People in peoples temple were honest especially the ones not part of the inner circle. They believed in something bigger than themselves. They believed and hoped to bring light to a dark world
Goes to show how the Apple CAN fall far away from the tree. NOT like father NOT like son. He could’ve easily turned out like his father. However he didn’t. Unfortunately the mental damage his father caused him is still unknown to this day.
@@cranford69 Stephan is a manipulative little shit just like his father, but he isn't as evil as his dad was. Just gray. He's trying to live his life I suppose.
It was the environment. Hell, he admits he and his brothers had considered killing Jim at certain points. At first, they didn't because they were worried about his inner circle; later, they thought Jones was going to die from his failing health soon
You can see the shock and horror in his eyes... He was very wise beyond his years, this guy was only 19 years old at the time.... These days, even 30 year olds aren't as mature and thoughtful as he is at this time... Bless Stephan Jones, he is a good man
What do you think about the people who read the cards and they say they could tell the future. And they tell people to get rid of certain friends because their negative energy
More like covering his own ass against retaliation from family members of those murdered by his old man. Interesting how he wasn't around when daddy decided to off his congregation. There was a lot he wasn't telling regarding his own involvement in Jones town.
@@dennismcclain1931There is no strong evidence he is guilty of anything except being the son of Jim Jones. Luckily we don't punish the son for the sins of the father.
@@dennismcclain1931 Stephan Jones and some others were in the Guyanese capital for a basketball tournament. Jim Jones ordered them to return to Jonestown due to the Congressman's visit, but they refused. It's as simple as that. Pretty much the worst you can say about his involvement in Jonestown is that he had a "tough guy" reputation and was involved (as were many others) in intimidating and yelling at people during public meetings.
Dennis McClain most of the survivors who’ve spoken publicly over the years credit Stephan and his brother Jimmy with doing everything they could to try to stop it once they got word of what was going down. Nineteen years old is just barely into adulthood and the young man in this video has seen and known nothing outside of the people’s temple. I admire the strength and dignity he is showing in the face of overwhelming devastation. And everything I’ve seen or read about him in the decades since seems to confirm that he is an honest, honorable man who has overcome great tragedy. It’s easy to forget, but he is a victim too.
ANTI -CORL SQUAD No. It would have been easy to lure him to Georgetown and arrest him. There still might have been chaos in Jonestown, but likely not so many deaths.
Very sad. You can see he is in shock. It would be terrible to have a father who "murdered" over 900 people. It is just awful that his mother had to die.
@@JustMeELC I had heard in a documentary that the mother was trying to stop them from killing the children and then when the last child was killed she took the poison herself.
Chris Lalor wow! That’s interesting! I always respected what he’s had to say especially from such a difficult position. He went through trauma himself and probably felt like he contribute to the trauma of others. The concepts jim Jones preached were a head of his time in his early days but I’m not sure if he believed them himself or merely knew he could manipulate those who did. Would be interesting to know what would have happened had he been born in this time..
notsosunnny he is shellshocked and he was not in charge, you have no idea what you're talking about, I was friends with Stephen, he is a very good person.
+Harry Paul Sharon Amos was in charge of operations in Jamestown. Stephen fought his old man at every turn and would not have been trusted with main radio operations. Even yes man son Jim Jones Jr. wasn't trusted with that responsibility. +Chris Lalor Stephen is a gem of a man. Lived in my brother's neighborhood when the girls were babies.
I'm not sure what Jamestown is, but the Temple's radio house was in Georgetown. Stephen was there with the Temples basketball team playing the Guyanese national team. After the game, he went to the airport eager to see that Ryan made it back safely. Also at the airport were members of "Concerned relatives" anxiously awaiting word of the trip. When it got later and later, Stephen went to the radio house to contact Jonestown. Just minutes before he arrived, Amos slit her children's throat and then her own throat after getting the order from Jonestown. This is where Stephen was arrested.
Well...the church consisted of a lot more than 400 people & was a huge presence in San Francisco, so it's a fair question (albeit kinda insensitively timed). They had the blessings of Mayor Moscone, Harvey Milk & Governor Reagan before all this went down.
MrHopeTelevision I think it shows how media has changed so much since then. In cases like this I think it's for the better.. poor kid is basically still in shock.
The reason for the low count in deaths is because at first only the bodies that could be seen were counted. It wasn't until they started removing bodies that they realised there were other bodies underneath them.
@@anongirl559 Yeah, there actually *was* talk for about a month after the mass murder-suicides of possibly continuing Peoples Temple in some manner, but Stephan Jones had no interest in succeeding his dad and the Temple was about to have its finances blasted into oblivion anyhow by lawsuits and the like. Peoples Temple effectively died in Guyana on November 18, 1978.
This is same Stephen who was on the tapes threatening to break someone’s neck if they did not salute him and helping berate members for not working hard enough.
th-cam.com/video/CiPT-ijaJxE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=GCMZMjUO9Dc1DGUM In that video there is audio of Stephan talking down to various temple members including him saying he’ll break one of their necks if they don’t salute him.
@@midnightcaptain8344 wow, I had never known this. So much of the aftermath and the accounts of what life was like in Jonestown, I knew from his son Stephen. It’s around the 25:00 mark in that video where he does say this. One could say he was trying to play his part so that he wasn’t abused himself but what does that say of him? He should have stood up for the others and set an example. It would have made more people aware sooner or it would have prevented Jones from acting more crazy either for his own name’s sake. If he killed his son for speaking against that is going to have more dissatisfied and fearing people. If he admonishes him, that would have made people dissatisfied too and doubt if this is all for their good, and would have seen them leaving sooner. You’re right he had a lot of power in this situation that he could have done something anything if he really was a decent person he portrays himself to be. That audio is painful to listen to. People that got turned by hate abusing and breaking the will of their fellow humans. Anything that comes from Stephen’s mouth is to be taken with a grain of salt. Thanks for sharing.
