The Real Cult Behind Outlast 2 (Jonestown)

In 2017, a horror game about a doomsday cult in the wilderness came out. Its makers said it was largely based on Jonestown. This is the real story: how a preacher from a small town in Indiana built a church that fought racism, moved it to San Francisco and then into the jungle of Guyana, and how 918 people died there on November 18, 1978. The voices you hear on the tapes are real. They come from FBI evidence tape Q042, recorded that night, and from tape Q048, recorded the evening before. Is there another game you think is hiding a true story? Tell me in the comments. I read all of them. 0:00 The tape 1:48 I · Indiana 4:26 II · San Francisco 6:34 III · Jonestown 9:22 IV · The Visit 10:39 V · The Airstrip 12:26 VI · November 18 14:21 VII · After 16:07 VIII · The Game 17:44 The tapes If this story affects you personally, you are not alone. Please reach out to a local crisis line or someone you trust. Game footage is used for commentary and criticism. Outlast 2 and all trailers and game material belong to Red Barrels. SOURCES Wikipedia: "Jim Jones", "Peoples Temple", "Jonestown", "Outlast 2" Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple (Jonestown Institute, San Diego State University): tape transcripts Q042 and Q048, "Annie Moore's Last Letter", "Richard Tropp's Last Letter", the changing body count FBI audio tape Q042 (transcript: Fielding M. McGehee III / Jonestown Institute) U.S. House of Representatives: tribute to Leo J. Ryan on the 25th anniversary (Rep. Tom Lantos) Interviews with Red Barrels co-founder Philippe Morin on Outlast 2 and Jonestown CREDITS Photos (Wikimedia Commons) FBI photos of Jonestown, Port Kaituma airstrip and the Twin Otter, November 1978 – Federal Bureau of Investigation – Public domain Letters of Annie Moore and Richard Tropp – Public domain Leo J. Ryan, Congressional Pictorial 1973 and 1977 – United States Congress – Public domain Leo Ryan – Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives – Public domain Coffins at Dover Air Force Base; victims of the Jonestown tragedy (shown blurred) – U.S. Department of Defense / Ssgt Jose L. Sanchez – Public domain DoD Jonestown document; FBI summary (Rymsum) – U.S. Government – Public domain "Anointed" Jim Jones photo card – Peoples Temple – Public domain Flavor Aid packets – 308 Bees – Public domain Jim Jones and Peoples Temple in San Francisco, January 1977 (I-Hotel rally, Martin Luther King Jr. Humanitarian Award) – Nancy Wong – CC BY-SA 3.0 / CC BY-SA 4.0 Jonestown entrance – Mosedschurte (English Wikipedia) – Attribution Jim Jones' first church, Indianapolis – Indytnt – CC BY-SA 3.0 2011 Jonestown Memorial Service; Jonestown Memorial Service pictures – Symphony999 – CC BY-SA 3.0 Leo J. Ryan headstone – BrokenSphere – CC BY-SA 3.0 1976 letter from Congressman Leo Ryan to Ida Camburn – CC BY-SA 3.0 Peoples Temple photos and films California Historical Society, Peoples Temple collection (via Internet Archive): Jonestown films (fields, nursery, basketball, the pavilion, the piggery and chicken coops, aerial views, children, the band), Jim Jones preaching in Los Angeles, the Moscone event, and photographs of Redwood Valley, the bus trips and Jonestown residents. Other film NBC footage of the Port Kaituma airstrip, November 18, 1978 (Bob Brown, camera), FBI copy "Airlift … Working for Humanity" (U.S. Department of Defense, 1979), Defense Imagery – Public domain Prelinger Archives: Dynamic America (1956), Hoosier Promenade (Indiana University, 1957), San Francisco vacation film (1971) – Public domain Globe: NASA Blue Marble and Black Marble imagery (NASA Earth Observatory) Channel art: cassette photo by Havelbaude, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons) Music and sound effects: Mixkit (Mixkit Free License) and licensed library sounds #outlast2 #jonestown #truestory #horrorgames #documentary #peoplestemple