you know, sometimes i can be sitting there eating and somebody just starts sneezing and sneezing and not covering their mouth. automatically i try to cover my food. i'm saying, dang, what's wrong with these people, you know? i'm probably a little crazy. oh, father, yahweh, please save me and deliver me -- >> as adverse as he was to germs, jones was enthusiastic to his spirituality. >> hallelujah, hallelujah. >> his nightly prayers could last up to 15 minutes. >> please set me free, please set me free, please set me see. >> we would come to learn why jones' prayers to be set free were especially pertinent. but first we learned what brought him here. the story began 40 years earlier, when jones joined a chicago street gang at age 13. >> we used to rob other children of their lunch money. milk money and stuff. then we would -- i got introduced to drugs. i was drunk all the time. i didn't know how to stay sober. >> as jones grew older, his addictions to crack and alcohol