@@TCthaCrisis .....I know it’s an old comment but you need to be shown the asswipe you are. What are you talking about? Your comment makes no sense. I’m done with you I hope you re-read and understand it better.
I have much love and respect for him. He turned out to be such a great and caring man I just wish I could hold him at this time here where he's 19 and tell him it's going to be okay.
1990758 First of all, the son of the devil isn't the devil. Satan was an angel of God. Where is your information about Stephan Jones participating in the bearings coming from?
HE WAS HAD TO BE HE HAD TO DO WHAT HE HAD TO DO UNFORTUNATELY PLEASE HIS FATHER AND THEM OTHER NUT CASE'S BECAUSE A MANY WAS WITH THE SHYT WHICH THEY HAD TO ALL EYES WERE ON DEM PAC AND OUTLAW'SZ
The look in Stephen's eyes says it all. It's ashame he had to carry the guilt for what his father did. 40 years later, he spoke on what happened at Jonestown. He knew at this moment the temple church was done.
@@bobloblaw2958 I didn't write he was innocent. I wrote "God Bless the innocent!", I was referring to those who were murdered by Jones and his inner circle(murder squad).
V R: Yeah cowards, they were gonna die anyways so why not go out with a fight. Idc those people were weird marxist communist who were taken up air in this world.
wow. i have never seen someone be this shellshocked. if you hear other interviews he's given since then, you know that he didn't believe that there were any survivors at all. that was absolutely everyone he had ever known and loved and all the friends he'd grew up with. That was EVERYONE. it gets sadder when he talks about how his mother fought and screamed and wailed and tried to stop them from killing the children, but when all of the kids were dead, she took the poison willingly.
He is utterly one person who looks terrified and confused and is handling shit himself and looks like he is about to break down. Obviously brilliant.. I think he is amazing
@@usnationalist8150 yeah seriously. The vibe I'm getting is that he's worried about his own gruesome doings at Jonestown getting out and even leading to prosecution. He was an evil POS who put kids in the hole at Jonestown. Everyone in the comment is blowing Stephan like he's some great guy. I guess it's people drinking the Kool-Aid all over again. Gullible, naive idiots.
I never knew until today that Jim Jones had any children. I've been reading some of Stephan's recollections of life with his father and he's a brilliant writer. I have much respect for how he handled the reporters here. I cannot imagine how it must have felt to basically lose your whole world at one time. He must be a very mentally strong person to have survived this.
The son was beautiful, sensitive and well spoken. Jim Jones was a very handsome man in his youth. Reminded me of young elvis, old elvis. Too bad he was a malignant narcissist.
Yes Steven was gorgeous. Still is!! If he'd grow his hair out, he'd look like his dad now that he's older. I believe it's telling that he seems to go out of his way now to not favor his dad. Still gorgeous though..
@6:47: The woman who they panned in on is named Paula Adams. She was one of the women who was used to decide Guyanese officials, so that she could act as a spy. She actually fell in love with one of her targets, Laurence Mann, ambassador to the US, moved back to the states with him and remained with him until he killed her and their child in a murder -suicide. This is only one example of how tragedy followed many of the survivors long after this occurred.
That's because he was verbally abusive and a bully just like his father. All those tapes you can hear Stephen being a bully right alongside his father and the fact that he has never apologized is what irritates me
How sad, he didn't even know that everyone he knew & loved was dead. Don't know if I could go on after something like this. Imagine losing 900+ of your closest friends & loved ones. People you lived & worked with every day. Wondering why YOU were spared. Hats off to all the survivors who are still hanging in there.
He was spared by his father by being sent to Georgetown, Guyana for a basketball tournament; I really doubt that it was a random decision. In Julia Scheere's book A Thousand Lives, many witnesses report on how cruel he was to people in Jonestown including children.
He was spared by his mother. His father didn’t want him to go to Georgetown and ordered him to come back to Jonestown on the 17th, which he refused to do.
Steven was a bully within Jonestown. Listen to the tapes. He was involved in beatings and cruelties. He was being groomed to take his father spot. He knew all this would happen. He was trying to save his ass in this.
Thank you!!! I thought I was the only person not liking his vibe. He’s way more self righteous and composed than you would expect from somebody who was at least partially complicit in the deaths of 900+ people. He’s lucky he’s attractive & reasonably smart. It really helped him get ahead of the narrative here.
I see your argument, and I'd agree he's not entirely innocent, but take into consideration that he was probably coerced into acting along with his father, under his instructions, amidst these atrocities.
The tournament was long planned. Maybe Jim picked that time because he knew Stephan would stop him. Then again, he did try to order the team back, but Stephan refused and saved all of the San Francisco group and almost all of the Georgetown group by demanding that they ignore the order.
I'm so sorry that this man had to go through all this! Could you imagine the trauma he's had to go through? The trauma he has to live with for the rest of his life?! Could you imagine being raised by a sociopath as a helpless child? Hurts my heart. 💔
What trauma? The 900 dead people including t 300 kids who were murdered and their families had the trauma not the Jones kids who coincidentally are alive right now.
@@dora1980 He has to live with that for the rest of his life. Imagine if your parent was leading a cult and killed a bunch of people and you saw all of that craziness.... that wouldn't be traumatic for you? Or would you be cool with it?
@@darkmatter7182 What do you mean you know? You were there? .His dad sent him and his adopted son to a basketball game that was maybe miles away .He didn't' t try nothing.They were doing rehearsals for suicide for God's sake!
