I was very happy to find this story of Hyacinth. I heard her speak at a church back in the early 80’s. I remember she said the reason she and her sister were deceived by Jim Jones was because they had never really studied the Bible for themselves and simply took as truth whatever Jim Jones told them. She said the day Jim Jones was ordering everyone to go the the Pavilion to drink the poiso she was afraid and didn’t want to go and started praying and then she heard like a song and the Lord speaking to her to not be afraid and He caused her to fall asleep. The next thing she knew she was waking up the next morning and she saw her dead sister lying on the floor beside her. She knew God had saved her (Hyacinth’s) life. After she finally returned to the United States and she went to live in a nursing home. That day at the church her ending words of her testimony to the congregation were, “Read your Bible. Learn it. So you won’t be deceived.” And she had a Bible tightly clutched in her hands. That testimony was so moving. I’ll never forget it.

While she isn't the only survivor she felt what it was like to be the only person left alive when she walked out of her hut and saw everyone dead... what a nightmare...

@emexokezie7796

8 ай бұрын

She was the 'only survivor' in the camp - the most profound account, even without images... apart from the video footage....

@lassesuurmunne8340

11 күн бұрын

@@emexokezie7796 I don't understand, Stanley Clayton also escaped the camp, slipping past a guard and ran into the jungle. He saw his son murdered. But you mean she was the only who didn't escape who still survived? But Stanley was also present when the poisoning started.

I can’t believe this doesn’t have more views! I’ve always searched for her story or any sort of video interview! I can’t find anything on KZread!!! So many survivor videos yet she was one of the very few who made it out alive that day! Thanks so much for telling her story with such grace and compassion ❤

@SketchyCharactersAndCrime

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the kind words! I also looked for video interviews but I couldn’t find any either. When I read her story I knew I had to tell more people about her. There are so many videos painting Jones as a good man who was corrupted, and his followers as sheep who willingly went to slaughter. Hyacinth’s story shows us the complex truth: that Jones was a racist who never had good intentions and that he leveraged socio-political conditions, familial ties and other aspects to keep people in the cult. Her story shows us how trapped people really were and that on that last night Jones revealed his true brutality fully by sending the hit squads after people. It’s horrifying and heartbreaking, and I have no idea how she and the few others who remained psychologically survived it, but what I do know is that she was a strong woman and someone I respect and admire very much. ❤️

@thatbadguy4189

Жыл бұрын

Well, it’s 2023 and I’m just now hearing of a survivor from someone else’s “short”, led me here.

Jim did not shoot himself….he had someone else do it because he was a coward. What a horrible man!

@ryanwood6754

8 ай бұрын

which is the irony because he was supposed to be obsessed with how Hitler committed suicide (shot himself in the head) yet the monstrous coward couldn't even do that. Not sure if I believe in a hell but for people like him and those that forced it upon the kids etc I sure hope there is.

There were a lot of red flags before Jonestown

@SketchyCharactersAndCrime

Жыл бұрын

Very true

@MichaelJohnson-dw7so

Жыл бұрын

Yes

@msrain1235

2 ай бұрын

Well, what I hear is that people were in too deep and while some people loved it because they got the help that they needed. They turned their eyes away. For those who didn't, they stayed for family and friends. Others did quit and were harassed. Some were even murdered.

2:22 She and another elderly survivor named Grover Cleveland Davis (1900-1979) Survived.

@danielhainline8882

6 ай бұрын

Grover C. Davis lived from 1899-1993.

Wow great video! I didn't know any of Hyacinth's story except her hiding under a bed. The drawing is amazing to watch come to life. Rest peacefully Hyacinth

This made me cry 😢 I am very close to my little sister and I cannot imagine the trauma this poor woman had to endure. Heartbreaking.

This is why you should never put all your trust in a human being, but in God only. We should never idolize or put another human being up on a pedestal.

The storytelling mixed with film, hyacinth's own words and that artwork, amazingly done!

I explored Jonestown some years before. Then I remembered this old lady who hid in a cupboard while the whole horror was going on. I knew her age was part of the irony. So I searched for her. Then your brilliant and detailed description came up filling so many of the blanks. I did not know she was there asleep. So pleased she lived so long later. thanks for this work.

@DeadPixel1105

8 ай бұрын

She hid under her bed. Not in a cupboard.

What a strong woman she was.

Thanks ❤ I lost a few family members. One being my grandmother. I appreciate your compassion and commentary , it helped me understand what really happened. RIP

@SketchyCharactersAndCrime

9 ай бұрын

I am so sorry for your loss. ❤️

@talettaodom1751

7 ай бұрын

Sorry about your grandma ❤❤❤

@msrain1235

2 ай бұрын

Sorry for your loss.

I was always wondering what happened to her, this survivor. Thank You for sharing her story. It’s almost unbelievable to think about what all that has happened is actually true. ❤

Ive been experiencing freezes and black screens while watching videos recently. Unfortunately, yesterday it was your video that kept glitching. I was glad I was able to watch the whole thing, uninterrupted, today. This was an excellent presentation! I’m old enough to remember this horrific event, and I have seen a number of accounts over the years; but your telling it through the eyes of Hyacinth brought the massacre of 900 people down in scale to the size of one heart, the heart of a tiny, stubborn, disabled Black woman. What a touching story. And your portrait, as always, is masterful.

