For just being 19 and put in a very horrible situation, he handled himself very articulate and honorably!

@Mrvl0125

5 ай бұрын

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

@cranford69

9 ай бұрын

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.

@VincentVega93

7 ай бұрын

@@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.

@cocowoto

5 жыл бұрын

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

@MsTinkerbelle87

3 жыл бұрын

With a dad like that you would have to be

@tima9790

3 жыл бұрын

He writes very well. I'm assuming he was always a smart kid.

@docholladay7638

3 жыл бұрын

Yes he's a very well spoken young man.

@PixelSubstream

2 жыл бұрын

That environment made a lot of the kids seem older than they appeared it seems

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.

@thehindenburg811

5 жыл бұрын

Michele Huffman it’s awful that all of them had to die

@JustMeELC

4 жыл бұрын

Actually I believe his mother helped his father commit the murders

@trick_nogood68

4 жыл бұрын

His mother tried to stop it

@JustMeELC

4 жыл бұрын

Lisa Whitt His mother helped hand out the poison ugh

@suras8984

4 жыл бұрын

@@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.

I remember this like it was yesterday. Imagine having to answer to the world about your mad man father.

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

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

@dennismcclain1931

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@reedriter

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@IsmailofeRegime

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@nomadiccyndi

4 жыл бұрын

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

@thelocusst

6 жыл бұрын

MC Bowl he also seems to know he was against it

@wito6998

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@superpan218

4 жыл бұрын

He denounces his father. God bless him.

@Anonymous-wb3nz

4 жыл бұрын

he was a 19 year old kid. Sheesh.

@MsTinkerbelle87

3 жыл бұрын

So did his wife, why aren’t you blaming the adults here??

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

@Mrvl0125

5 ай бұрын

I agree. These days even 40 years old acts like they're 20. I really like the 70s

Stephen is a good man, I had the privilege to get to know him for a few years.

@seanfisher100

6 жыл бұрын

Chris Lalor for real?

@boogerboy2420

5 жыл бұрын

REALLY ????

@subacute

5 жыл бұрын

Pickle Rick We worked together in the Bay Area in the early nineties.

@PrinceOfLillies

5 жыл бұрын

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..

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

Everybody thought Jim Jones was a good man to I guess anybody can be con

He looks like he's in shock.

@LahainaStrong444

3 жыл бұрын

Very sad

@fistedwaffle8881

3 жыл бұрын

He is.. it’s sad that he had to answer all these questions too during this time for him

@wvu05

2 жыл бұрын

My understanding is that this was just a few days after the massacre. Wouldn't you be in shock?

Stephan is so shell-shocked here. Look at his eyes. It's super eerie to watch this... :(

@harrypaul7329

7 жыл бұрын

notsosunnny he's not shell shocked, he was in charge of the operations base in the guianian capital.

@subacute

7 жыл бұрын

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.

@notsosunnny

7 жыл бұрын

Chris, you replied to the wrong comment. I have nothing but love and sympathy for Stephan. :(

@lesterclaypool1

7 жыл бұрын

+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.

@subacute

7 жыл бұрын

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.

I'm glad him and his adopted brother decided not to go back to jonestown

@usnationalist8150

2 жыл бұрын

No he got off easy, he was a step down as crazy as his dad was.

I feel love for this person, he went through a "hell" we could not comprehend.

@TCthaCrisis

6 жыл бұрын

gizzycat cat No one? How about the people who were ACTUAL VICTIMS you fucktard

@IsmailofeRegime

5 жыл бұрын

@@TCthaCrisis I'm pretty sure Stephan Jones is a victim too. He lost family members and friends, to his dad no less.

@youtold7727

3 жыл бұрын

@@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.

jesus - they think 400 are dead and they're still wondering whether the church will go on - such ridiculous questions

@anongirl559

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@nataliekate2176

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@DarkLight753

6 жыл бұрын

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.

@IsmailofeRegime

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@steeveekeys1904

3 жыл бұрын

It seems like reporters always are accused of asking the wrong questions.