Why didn't he do anything when all those people will be an abuse the old people in children if he was not off in a way playing basketball he would have drunk the Kool-Aid too
@@1990758 Why didn't the other 900 people who were there? He was a teenager. This was his father. His obedience is very understandable to most of us. That you lack the necessary IQ to understand is evident. Good luck with that.
@@cocokai9661 I know everything there is about the Jonestown situation I'm not a product of genetic breeding. I don't believe in luck I believe in faith I understand your frustration but it will only lead to high blood pressure
@@1990758 You're not a product of genetic breeding? Please explain what type of breeding you are a product of? Perhaps you mean you're a product of inbreeding?
Poor Stephen. Him not at the time knowing all were dead besides a handfull of escaped ppl who told him what went down- later. Its so eeirie to watch this and everything put on his shoulders bc its His dads only living bio son. Too sad tragic and SENCELESS.
If you have read the book "A Thousand Lives" by Julia Scheere, your first thought about Stephan Jones will be "how in the world is this man not in prison?" According to the survivor accounts in this book, he acted like a concentration camp guard in Jonestown; hitting people, abusing them, threatening children, aiming a rifle at two teenage boys who tried to escape ... Amazing that he is a free and respected man today.
Tales of the Tall Technician I agree plus he was putting kids in hole the black box and people pity this monster. Like father like son . Read the book I think you might like this book: a.co/bhi8bxU
@@MrsP474 How is Jim not the most guilty one? He ordered nearly a thousand people to "suicide" themselves while armed guards surrounded them and forcibly injected those who refused. Obviously he had accomplices, but Stephan wasn't among them. He was many miles away in Georgetown.
+Ismail I wasn't referring to Stephan. I was referring to the inner circle. They were terrible enablers. They ordered the poison, mixed it, handed it out. Very willing to do all of it.
Thank you for this profound statement. I learned that watching bullwinkle and rocky cartoons back when I was 4. We all know we can't trust anybody named Boris.
I think what we need to realize is Stephen, and his 2 brothers were victims as well. I mean really, who'd wanna carry around that legacy, and all of their memories... good and bad
So basically Jim saved his own children by making sure they were away while poisoning the children of many, many others. What a huge scumbag. It's not this man's fault but it makes it worse in a way
You need to do some research on this matter. Jim Jones radioed Jim Jones Jr at Georgetown and told him to make sure all members there killed themselves. Jr and Stephan tried to get someone at the US embassy to get them to Jonestown to try to stop it. Their father tried to stop them from going to Georgetown for the basketball tournament they were scheduled to compete in and Marceline insisted they go.
If you listen to the Jonestown tapes, you will see a different picture of Stephen than the peace-and-love persona he presents today. Watch how he starts stuttering when the subject of guns comes up.
He was a good looking young man.looked nothing like his dad.jim got so bloated in the face,maybe matching his ego.Blowing his mind with his own evil geniusness,so his face retained that fatheadedness
How was it such a surprise when they had several practice runs of suicide. His father gave poison to followers to test their loyalty which turned out to be placebo but told them the day would be coming soon when it would be real.
He lied a few times there, he knew damn well how many guns were out there being he was one of the top security. He also knew about the beatings and the box.
If he was ugly you would say the same thing? I don't know his story very well but other people here say that Stephen used to beat and in the end killed some people there.
Stephan is either a sincerely caring, intelligent, and articulate young man processing an exceptionally painful situation amazingly well. Or he's a silver tongue devil like his father, who knows the right thing to say at any given time in order to maximize his chances of getting what he wants.
Well there's no evidence of the latter, so I think it's safe to go with the former. I don't even know what he could "get what he wants" out of the situation he was in at that moment besides not look stupid or "brainwashed" in front of the media.
@@Agile3040 Not everyone reacts to a tragedy by crying their eyes out in front of cameras. He was part of security in Jonestown and it seems he acted as a sort of informal leader for the settlement's inhabitants who happened to be in the Guyanese capital at the time of the mass murder-suicides. Where you see a "silver tongue devil" I just see a guy who is able to hold up pretty well given the circumstances. They didn't even know the full extent of the tragedy yet; they still had hope that hundreds of people had fled into the surrounding jungle.
Ismail Prior to the mass killings Jim Jones had cyanide and assault weapons shipped to Guyana. Jim was doing and saying a lot of creepy things long before the mass killings. Yet his son is sitting there like a deer in headlights and playing dumb and innocent. But of course.
"I don't know anything about those guns"' "I don't know nothing about that money". It's funny how people in the thick of Jonestown don't know anything about anything.
@@martimcshy There is no real proof. Only a burning desire that it be true and be believed. Steven was investigated thouroughly after the tragedy. Records and other survivors were examined. Steven was cleared. End of story.
Did any of the children of Jones die? I'm glad to see that at least 3 of his children survived, but it's very curious that they were not there or if so, they were not killed.
-@@june049 -Yes, his daughter Agnes died; so did sons Johnny and Lew. I've never seen this in any documentary; I highly recommend the book RAVEN by Tim Reiterman.
@@johnwilliams-ec1kw there's no reason for me to watch the video I've been so intrigued about Jonestown since it happened I've seen just about every video that has to do with it. That's not why he sent his sons to Georgetown
This man looks very powerful, able to control himself and others, a bit too cold though; not somebody I would trust straightforward. At the same time he's charismatic, handsome and clearly intelligent. I don't know if he has inherited those traits from his father, but he could probably be a leader in any area or community he wanted to. For some reason though he activates in me some defense mechanisms, like the ones I would have keeping a wolf as a pet, like 'better safe than sorry'.
