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45 years after Jonestown

A Santa Barbara witness shares her painful memory of the event and her family's close call with tragedy... and murder.

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James Fenkner
Nov 18, 2023
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The Jonestown Massacre was the single largest mass killing of American children. Source: Jonestown Institute

November 18 is the 45th anniversary of the second-largest mass murder in American history after 9/11. Over 900 Americans died in a single non-natural event in the remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana,  a third of whom were children. The Jon…

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