Julia Scheeres - My parents subscribed to both Time and Newsweek and in 1978, I remember the

My parents subscribed to both Time and Newsweek and in 1978, I remember the covers of both that December were of the bodies in the jungle. The fact that many of the people who drank the cyanide - as well as Jim Jones himself - were originally from Indiana, that stayed with me. I wanted to know why they did such a baffling, horrendous thing, why they would kill their children.

- Julia Scheeres

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topic: Children, People, Parent