Look at this guy BSing his way out of culpability. He actively held people against their wills and punished people. He was part of the security squad that kept people from escaping. Is he running a cult today? Is he living off blood money today from his father's cult?
Steven is a good man he wasn't disillusioned he knew his Father was on drugs and losing his mind and he doesn't apologize he has no reason to do I'd say he was the only one to stand up to Jim Jones and still be alive
For just being 19 and put in a very horrible situation, he handled himself very articulate and honorably!
People in peoples temple were honest especially the ones not part of the inner circle. They believed in something bigger than themselves. They believed and hoped to bring light to a dark world
I met him 4 years ago. He turned out well and his life is wonderful and he said he was glad to escape his father's wrath. He's a nice guy
Goes to show how the Apple CAN fall far away from the tree. NOT like father NOT like son. He could’ve easily turned out like his father. However he didn’t. Unfortunately the mental damage his father caused him is still unknown to this day.
@@cranford69 Stephan is a manipulative little shit just like his father, but he isn't as evil as his dad was. Just gray. He's trying to live his life I suppose.
He seems much older and more mature than a typical 19 year old.
It was the environment. Hell, he admits he and his brothers had considered killing Jim at certain points. At first, they didn't because they were worried about his inner circle; later, they thought Jones was going to die from his failing health soon
With a dad like that you would have to be
He writes very well. I'm assuming he was always a smart kid.
Yes he's a very well spoken young man.
That environment made a lot of the kids seem older than they appeared it seems
You can see the shock and horror in his eyes... He was very wise beyond his years, this guy was only 19 years old at the time.... These days, even 30 year olds aren't as mature and thoughtful as he is at this time... Bless Stephan Jones, he is a good man
I agree. These days even 40 years old acts like they're 20. I really like the 70s
I remember this like it was yesterday. Imagine having to answer to the world about your mad man father.
What do you think about the people who read the cards and they say they could tell the future. And they tell people to get rid of certain friends because their negative energy
More like covering his own ass against retaliation from family members of those murdered by his old man.
Interesting how he wasn't around when daddy decided to off his congregation.
There was a lot he wasn't telling regarding his own involvement in Jones town.
@@dennismcclain1931There is no strong evidence he is guilty of anything except being the son of Jim Jones. Luckily we don't punish the son for the sins of the father.
@@dennismcclain1931 Stephan Jones and some others were in the Guyanese capital for a basketball tournament. Jim Jones ordered them to return to Jonestown due to the Congressman's visit, but they refused. It's as simple as that. Pretty much the worst you can say about his involvement in Jonestown is that he had a "tough guy" reputation and was involved (as were many others) in intimidating and yelling at people during public meetings.
Dennis McClain most of the survivors who’ve spoken publicly over the years credit Stephan and his brother Jimmy with doing everything they could to try to stop it once they got word of what was going down. Nineteen years old is just barely into adulthood and the young man in this video has seen and known nothing outside of the people’s temple. I admire the strength and dignity he is showing in the face of overwhelming devastation. And everything I’ve seen or read about him in the decades since seems to confirm that he is an honest, honorable man who has overcome great tragedy. It’s easy to forget, but he is a victim too.
He knew how sick his father was
MC Bowl he also seems to know he was against it
ANTI -CORL SQUAD No. It would have been easy to lure him to Georgetown and arrest him. There still might have been chaos in Jonestown, but likely not so many deaths.
He denounces his father. God bless him.
he was a 19 year old kid. Sheesh.
So did his wife, why aren’t you blaming the adults here??
Very sad. You can see he is in shock. It would be terrible to have a father who "murdered" over 900 people. It is just awful that his mother had to die.
Michele Huffman it’s awful that all of them had to die
Actually I believe his mother helped his father commit the murders
His mother tried to stop it
Lisa Whitt His mother helped hand out the poison ugh
@@JustMeELC I had heard in a documentary that the mother was trying to stop them from killing the children and then when the last child was killed she took the poison herself.
Stephen is a good man, I had the privilege to get to know him for a few years.
Chris Lalor for real?
REALLY ????
Pickle Rick
We worked together in the Bay Area in the early nineties.
Chris Lalor wow! That’s interesting! I always respected what he’s had to say especially from such a difficult position. He went through trauma himself and probably felt like he contribute to the trauma of others. The concepts jim Jones preached were a head of his time in his early days but I’m not sure if he believed them himself or merely knew he could manipulate those who did.
Would be interesting to know what would have happened had he been born in this time..
Everybody thought Jim Jones was a good man to I guess anybody can be con
He looks like he's in shock.
Very sad
He is.. it’s sad that he had to answer all these questions too during this time for him
My understanding is that this was just a few days after the massacre. Wouldn't you be in shock?
Traumatized! How utterly heartbreaking. He is a beautiful soul.
Stephan is so shell-shocked here. Look at his eyes. It's super eerie to watch this... :(
notsosunnny he's not shell shocked, he was in charge of the operations base in the guianian capital.
notsosunnny he is shellshocked and he was not in charge, you have no idea what you're talking about, I was friends with Stephen, he is a very good person.
Chris, you replied to the wrong comment. I have nothing but love and sympathy for Stephan. :(
+Harry Paul
Sharon Amos was in charge of operations in Jamestown.
Stephen fought his old man at every turn and would not have been trusted with main radio operations. Even yes man son Jim Jones Jr. wasn't trusted with that responsibility.
+Chris Lalor
Stephen is a gem of a man. Lived in my brother's neighborhood when the girls were babies.
