WARNING DISTRESSING CONTENT: 'Their bodies were left out in the open, in the middle of the rainforest, in a foreign country'

Laura Kohl’s life was in “turmoil”. Her marriage ended, she vehemently opposed the Vietnam war and could find no place for her activism. She was adrift and alone , so when charismatic Christian cult leader Jim Jones came knocking, she was in a prime spot for handing her brain and body over to the man who would kill 900 in a massacre that horrified the world.

This week marks 47 years since Jonestown saw the haunting massacre of hundreds, with what looked like the sleeping bodies of women and children left out in the open. Laura explained how she escaped this chilling fate. "My life was in turmoil, I had a failed marriage and I was looking for a place to be poli

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