upon another but no one else has the faculty that i do. when they do, i ll be glad to hold their coat. in the meantime, i shall be god and beside me there shall be no other. yes! jim jones was an extraordinary figure. he was a community leader, you know, social worker. and then a minister. and he carried his ministry to california. walk with me what was particularly distinctive about him at that time is that he created a community that was united between whites and blacks. and this came at a time when the country was still very racially divided and churches were not integrated. some leading scientists say we have to have euthanasia.
fall down wounded, they would walk over and shoot them in the head with a shotgun. i was shot five times. i was lying on my side with my head down, pretending i was dead. and then all of a sudden they just came and and shot me at point blank range. they are shooting. people die including leo ryan. and back in jonestown, jim jones is calling for a revolutionary suicide where we re all going to kill ourselves and make a statement to the world. i first flew into jonestown last evening around sunset. there was absolute silence. nothing living was around.
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camera. upstairs there are some 250 reporters and television technicians from around the country. bundy s personality is fascinating to a lot of people. he doesn t fit the usual profile of a criminal. when he defends himself in court, it s fascinating to people to watch. each day the courtroom is filled with spectators drawn by a fascination with theodore bundy himself or by the gruesome details of the crimes. what is unusual to see is many of the onlookers are women, young women. you are fascinated by him? very. i m not afraid of him. he just doesn t look like the type to kill somebody. to try to imagine yourself in his place, see how he s feeling. the bizarre spectacle of ted bundy as a sex symbol really bummed out feminists, as you can imagine. he became a folk hero. there were t-shirts. because he was handsome. on the other hand, his violence was so incredibly woman-hating.