I'm not sure what Jamestown is, but the Temple's radio house was in Georgetown. Stephen was there with the Temples basketball team playing the Guyanese national team. After the game, he went to the airport eager to see that Ryan made it back safely. Also at the airport were members of "Concerned relatives" anxiously awaiting word of the trip. When it got later and later, Stephen went to the radio house to contact Jonestown. Just minutes before he arrived, Amos slit her children's throat and then her own throat after getting the order from Jonestown. This is where Stephen was arrested.
What a beautiful man....
Like Jackson Browne in a cult.
CJ Dawson that’s not the point of the interview
Yeah dude’s a looker. Much better looking now, IMO, with a buzzed head and no mustache.
I'm glad him and his adopted brother decided not to go back to jonestown
No he got off easy, he was a step down as crazy as his dad was.
jesus - they think 400 are dead and they're still wondering whether the church will go on - such ridiculous questions
Well...the church consisted of a lot more than 400 people & was a huge presence in San Francisco, so it's a fair question (albeit kinda insensitively timed). They had the blessings of Mayor Moscone, Harvey Milk & Governor Reagan before all this went down.
MrHopeTelevision I think it shows how media has changed so much since then. In cases like this I think it's for the better.. poor kid is basically still in shock.
The reason for the low count in deaths is because at first only the bodies that could be seen were counted. It wasn't until they started removing bodies that they realised there were other bodies underneath them.
@@anongirl559 Yeah, there actually *was* talk for about a month after the mass murder-suicides of possibly continuing Peoples Temple in some manner, but Stephan Jones had no interest in succeeding his dad and the Temple was about to have its finances blasted into oblivion anyhow by lawsuits and the like. Peoples Temple effectively died in Guyana on November 18, 1978.
It seems like reporters always are accused of asking the wrong questions.
This is same Stephen who was on the tapes threatening to break someone’s neck if they did not salute him and helping berate members for not working hard enough.
can u send me the link to this tape?
@@iheartts. th-cam.com/video/ofbGZDbbUsE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=pAx_FoJvjwCyxue1
which tape is this? If its the final death tape, he wasn't even in Jonestown that week.
th-cam.com/video/CiPT-ijaJxE/w-d-xo.htmlsi=GCMZMjUO9Dc1DGUM
In that video there is audio of Stephan talking down to various temple members including him saying he’ll break one of their necks if they don’t salute him.
@@midnightcaptain8344 wow, I had never known this. So much of the aftermath and the accounts of what life was like in Jonestown, I knew from his son Stephen. It’s around the 25:00 mark in that video where he does say this. One could say he was trying to play his part so that he wasn’t abused himself but what does that say of him? He should have stood up for the others and set an example. It would have made more people aware sooner or it would have prevented Jones from acting more crazy either for his own name’s sake. If he killed his son for speaking against that is going to have more dissatisfied and fearing people. If he admonishes him, that would have made people dissatisfied too and doubt if this is all for their good, and would have seen them leaving sooner. You’re right he had a lot of power in this situation that he could have done something anything if he really was a decent person he portrays himself to be. That audio is painful to listen to. People that got turned by hate abusing and breaking the will of their fellow humans. Anything that comes from Stephen’s mouth is to be taken with a grain of salt. Thanks for sharing.
I feel love for this person, he went through a "hell" we could not comprehend.
gizzycat cat
No one? How about the people who were ACTUAL VICTIMS you fucktard
@@TCthaCrisis I'm pretty sure Stephan Jones is a victim too. He lost family members and friends, to his dad no less.
@@TCthaCrisis .....I know it’s an old comment but you need to be shown the asswipe you are. What are you talking about? Your comment makes no sense. I’m done with you I hope you re-read and understand it better.
You can see the grief in his eyes
I see scared evil person.
I have much love and respect for him. He turned out to be such a great and caring man I just wish I could hold him at this time here where he's 19 and tell him it's going to be okay.
Is the son of the devil no respect his mother was the wife of the devil he knew exactly what was going on he participated in some of the beatings
1990758 First of all, the son of the devil isn't the devil. Satan was an angel of God. Where is your information about Stephan Jones participating in the bearings coming from?
Hard to believe this is the same person who was participating in all of the beatings and egging them on in the Jonestown tapes.
HE WAS HAD TO BE HE HAD TO DO WHAT HE HAD TO DO UNFORTUNATELY PLEASE HIS FATHER AND THEM OTHER NUT CASE'S BECAUSE A MANY WAS WITH THE SHYT WHICH THEY HAD TO ALL EYES WERE ON DEM PAC AND OUTLAW'SZ
The look in Stephen's eyes says it all. It's ashame he had to carry the guilt for what his father did. 40 years later, he spoke on what happened at Jonestown. He knew at this moment the temple church was done.
hes really gone through hell. he detested his crazy father
That's what you think
1990758 On the Jonestown tapes you can tell he hated his father.
He's shellshocked! His mind hasn't completely come to grips with what his dad just did! God Bless the innocent!
He never claimed innocence, in his own words he had participated in torture, you can look it up.
@@bobloblaw2958 I didn't write he was innocent. I wrote "God Bless the innocent!", I was referring to those who were murdered by Jones and his inner circle(murder squad).
He wasn’t innocent and neither were the 900 people who drank the koolaid. Only innocent ones were the kids.
@@usnationalist8150 not all of the 900 people. Definitely many but atleast half or more didn’t want that.
V R: Yeah cowards, they were gonna die anyways so why not go out with a fight. Idc those people were weird marxist communist who were taken up air in this world.
wow. i have never seen someone be this shellshocked. if you hear other interviews he's given since then, you know that he didn't believe that there were any survivors at all. that was absolutely everyone he had ever known and loved and all the friends he'd grew up with. That was EVERYONE. it gets sadder when he talks about how his mother fought and screamed and wailed and tried to stop them from killing the children, but when all of the kids were dead, she took the poison willingly.
