Another famous preschool abuse case is Fort Bragg Preschool, in Fort Bragg, California. Similar accusations were made in this case as with the McMartin case, but on top of all of the McMartin accusations, teachers and staff members were also accused of more. There were accusations of having children being buried in coffins or boxes and lowered onto the ground with a tube or hose for them to breath. Being tortured with water, similar to waterboarding or being sprayed with power hoses was another common accusation which resulted in the children having a fear of water and bathing. Some of the other accusations included being forced to perform mock marriages with other students as well as the devil, and having medical operations where the teacher
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A well known and quite disturbing case is Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. On November 18, 1978, Reverend Jim Jones and more than 900 members of his People’s Temple committed mass suicide in the jungle of Guyana. Jim Jones lured his followers to a jungle in Guyana and cut off all of their connections to the outside world, and then made them all sign a contract which he would not let them read, but still held them accountable to, if they did not willingly sign the contract, a gun was held to their heads and they had a choice between sign the contract or die. His “followers” were not allowed to leave the boundaries laid out for them and if they tried they would be killed or tortured. They all died by drinking Kool-Aid induced with cyanide and if they did not drink it, they were shot. Only a few people survived to tell the tale by pretending to be dead, or escaping which was extremely difficult to do. Some people argue that the people of the People’s Temple willingly chose to follow Jim Jones and drink the cyanide-induced Kool-Aid as a mass suicide showing support for Rev. Jones, but the truth is the people were afraid of disobeying Jones, they would be tortured, threatened, and killed if they did not comply with his orders. Jim Jones not only killed his people but before killing them, he would force some of the men and women both to have sexual intercourse with him. Teri Buford O’Shea, a survivor of the Jonestown massacre tells Jennie Rothenberg Gritz with of The Atlantic about what happened in the jungle of Guyana before and leading up to the massacre. O’Shea remembering being Jones’s partner says, “ He called me down to his cabin, he had designated me to be one of his partners. I had never, ever told him I loved him because I didn't, I was afraid of him. He held a gun to my head and said, ‘Tell me you love me.’ I
A well known and quite disturbing case is Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple. On November 18, 1978, Reverend Jim Jones and more than 900 members of his People’s Temple committed mass suicide in the jungle of Guyana. Jim Jones lured his followers to a jungle in Guyana and cut off all of their connections to the outside world, and then made them all sign a contract which he would not let them read, but still held them accountable to, if they did not willingly sign the contract, a gun was held to their heads and they had a choice between sign the contract or die. His “followers” were not allowed to leave the boundaries laid out for them and if they tried they would be killed or tortured. They all died by drinking Kool-Aid induced with cyanide and if they did not drink it, they were shot. Only a few people survived to tell the tale by pretending to be dead, or escaping which was extremely difficult to do. Some people argue that the people of the People’s Temple willingly chose to follow Jim Jones and drink the cyanide-induced Kool-Aid as a mass suicide showing support for Rev. Jones, but the truth is the people were afraid of disobeying Jones, they would be tortured, threatened, and killed if they did not comply with his orders. Jim Jones not only killed his people but before killing them, he would force some of the men and women both to have sexual intercourse with him. Teri Buford O’Shea, a survivor of the Jonestown massacre tells Jennie Rothenberg Gritz with of The Atlantic about what happened in the jungle of Guyana before and leading up to the massacre. O’Shea remembering being Jones’s partner says, “ He called me down to his cabin, he had designated me to be one of his partners. I had never, ever told him I loved him because I didn't, I was afraid of him. He held a gun to my head and said, ‘Tell me you love me.’ I