Jonestown was an experiment, part of a 30year program called mkultra, the cia and military intelligence code name for mind control. On march 2, 1995, ricky donnell ross, a paroled crack dealer, thought he. O n this podcast we take a look at the largest cult killings of modern times and the man who made it happen, jim jones and the jonestown massacre. Aug 30, 2012 one of the most talked about conspiracy theories of the mid80s and early 90s had to do with the crack epidemic. On november 18, 2015 it will be 37 years since the cia cover story concerning revered jim jones peoples temple and the tragic events in jonestown, guyana began permeating our culture. To help fund their campaign, the cia allowed rebels to flood american cities with crack cocaine, with the help of street dealers like las freeway rick. Cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking wikipedia. After the guyana massacre, world vision developed a scheme to repopulate jonestown with cialinked mercenaries from laos. Jonestown, november 18, 1978, location of the mass murdersuicide of members of the california based peoples temple cult at the behest of their charismatic but paranoid leader, jim jones, in jonestown agricultural commune, guyana. Oct 24, 2007 this operation probably led to the murder of pope john paul i but thats another conspiracy. Soviet ambassador recalls a meeting on 18 november with deborah touchette she passed a briefcase with cash, tape records and documents of peoples temple to him and a call from sharon adams she told about radio message from jonestown about military helicopters and armed people approaching jonestown on 18 november. He leaked information on the cias covert involvement in the angola civil war. According to abc news, the central intelligence agency cia is represented in nearly every theory that involves american conspirators.
Jim jones and the jonestown massacre those conspiracy guys. The black hole of guyanathe untold story of the jonestown. Cultic cia mind control experiment or not, jim jones certainly was an early globalistoriented antifa activist with liberal cia and cia ties. Special reports cocaine, conspiracy theories and the cia in. Amongst webbs fundamental problems was his implication that the cia lit the crack cocaine fuse. They performed espionage work for the cia in southeast asia while operation phoenix the murderous project that left 40,000 people dead was in full effect. The washinton post, after an internal debate on how to handle the story, weighed in first on october 4 with the cia and crack. The us was so open to helping jonestown be developed, even going so far as sending them guns.
So i began to wonder if the use of the term conspiracy theory might be a conspiracy. I found this book because i crazy series of events occurred in my life after meeting a young man outside yale university in new haven ct. The cia would get rid of their main opposition, and killing leo ryan would also allow less stories of the horrors of jonestown to get out to the public. He was a man who was a part of the us embassy and who allegedly had ties with the cia. Every wednesday, we tell the complicated stories behind the worlds most controversial events. This operation probably led to the murder of pope john paul i but thats another conspiracy.
Laos, of course, was where the cia was running its secret war during vietnam, which for the most part was a smokescreen for a widespread opium trafficking operation. In 1976, alpha 66 leader antonio veciana banch told. A series of expose articles in the san jose mercurynews by reporter gary webb told tales of a drug. Matthew osmund in conspiracy against consciousness, featured, global agendas, multipage post, war on consciousness december 14, 2014 51 comments 57,556 views. He leaked information on the cia s covert involvement in the angola civil war.
Im semiretired forced unemployment and have a modest standard of living. Many proponents of such conspiracy theories contend that outside forces were involved in what occurred at the commune, including the massacre. Remains of nine victims of 1978 jonestown cult massacre found in empty delaware funeral home. The jonestown conspiracy theories are conspiracy theories centering on the peoples temple agricultural project and the jonestown massacre. Dec 14, 2014 congressman ryans assassination and the cia. The storm over dark alliance george washington university. Freeway ricky ross and the cia cocaine conspiracy sanjiv b. Crack is wack but did cia create it to kill off blacks. Everybody knows about jim jones and the peoples temple. Dec 31, 2004 crack, the cia and black americas drug crisis. Did the cia play a role in launching the crack cocaine epidemic. Aug 02, 2006 proves beyond a shadow of a doubt how the war on drugs is a farce just like everything else the government has a war on. Encapsulated in a poorly mimeographed 22page document titled a skeleton key to the gemstone file, which was compiled by conspiracy.
November 18th will mark the 37th anniversary of what has become known as jonestown, where 918 members of the peoples templea religious cult that originally formed in 1950s indiana, before moving to california, and ultimately to guyana, south americawere left dead, most through willfully drinking cyanidelaced, grapeflavored flavor aid. In an act of socalled revolutionary suicide, most had taken their own lives by ingesting cyanide in a grapeflavored beverage. The charges of cia involvement in contra cocaine trafficking were revived in 1996, when a newspaper series by reporter gary webb in the san jose mercury news claimed that the trafficking had played an important role in the creation of the crack cocaine drug problem in the united states. Both eazye and knight were involved in cripblood crack cocaine rings at that time. An important name also to come to play in this story is richard dwyer. Remains of nine victims of 1978 jonestown cult massacre found. A number of writers have alleged that the united states central intelligence agency cia was involved in cocaine trafficking during the 1980s. Born out of the socialist movement of 1960s america this religious group soon gave way to conspiratorial prophecies and revolutionary societal change. For several years during the 1980s, webb discovered, contra elements shuttled thousands. The discussion then turned to waco, the branch davidians, and the government conspiracy there, and to timothy mcveigh, who was then awaiting execution for the oklahoma city bombing. The jonestown massacre on november 18 1978, 9 people died in jonestown, a small compound carved out of the jungles of guyana, a small country on the northeast coast of south america. Interestingly, many of the mkultra cia experiments have their roots in operation paperclip.