@SketchyCharactersAndCrime

Жыл бұрын

You've summarized it so beautifully Susan. I'm interested in learning about cults so I have read and watched Jonestown stories countless times, but somehow in this instance the story of 900 lives seems to have less emotional impact than the story of one woman. I knew I had to tell her story. Perhaps seeing it through the eyes of one individual makes it feel more "real" to me because 900 is such a shockingly large number of lives lost.

Patty Cartmell along with her daughter Tricia were found near the radio room in Jonestown.. Hycanth notes her to be one of Jones' henchmen. SHe was someone who would go through temple members garbage for information on them. There was no drainage ditch near the radio room in Jonestown. Patty's body can be seen in the photo where someone is standing on the porch of a house over looking bodies on a lawn. There were dozens of cross bows near them to.

@amandadavis4446

10 ай бұрын

Yep in the purpleish floral dress...

About 80 members of Peoples Temple who were living in Guyana survived that day. Hundreds of members living in San Francisco and Los Angeles did too.

@SketchyCharactersAndCrime

Жыл бұрын

Correct, but they were not present for the massacre as they were in town or elsewhere.

@margotasquith7208

11 ай бұрын

​@Sketchy Characters & Crime there were 2 men also present during the mass suicide who hid in the jungle Stanley Clayton and Odell rhodes- odell Rhodes came back to jonestown and identified some of the dead

Imagine waking up, thinking another usual day but you find everyone around you dead.

1:47 As a youth while still living in his 🏡state of Indiana, One childhood acquaintance recalled that Jones gave the Nazi salute and shouted "Heil Hitler!" when he met German prisoners of war passing through their community en route to a detention facility

@engespress

10 ай бұрын

Don't be brainwashed by corporate media propaganda about Hitler.

You are so talented, and great storyteller

Great artist 🎨 the portrait looks just like Hyacinth

@SketchyCharactersAndCrime

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew!

8:54 , gosh! I never knew that , thanks for the info and that for me was something new to hear

You are very talented and thank you for your story on last survivor 😢.

This was well done. Thank you!

Nicely done! Thanks.

She wasn't the only "sole survivor" there were more than a few that walked away and got away during the turmoil. Stanley Clayton for instance. This title is innacurate.

@brendashacks7407

5 ай бұрын

At camp, I think another senior citizen

Wow, thank you for telling this woman's story it is truly inspiring, and I hope that there are many more who will come forward and expose Jim Jones for the murder he was. Black people have so much history that we must never forget ❤

what happened to the guards ?

Brilliant idea for a channel! Subscribed!

Thank you for this video. Jim is definitely in torment.

Excellent

Great story strong woman

What an incredible story

She wasnt the only one. And she slept through it all.

@katemaloney4296

10 ай бұрын

The narrator specifically said "One of only a few survivors"; she didn't say the only survivor.

@xtina6569

Ай бұрын

The title says sole survivor tho so it's misleading

Shecwasnt solecsurviver a man who didn't by age fear things in didn't vhear announcement

💗💗

6:28 It was a Time magazine article that claimed Ukiha, California was one of a dozen safe places to be in a nuclear war.

Why does the title say sole survivor? She wasn't.

Fear not I am with you... Jesus has saved her! that's how much power our prayers have!!! Thank you Jesus for your protection!

I just made a video of my memory of Rev Jim from my childhood. I never was at Jonestown but did lose friends and family there. My story is on my channel.

💔🙏💐

What kind of spider was that guys?

Please interview me, am kin of jonestown leftover. None of you 🗣️ about how Jim Jones has spinoff divisions in part of Cali & US, then and today .... He had a keyword of Piggy ,for them

@DeadPixel1105

8 ай бұрын

Have you considered getting back on your meds?

@ReturnJaguar

8 ай бұрын

@@DeadPixel1105 you the one on dope*** you just random replying anything to what isn't practical sense. Go let your body and fingers be first syllable of your id name! Your mind is such already.

0:45 did Jim Jones just stickbug me

Many thanks for this incredible story. It makes my heart ache to think about the babies, especially. But we need these stories. We need to be reminded that charismatic personalities can have power over those who do not use reason. This scenario is currently seen in the USA, on a much larger scale. How will the MAGA movement end? Let's pray the ending isn't similar to Jonestown.

The title is not accurate. There were more than just one survivor. Sole says one survived. There were more than 30.

There were a few survivors

The only true hope to be found in life is through knowing Jesus as our saviour. We can know the peace of having our sins forgiven and hope for the future by becoming a Christian. St. John 6:37 Jesus said “....whoever comes to me I will never drive away.”

He ain’t do it.

Jim Jones didn't shoot himself! He had one of his henchmen shoot him in the back of his head.

@SketchyCharactersAndCrime

6 ай бұрын

Fair enough. Suicide by henchman is still suicide though.

PT Barnum was correct. There’s a sucker born every minute.

What bullshit is this? there was more than 1 sole survivor 🤦‍♂

@AspensJourney

Жыл бұрын

A few fled to the jungle, some left with Congressman Ryan, some left earlier that day but she was the only one who survived the entire ordeal! Alone amongst 900 dead bodies…

@avail1.

Жыл бұрын

Not true.....

@rjmullinz2258

Жыл бұрын

An elderly man named Grover Cleveland Davis also survived the mass suicide at Jonestown but it obviously doesn't fit the agenda that is so often passed as truth regarding Jonestown videos

I tried to make a joke about Jonestown but the punch line was too long.....da da dum

@mk202

Жыл бұрын

😏

@Unchainedful

10 ай бұрын

🥴

@bcaye

10 ай бұрын

You must be young. No one who was alive and old enough to remember when this happened would make bad jokes about it.

Fantastic