What a beautiful man....

@ConservativeAnthem

6 жыл бұрын

Like Jackson Browne in a cult.

@flaviaregina3608

5 жыл бұрын

He still is today.. Too much beautiful for being a monster's son

@thehindenburg811

5 жыл бұрын

CJ Dawson that’s not the point of the interview

@rekunta

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah dude’s a looker. Much better looking now, IMO, with a buzzed head and no mustache.

You can see the grief in his eyes

@usnationalist8150

2 жыл бұрын

I see scared evil person.

I feel sorry for jim jones son he was only 19

@usnationalist8150

2 жыл бұрын

Lol you are easily acceptable to cults so be careful.

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.

@CSIPiper

11 ай бұрын

“Mother mother mother don’t be like that…”

hes really gone through hell. he detested his crazy father

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

That's what you think

@joemartin1253

5 жыл бұрын

1990758 On the Jonestown tapes you can tell he hated his father.

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

5 жыл бұрын

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

@ashleys8335

4 жыл бұрын

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 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

@ashleys8335

4 жыл бұрын

Nthe Deepblue Absolutely

@LahainaStrong444

3 жыл бұрын

@@ashleys8335 me too. Very level headed.

@usnationalist8150

2 жыл бұрын

No he knew it was going to happen. He was a step down as evil as his dad.

@johnvalencia9927

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

He's shellshocked! His mind hasn't completely come to grips with what his dad just did! God Bless the innocent!

@bobloblaw2958

2 жыл бұрын

He never claimed innocence, in his own words he had participated in torture, you can look it up.

@olivepoola9153

2 жыл бұрын

@@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).

@usnationalist8150

2 жыл бұрын

He wasn’t innocent and neither were the 900 people who drank the koolaid. Only innocent ones were the kids.

@vr3142

2 жыл бұрын

@@usnationalist8150 not all of the 900 people. Definitely many but atleast half or more didn’t want that.

@usnationalist8150

2 жыл бұрын

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.

Such a smart well spoken man. He can see it for what it was. His brother Jim Jr seems mad in comparison.

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 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.

They were not even allowed to process everything before interviewing the survivors. I can only imagine how hard it was

This man has been consistent all through. He is a good man who is also very handsome.

@usnationalist8150

2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂. He was caught on tape beating members along with the other black brother. Both should of been charged.

Bless his heart :(

He is gorgeous

@TeeHeejab

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@amywhite9972

3 жыл бұрын

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..

@Perfectpearl

3 жыл бұрын

Was

@HeyYo8

3 жыл бұрын

@@Perfectpearl Who

@truenorth7949

3 жыл бұрын

yup, both his mom and dad had great bone structure, Stephen got great genes from both

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.

@user-uo8ny1kj4c

7 жыл бұрын

this has nothing to do with the masaccre... -.-

@TheJurnalyst

7 жыл бұрын

C Green you're*.

@TheJurnalyst

7 жыл бұрын

southsyde Sasha senseless*.

@cgreen5913

7 жыл бұрын

TheJurnalyst eat shit* you*

@TheJurnalyst

7 жыл бұрын

C Green Don't* breed* as you wouldn't* be able to teach them properly.

How did he not know it was going to happen? They had discussions about how to do it and they practiced doing it.

This man....he’s actually shook...

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.

@lauriej.3544

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@ladybuggs11

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@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.

this interview was immediately after the Mass suicide.

@LahainaStrong444

3 жыл бұрын

But he didn't know the status of it at the time of this reporting.

@LahainaStrong444

3 жыл бұрын

More like mass MURDER.

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.

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. 💔

@dora1980

2 жыл бұрын

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.

@powerofknowledge7771

2 жыл бұрын

@@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?

@dora1980

2 жыл бұрын

@@powerofknowledge7771 no I would not be cool but from what I hear this man was not different than his father.

@darkmatter7182

Жыл бұрын

@@dora1980 I know he was trying to stop it.

@dora1980

Жыл бұрын

@@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!