“Mother mother mother don’t be like that…”
He is utterly one person who looks terrified and confused and is handling shit himself and looks like he is about to break down. Obviously brilliant.. I think he is amazing
Nthe Deepblue Absolutely
@@ashleys8335 me too. Very level headed.
No he knew it was going to happen. He was a step down as evil as his dad.
@@usnationalist8150 yeah seriously. The vibe I'm getting is that he's worried about his own gruesome doings at Jonestown getting out and even leading to prosecution. He was an evil POS who put kids in the hole at Jonestown. Everyone in the comment is blowing Stephan like he's some great guy. I guess it's people drinking the Kool-Aid all over again. Gullible, naive idiots.
I feel sorry for jim jones son he was only 19
Lol you are easily acceptable to cults so be careful.
@@usnationalist8150 wtf are you talking about?
I never knew until today that Jim Jones had any children. I've been reading some of Stephan's recollections of life with his father and he's a brilliant writer. I have much respect for how he handled the reporters here. I cannot imagine how it must have felt to basically lose your whole world at one time. He must be a very mentally strong person to have survived this.
He is absolutely GORGEOUS
He DOES NOT WANT YOU
@@SabiahPolk how would you know?
ITS SAID THAT HIS FATHER WAS GORGEOUS ALSO AND HIS LOOKS HELPED WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO...
He is gorgeous
The son was beautiful, sensitive and well spoken. Jim Jones was a very handsome man in his youth. Reminded me of young elvis, old elvis. Too bad he was a malignant narcissist.
Yes Steven was gorgeous. Still is!! If he'd grow his hair out, he'd look like his dad now that he's older. I believe it's telling that he seems to go out of his way now to not favor his dad. Still gorgeous though..
Was
@@Perfectpearl Who
yup, both his mom and dad had great bone structure, Stephen got great genes from both
Such a smart well spoken man. He can see it for what it was.
His brother Jim Jr seems mad in comparison.
Stephen knew that there was a possibility that this could happen. The code word was "Mr. Frasier".
@6:47: The woman who they panned in on is named Paula Adams. She was one of the women who was used to decide Guyanese officials, so that she could act as a spy. She actually fell in love with one of her targets, Laurence Mann, ambassador to the US, moved back to the states with him and remained with him until he killed her and their child in a murder -suicide. This is only one example of how tragedy followed many of the survivors long after this occurred.
He talks very differently here to the way he does on the tapes.
My heart hurts for Stephan Jones and all of those beautiful people. He sure appears to be grounded in reality.
They were not even allowed to process everything before interviewing the survivors. I can only imagine how hard it was
Thom Bogue says that when he was running away stephen caught him and alsl he was part of discipline.
“We never dreamed this would happen” - They rehearsed it and Jones discussed it, for goddess sakes.
Stephen and Jim Jr. both thought it was malarkey doing those rehearsals, Jim Jr. talked about it
I don't like him one bit . He knows more than he is saying and just rubs me the wrong way
That's because he was verbally abusive and a bully just like his father. All those tapes you can hear Stephen being a bully right alongside his father and the fact that he has never apologized is what irritates me
How sad, he didn't even know that everyone he knew & loved was dead. Don't know if I could go on after something like this. Imagine losing 900+ of your closest friends & loved ones. People you lived & worked with every day. Wondering why YOU were spared. Hats off to all the survivors who are still hanging in there.
He was spared by his father by being sent to Georgetown, Guyana for a basketball tournament; I really doubt that it was a random decision. In Julia Scheere's book A Thousand Lives, many witnesses report on how cruel he was to people in Jonestown including children.
He was spared by his mother. His father didn’t want him to go to Georgetown and ordered him to come back to Jonestown on the 17th, which he refused to do.
Steven was a bully within Jonestown. Listen to the tapes. He was involved in beatings and cruelties. He was being groomed to take his father spot. He knew all this would happen. He was trying to save his ass in this.
Thank you!!! I thought I was the only person not liking his vibe. He’s way more self righteous and composed than you would expect from somebody who was at least partially complicit in the deaths of 900+ people. He’s lucky he’s attractive & reasonably smart. It really helped him get ahead of the narrative here.
which tapes specifically?
what tapes? would love to listen
I see your argument, and I'd agree he's not entirely innocent, but take into consideration that he was probably coerced into acting along with his father, under his instructions, amidst these atrocities.
Damn right he was involved in beatings!
The lies, the lies, the lies
this interview was immediately after the Mass suicide.
But he didn't know the status of it at the time of this reporting.
More like mass MURDER.
Poor thing! Hes a very handsome young man
What does that have to do with it
Word is his mother sent him & others away for a basketball tournament. I think she knew what was to come..
She knew what was coming and stayed back ,I don't think so.
The tournament was long planned. Maybe Jim picked that time because he knew Stephan would stop him. Then again, he did try to order the team back, but Stephan refused and saved all of the San Francisco group and almost all of the Georgetown group by demanding that they ignore the order.
How did he not know it was going to happen? They had discussions about how to do it and they practiced doing it.
I'm so sorry that this man had to go through all this! Could you imagine the trauma he's had to go through? The trauma he has to live with for the rest of his life?! Could you imagine being raised by a sociopath as a helpless child? Hurts my heart. 💔
What trauma? The 900 dead people including t 300 kids who were murdered and their families had the trauma not the Jones kids who coincidentally are alive right now.
@@dora1980 He has to live with that for the rest of his life. Imagine if your parent was leading a cult and killed a bunch of people and you saw all of that craziness.... that wouldn't be traumatic for you? Or would you be cool with it?
@@powerofknowledge7771 no I would not be cool but from what I hear this man was not different than his father.