Contracocaine was a real conspiracy consortiumnews. Cut to the ambient hip hop loops of dj treke, crack the cia features explosive footage of mike rupperts historical televised confrontation with cia director. Alex jones of infowars admits to cia and army special forces. So i began to wonder if the use of the term conspiracy theory might be a. On march 2, 1995, ricky donnell ross, a paroled crack dealer, thought he was hooking up. At worst, jonestown was a cia run concentration camp set up as a dry run for the secret governments attempt to reprogram the american psyche. Webb stumbles onto a story which leads to the shady origins of the men who started the crack epidemic on the nations streets and further alleges that the cia was aware of major dealers who were. Proves beyond a shadow of a doubt how the war on drugs is a farce just like everything else the government has a war on. However, conspiracy theorists claim that the jonestown massacre wasnt the work of a madman but was actually. Its based on the true story of journalist gary webb, who was investigating the crack cocaine epidemic in the 90s and was basically like oh shit, i just uncovered a massive government conspiracy theory. The allegations contained an extremely volatile mixture, linking the activities of the intelligence community, support of the contras in nicaragua easily the most controversial foreign policy initiative of the 1980s, the crack cocaine explosion, and the devastation. So i plan to give all extra donation, beyond my immediate needs, to several of my favorite charities.
The cia then could blame jim jones and the peoples temple in regards to ryans death, taking any responsibility or blame off of their shoulders. On august 18, 1996, the san jose mercury news published the first installment of a threepart series of articles concerning crack cocaine, the central intelligence agency cia, and the nicaraguan contra army. The cialinked p2 had a major operation located in panama, not too far from jonestown. One of the strangest cia connections to jonestown was the previously mentioned world vision, an evangelical order which often fronts for the cia. On august 18, 1996, the san jose mercury news published the first installment of a threepart series of articles concerning crack cocaine, the central intelligence agency cia, and the nicaraguan contra. The mass suicide at jonestown left a huge impact on our society and has inspired movies, books, and even the expression drinking the koolaid. Conspiracy crack find out whats conspiracy crap and whats fact. The unanswerable questions of jonestown pacific standard. According to the book was jonestown a cia medical experiment by michael meiers, there were several more questionable connections that suggested the peoples temple sect was more akin to the nazi concentration camps than anything else. A powerful series by investigative reporter gary webb of the san jose mercury news says the answer may be yesand the charge. The united states central intelligence agency cia has been accused of involvement in drug trafficking. While this accusation has been often dismissed as mere conspiracy theory. Intentionally thrown down the memory hole of history.
Soviet conspiracy theory about jonestown massacre soviet. Did the cia play a role in launching the crackcocaine epidemic. The cia undertook an intricate mindcontrol program in. At worst, jonestown was a ciarun concentration camp set up as a dry run for the secret governments attempt to reprogram the american psyche. Focus features twotime academy award nominee jeremy renner leads an allstar cast in a dramatic thriller based on the remarkable true story of pulitzer prizewinning journalist gary webb. May 03, 2015 the cia would get rid of their main opposition, and killing leo ryan would also allow less stories of the horrors of jonestown to get out to the public. There are suggestions of parallel jonestowns and that the conspiracy did not end with the deaths in guyana. Ciacrack cocaine conspiracy exposed in kill the messenger. Every day since 1968, william bennett edwards has grown more certain something secret, something sinister, is growing around the rocky. Anyone wanting to know how crack was introduced into neighborhoods like compton should read former san jose mercury news reporter gary webbs work, who shows how it was a cia operation was part of the war with the sandinista rebels in nicaragua to funnel cocaine into this country and guns into central america.
Webbs series led to three federal investigations, none of. Douglas wilson, member of the core group of project unspeakable having read jfk and the unspeakable several years ago, ive been thinking about assassinations for quite a while and ive seen how conspiracy theory is used to shut off debate, to signal that were entering the unspeakable zone. Jun 27, 2018 its based on the true story of journalist gary webb, who was investigating the crack cocaine epidemic in the 90s and was basically like oh shit, i just uncovered a massive government conspiracy theory. The encyclopedia of conspiracies and conspiracy theories by. And when its not the only story, the truth deserves another look. The conspiracy theory your zodiac sign will be obsessed with. Crack cocaine deliberately infiltrated into south central l. Over time, africanamericans distrust of mainstream institutions and authority figures has been manifested in a variety of conspiracy theories. The allegations contained an extremely volatile mixture, linking the activities of the intelligence community, support of the contras in nicaragua easily the most controversial foreign policy initiative of the 1980s, the crack cocaine explosion, and the devastation of many of our inner cities by the crack epidemic. On november 18, 1978, over 900 bodies were discovered in jonestown, the makeshift compound established in guyana by the peoples temple sect. Evidence is lacking of alleged plot, a lengthyand harshreport written by roberto.
The cia was definitely involved in jonestown, he said, but things got out of control when the congressman was killed. The absolutely true, somewhat spurious and totally impossible. One of the most talked about conspiracy theories of the mid80s and early 90s had to do with the crack epidemic. Jan, 2018 the jonestown massacre is one of historys darkest episodes, not to mention one of the largest masssuicides in recent history. Not long after the slaughter in jonestown, whispers beganstrange hints of human experiments in mind control, even genocide, and the lurking presence of the cia. Crack cocaine the great conspiracy to destroy the black male fcn. The massacre happened one day after damning testimony against the fbi during the house select committee on assassinations hearings. Freeway ricky ross and the cia cocaine conspiracy for gq magazine, 2003 in the 80s the us government financed a dirty war by bankrolling the contras against the leftwing sandanistas of nicaragua. The cia dropped crack into the inner cities in the 80s. But the real true horrors of jonestown and the cia operation mk ultra have been ommitted. The cia kennedy assassination theory is a prominent john f. Evidence is lacking of alleged plot, a lengthyand harsh. Cia connections in the jonestown site and the personnel surrounding the hierarchy of the church.