A lot of people say he was not innocent

Nothing but admiration for this guy. In the face of such harsh and sensitive adversity he handled himself well.

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

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

3 жыл бұрын

@@beautifulkindness5840 I did I think it was about in the mid-80s I think it was grape flavor

@cocokai9661

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@1990758

2 жыл бұрын

@@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

@cocokai9661

2 жыл бұрын

@@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?

The concern in his voice 💔

Word is his mother sent him & others away for a basketball tournament. I think she knew what was to come..

@kepler798

3 жыл бұрын

She knew what was coming and stayed back ,I don't think so.

@wvu05

2 жыл бұрын

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 don't like him one bit . He knows more than he is saying and just rubs me the wrong way

@mariahyohannes

2 жыл бұрын

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

This man had to know something was about to go down, even subconsciously

@Theflowoflove

6 жыл бұрын

Good point. They had enough practice runs.

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

He knew everything if he was there he would have drank the Kool-Aid too

@june049

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@jeffstipp6872

5 жыл бұрын

-@@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.

@1990758

4 жыл бұрын

@@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

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.

He looks so terrified here terrified and shell shocked.

@TCthaCrisis

6 жыл бұрын

beautifullie perfectdenial I don't see that at all. I think you just want to see that

@beautifullieperfectdenial4712

6 жыл бұрын

I see it clearly your just blind. And I never said that I wanted to see that you're an idiot.

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

Because he's think he's going to get arrested I can see he's convinced you to like father like son

he still looks scared

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

Of course he does he's probably think he's going to get arrested

@ZenithAstrology

3 жыл бұрын

19 year olds can’t understand much

He is such a beautiful person inside and out!

8:06 Bright man, but just described what socialism actually leads to, yet did not realize it.

@Theflowoflove

6 жыл бұрын

Lol)))

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

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

@georgiatechur

3 жыл бұрын

No, this is not what socialism leads to. This is what blind loyalty and craziness does..

@steeveekeys1904

3 жыл бұрын

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.

Hard to believe this is the same person who was participating in all of the beatings and egging them on in the Jonestown tapes.

What a decent man this young adult came to be. His father's virtues & vision less all the ego and paronoia.

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.

@IsmailofeRegime

5 жыл бұрын

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.

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

Somewhat like his father

@Agile3040

5 жыл бұрын

Mel Ba The latter, that’s for sure. He’s unusually calm in the midst of a massacre and a bit snarky.

@IsmailofeRegime

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@Agile3040

5 жыл бұрын

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 looks like one of the singer's of the Bee Jees 🎧🎸🎹🎶

Stephan and his brother are both such good people. They deserved better.

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.

I am like him speechless at what happened

Very well spoken, rational teenager! God bless him and his children. 😢

RIP to all victims especially the children

He look like Christ Cornell

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.

@MrsP474

6 жыл бұрын

People blame Jim Jones for everything but he is far from the most guilty one.

@tcvttcvt4305

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah he comes across as a little too smooth here , especially considering that his father just killed 900 people.

@sabrinahuff8440

6 жыл бұрын

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

@IsmailofeRegime

5 жыл бұрын

@@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.

@MrsP474

5 жыл бұрын

+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.

“We never dreamed this would happen” - They rehearsed it and Jones discussed it, for goddess sakes.

@Ccfatfat8427

2 ай бұрын

Stephen and Jim Jr. both thought it was malarkey doing those rehearsals, Jim Jr. talked about it

he was adorable back then

@renaecianci3526

6 жыл бұрын

And for awhile after too. Marceline and Jim were not unattractive people.

@MrsP474

6 жыл бұрын

True, Jim was very handsome and Marceline was pretty!

@fvaletudo06

6 жыл бұрын

Wtf

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

Yep Jim Jones could have got you two to drink the Kool-Aid

@joemartin1253

5 жыл бұрын

1990758 Flavor Aid.

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

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.

@k.t155

11 ай бұрын

Links to the tapes ?

Traumatized! How utterly heartbreaking. He is a beautiful soul.

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.