@@dora1980 I know he was trying to stop it.
@@darkmatter7182 What do you mean you know? You were there? .His dad sent him and his adopted son to a basketball game that was maybe miles away .He didn't' t try nothing.They were doing rehearsals for suicide for God's sake!
This man....he’s actually shook...
There is absolutely no need for a lie detector test. Just look at his eyes. Absolute truth.
Nothing but admiration for this guy. In the face of such harsh and sensitive adversity he handled himself well.
Why didn't he do anything when all those people will be an abuse the old people in children if he was not off in a way playing basketball he would have drunk the Kool-Aid too
@@beautifulkindness5840 I did I think it was about in the mid-80s I think it was grape flavor
@@1990758 Why didn't the other 900 people who were there? He was a teenager. This was his father. His obedience is very understandable to most of us. That you lack the necessary IQ to understand is evident. Good luck with that.
@@cocokai9661 I know everything there is about the Jonestown situation I'm not a product of genetic breeding. I don't believe in luck I believe in faith I understand your frustration but it will only lead to high blood pressure
@@1990758 You're not a product of genetic breeding? Please explain what type of breeding you are a product of? Perhaps you mean you're a product of inbreeding?
For a 19 year old, he handed that well. Even more so considering it was his own dad.
This man has been consistent all through. He is a good man who is also very handsome.
😂😂😂. He was caught on tape beating members along with the other black brother. Both should of been charged.
Poor Stephen. Him not at the time knowing all were dead besides a handfull of escaped ppl who told him what went down- later. Its so eeirie to watch this and everything put on his shoulders bc its His dads only living bio son. Too sad tragic and SENCELESS.
this has nothing to do with the masaccre... -.-
C Green you're*.
southsyde Sasha senseless*.
TheJurnalyst eat shit* you*
C Green Don't* breed* as you wouldn't* be able to teach them properly.
Very well spoken, rational teenager! God bless him and his children. 😢
He is such a beautiful person inside and out!
he's shook because he knows if he would've been there he woulda also been forced to drink the flavor aid or injected with it.
Bless his heart :(
The woman next to him is Paula Adams who was one of the first settlers in Guyana and became in effect the liaison with the Guyanese government.
His eyes.....
A lot of people say he was not innocent
What a decent man this young adult came to be. His father's virtues & vision less all the ego and paronoia.
The concern in his voice 💔
If you have read the book "A Thousand Lives" by Julia Scheere, your first thought about Stephan Jones will be "how in the world is this man not in prison?" According to the survivor accounts in this book, he acted like a concentration camp guard in Jonestown; hitting people, abusing them, threatening children, aiming a rifle at two teenage boys who tried to escape ... Amazing that he is a free and respected man today.
People blame Jim Jones for everything but he is far from the most guilty one.
Yeah he comes across as a little too smooth here , especially considering that his father just killed 900 people.
Tales of the Tall Technician I agree plus he was putting kids in hole the black box and people pity this monster. Like father like son . Read the book I think you might like this book: a.co/bhi8bxU
@@MrsP474 How is Jim not the most guilty one? He ordered nearly a thousand people to "suicide" themselves while armed guards surrounded them and forcibly injected those who refused. Obviously he had accomplices, but Stephan wasn't among them. He was many miles away in Georgetown.
+Ismail I wasn't referring to Stephan. I was referring to the inner circle. They were terrible enablers. They ordered the poison, mixed it, handed it out. Very willing to do all of it.
8:06 Bright man, but just described what socialism actually leads to, yet did not realize it.
Lol)))
He's a bright man but he's still around and let all that happen I guess if you were around back then you would have drank the Kool-Aid too
No, this is not what socialism leads to. This is what blind loyalty and craziness does..
Thank you for this profound statement. I learned that watching bullwinkle and rocky cartoons back when I was 4. We all know we can't trust anybody named Boris.
"hE LoOkS LiKe he'S iN SHOCK!!!!"
Well what the hell ELSE would he look like? 🤦
I think what we need to realize is Stephen, and his 2 brothers were victims as well. I mean really, who'd wanna carry around that legacy, and all of their memories... good and bad
So basically Jim saved his own children by making sure they were away while poisoning the children of many, many others. What a huge scumbag. It's not this man's fault but it makes it worse in a way
You need to do some research on this matter. Jim Jones radioed Jim Jones Jr at Georgetown and told him to make sure all members there killed themselves. Jr and Stephan tried to get someone at the US embassy to get them to Jonestown to try to stop it. Their father tried to stop them from going to Georgetown for the basketball tournament they were scheduled to compete in and Marceline insisted they go.
If you listen to the Jonestown tapes, you will see a different picture of Stephen than the peace-and-love persona he presents today. Watch how he starts stuttering when the subject of guns comes up.
Links to the tapes ?
He's handsome... He's adorable... he's this, he's that.. Who's gives a flying fuck about how good he looks?
DaNewBishop I agree, people are weird.
DaNewBishop No kidding. 😝!
you know what DaNewBishop
He sure is handsome and adorable
a very good looking stud muffin indeed LOL
DaNewBishop why you so mad bro? Lol.
If this was a female people were drooling over, there'd be a big fuss made of it.
i know he was sad but he had really good features
He was a good looking young man.looked nothing like his dad.jim got so bloated in the face,maybe matching his ego.Blowing his mind with his own evil geniusness,so his face retained that fatheadedness
He looks so terrified here terrified and shell shocked.
beautifullie perfectdenial
I don't see that at all. I think you just want to see that
I see it clearly your just blind. And I never said that I wanted to see that you're an idiot.