Stephen knew that there was a possibility that this could happen. The code word was "Mr. Frasier".

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

Don't forget he was 19 when his father did what he did.

He is absolutely GORGEOUS

@SabiahPolk

10 күн бұрын

He DOES NOT WANT YOU

@tomcooper4991

9 күн бұрын

@@SabiahPolk how would you know?

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.

@c.2538

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@DafneMarchesan

3 жыл бұрын

which tapes specifically?

@jordantaylor6602

3 жыл бұрын

what tapes? would love to listen

@MattiusFincham

3 жыл бұрын

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.

@6412mars

3 жыл бұрын

Damn right he was involved in beatings!

So interesting. First time seeing this.

Poor thing! Hes a very handsome young man

@LilySteph1949

2 жыл бұрын

What does that have to do with it

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

I am so sorry about everything discussed here! So glad Stephan has lived a long life and hope he was able to find peace!

THESE REPORTERS ARE GREEDY AND THIRSTY.

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.

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💙

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'.

@johnvalencia9927

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah, well listen to the Jonestown tapes brother. He was an evil monster.

@slimpaco

Жыл бұрын

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.

later on he does go into detail about hearing the order to 'get revenge and then suicide' when he was in georgetown over ham radio. he contacted san francisco and told them not to do anything

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

@gingerdavis8071

2 жыл бұрын

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.

God I feel horrible for Stephan here.

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

You would say that you need to drink the Kool-Aid too

@joemartin1253

5 жыл бұрын

1990758 Flavor Aid.

Does anyone know who the Debbie Blakely he’s referring to? She had got away?

"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.

Wow what a lot to go through.

For a 19 year old, he handed that well. Even more so considering it was his own dad.

Although they were on opposing sides while in Jonestown, this interview with Stephan reminds me of the one with Stanley Clayton shortly after the massacre. Like Stanley he sounds young, uneloquent, and scared. I mean, these were kids. And both were put on the spot during their respective interviews and almost bullied with questions they shouldn't have been forced to answer. Decades later, they're both much more cohesive in their thoughts, both well-spoken, but I wouldn't have wanted to be in either of their shoes right after the murders.

His eyes.....

You can tell Stephan is very mature for his age.

@spicyhot2552

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah he WAS VERY mature for his age .

Poor Stephan. That must have been brutal. I wish he didn't remind me so much of Chris Cornell

Dear lord, i feel so sorry for him, he had no clue what his dad was doing, all he wanted to do was good with those who his dad took the lives of, you can tell he's a total wreck answering those questions

Poor young man!

@thestrangemanreturns

5 жыл бұрын

he plays innocent but there is audio of him beating members of the people's temple..what a piece of fuckingg shitttt

@1990758

5 жыл бұрын

It's not poor

i know he was sad but he had really good features

Does anyone know who the woman sitting behind Stephan is? The one who the camera zooms in on at 6:48. Was she a temple member as well?

@echoes1891

5 жыл бұрын

Yes she was Paula Adams and working in Georgetown for the Temple, she and her child were murdered in the 80s. jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=34286

@alfalfa2155

5 жыл бұрын

@@echoes1891 Thank you!

I’m sure Stephen felt so alone he was only 19 here he was just a scared kid

@echoes1891

4 жыл бұрын

He used to beat people in Jonestown, doubt he was that scared.

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

This man has openly admitted that he can make people like him, that this was something he got from his Father. He clearly wants to remove himself as far from the truth as possible, as the truth is so devastating. Yet there are clear signs he knows much more than he is saying & he has also said recently that he knew the deception, as he got to see it from a family perspective. Tim Carter & the other man that was with him were deeply involved. I am not feeling all the accounts of what happened. There is so much more we the public will never know. In his recent interview, he didn't look well. He had a part in it & was sent away by his father. He said, what did anyone accomplish that left, living would be an accomplishment. This tragic crime to this day, s still highly questionable from the bottom to the top.

@IsmailofeRegime

5 жыл бұрын

There's no evidence that Stephan Jones or Tim Carter had anything to do with the mass murder-suicides. The worst thing you can say about them is that carried out Jones' orders in other contexts (e.g. Carter infiltrated the Concerned Relatives to find out what Tim Stoen was up to, and Stephan Jones participated in punishing people during Jonestown meetings.) They regret doing so.

@arniezanzibar5309

Жыл бұрын

@@IsmailofeRegime Stephen Jones heard the call to Georgetown to commit suicide, he did nothing to stop it, he went and saw a movie at the cinema

@IsmailofeRegime

Жыл бұрын

@@arniezanzibar5309 You're confusing two events. Stephan was ordered by his father to return to Jonestown for the Congressman's visit; nothing about suicide was brought up. Stephan had long since realized his father was a hypocrite and petty tyrant, and refused to obey the order to return. Being in Georgetown, he and other members of the settlement's basketball team decided to spend some time attending a cinema. Only later did he and other members of the team learn that his father had carried out the mass murder-suicide. By that point nothing could be done. Stephan has actually said he regrets not returning to the settlement as his father had ordered, since he feels that if he and the rest of the basketball team were present, there was a chance they would have intervened to stop what happened.

I always believed the pureness of this man.

Now he is working in the office furniture business in california. In the bay area

Whites of eyes showing under irises - extremely stressed. At 2:08 hesitation and avoidance at question about guns. At 4:10 there is hesitation, seems like he has heard things. 4:40 angry about Debbie Blakey, yet she was instrumental in getting the congressman to investigate.

@Theflowoflove

6 жыл бұрын

Well observed I noticed too, he even responds regarding Debbie Blakey, what could be accomplished by anyone leaving, living for a start.

@PrinceOfLillies

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah I think the anger is the most emotion we see and I think that’s because this was days after and felt like the investigation was what sent his father off the deep end. That’s what he meant ‘what did she accomplish?’ Because he kinda blames her for starting this chain of events and he thought with time and space from the US he could ‘talk his father down from it’. I really got for Stephen, he’s been in a few docos and I’ve always respected what he had to say and found it sincere. He’s very open about the fact that his father was not a saint and neither was he, and has some pretty interesting insights after the fact about how his father manipulated those around him.

@PrinceOfLillies

5 жыл бұрын

Theflowoflove in my opinion he’s still in shock and reeling from the collapse of everything his family and everyone he cared about had built. That anger is because he blames the witch hunt (which was completely valid) for what has happened at that time. You should search him in things later where he talks about it and has clearly processed it and it able to see why people left and appreciate that it could have been much worse.

@IsmailofeRegime

5 жыл бұрын

@@PrinceOfLillies Yeah, in the book "Stories from Jonestown" (where Stephan Jones is interviewed decades later), Stephan says that while he never interacted with Ryan, he would have told him at the time, "Man, you're fucking this up." Stephan expected his dad to end up dying from drug abuse before long. Instead Ryan and the newsmen inadvertently pushed Jim Jones to the breaking point, resulting in them being murdered along with nearly a thousand other people. Of course, from the viewpoint of Debbie Layton and the Concerned Relatives, Jones was a ticking time bomb who could have committed "revolutionary suicide" at any moment.

@PrinceOfLillies

5 жыл бұрын

Ismail I need to read this book! I haven’t read anything on it since school but that was just articles etc It’s tragic all round and difficult to say what may or may not have happened had certain factors not been in play.

The guns were stored in Stephens room, he knew all about the guns, he took care of the guns

@martimcshy

3 жыл бұрын

Cool story bro, lets see the proof

@lisaknight4986

2 жыл бұрын

@@martimcshy jonestown.sdsu.edu/?page_id=29043

@cocokai9661

2 жыл бұрын

@@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.

06:57 Paula Adams, killed almost five years later, for your lover Lawrence Mann. He was an ambassador in Guyana between 1975 and 1981. Shot in Paula and her son, and in itself.

@Theflowoflove

6 жыл бұрын

Did she kill her child herself & her partner ? Or did Mann kill them ?