Because he's think he's going to get arrested I can see he's convinced you to like father like son
How was it such a surprise when they had several practice runs of suicide. His father gave poison to followers to test their loyalty which turned out to be placebo but told them the day would be coming soon when it would be real.
He lied a few times there, he knew damn well how many guns were out there being he was one of the top security. He also knew about the beatings and the box.
He looks like one of the singer's of the Bee Jees 🎧🎸🎹🎶
He seems like a good guy, and good looking too. Not like his pos father (and mother too). Thank god he didn't inherit their horrible traits.
If he was ugly you would say the same thing? I don't know his story very well but other people here say that Stephen used to beat and in the end killed some people there.
Stephan is either a sincerely caring, intelligent, and articulate young man processing an exceptionally painful situation amazingly well.
Or he's a silver tongue devil like his father, who knows the right thing to say at any given time in order to maximize his chances of getting what he wants.
Well there's no evidence of the latter, so I think it's safe to go with the former. I don't even know what he could "get what he wants" out of the situation he was in at that moment besides not look stupid or "brainwashed" in front of the media.
Somewhat like his father
Mel Ba The latter, that’s for sure. He’s unusually calm in the midst of a massacre and a bit snarky.
@@Agile3040 Not everyone reacts to a tragedy by crying their eyes out in front of cameras. He was part of security in Jonestown and it seems he acted as a sort of informal leader for the settlement's inhabitants who happened to be in the Guyanese capital at the time of the mass murder-suicides.
Where you see a "silver tongue devil" I just see a guy who is able to hold up pretty well given the circumstances. They didn't even know the full extent of the tragedy yet; they still had hope that hundreds of people had fled into the surrounding jungle.
Ismail Prior to the mass killings Jim Jones had cyanide and assault weapons shipped to Guyana. Jim was doing and saying a lot of creepy things long before the mass killings. Yet his son is sitting there like a deer in headlights and playing dumb and innocent. But of course.
He look like Christ Cornell
he still looks scared
Of course he does he's probably think he's going to get arrested
19 year olds can’t understand much
THESE REPORTERS ARE GREEDY AND THIRSTY.
"I don't know anything about those guns"' "I don't know nothing about that money". It's funny how people in the thick of Jonestown don't know anything about anything.
The guns were stored in Stephens room, he knew all about the guns, he took care of the guns
Cool story bro, lets see the proof
@@martimcshy jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=29043
@@martimcshy There is no real proof. Only a burning desire that it be true and be believed. Steven was investigated thouroughly after the tragedy. Records and other survivors were examined. Steven was cleared. End of story.
Stephan and his brother are both such good people. They deserved better.
Wow he speaks absolutely a grades at 19. Under them circumstances as well. I belive he was as brain washed and scared as the rest
he was adorable back then
And for awhile after too. Marceline and Jim were not unattractive people.
True, Jim was very handsome and Marceline was pretty!
Wtf
Yep Jim Jones could have got you two to drink the Kool-Aid
1990758 Flavor Aid.
There is only one God and only Holy One the name is Jesus Christ mighty and Peace in the world Love and Save your soul💙
I always believed the pureness of this man.
I am like him speechless at what happened
He was also physically abusive and verbally abusive. He sat on the throne with his father
Stephan is a righteous man!! These were good people manipulated by a psychopath and he was under no delusions, even at the time of this interview.
STOP SAYING THESE PEOPLE WAS BRAINWASHED!! SHIT WAS GOOD UNTIL HE GOT ON DRUGS.
He looks like Chris Cornell.
He's beautiful like Chris.
Jennifer Maynard
I was trying to figure out who he looked like. I was thinking Chris Cornell or Jackson Browne or James Taylor when they were wrong.
Seriously that's what sticks out to you? And I don't think he looks like Chris.
Nope. But what does looks have to do with this
This man had to know something was about to go down, even subconsciously
Good point. They had enough practice runs.
He knew everything if he was there he would have drank the Kool-Aid too
Did any of the children of Jones die? I'm glad to see that at least 3 of his children survived, but it's very curious that they were not there or if so, they were not killed.
-@@june049 -Yes, his daughter Agnes died; so did sons Johnny and Lew. I've never seen this in any documentary; I highly recommend the book RAVEN by Tim Reiterman.
@@johnwilliams-ec1kw there's no reason for me to watch the video I've been so intrigued about Jonestown since it happened I've seen just about every video that has to do with it. That's not why he sent his sons to Georgetown
I am so sorry about everything discussed here! So glad Stephan has lived a long life and hope he was able to find peace!
This man looks very powerful, able to control himself and others, a bit too cold though; not somebody I would trust straightforward. At the same time he's charismatic, handsome and clearly intelligent. I don't know if he has inherited those traits from his father, but he could probably be a leader in any area or community he wanted to. For some reason though he activates in me some defense mechanisms, like the ones I would have keeping a wolf as a pet, like 'better safe than sorry'.
Yeah, well listen to the Jonestown tapes brother. He was an evil monster.
He was a jerk in Jonestown. He's talked about in recent years how he was afraid that he could become like his father as he got older.
RIP to all victims especially the children
Back when media was objective and simply asked questions. Now they work to get their way politically
The best comment.
Don't forget he was 19 when his father did what he did.
So sorry all this happened to you. You did so wonderful with your life. I am so proud of you. I don’t judge anyone.
He was still an insider whose name was called up in stuff
Look at this guy BSing his way out of culpability. He actively held people against their wills and punished people. He was part of the security squad that kept people from escaping.
Is he running a cult today? Is he living off blood money today from his father's cult?
Steven is a good man he wasn't disillusioned he knew his Father was on drugs and losing his mind and he doesn't apologize he has no reason to do I'd say he was the only one to stand up to Jim Jones and still be alive