Person

Leo J. Ryan

Acting · 1925–1978 · Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an American teacher and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the U.S. representative from California's 11th congressional district from 1973 until his assassination during the Jonestown massacre in 1978. Before that, he served in the California State Assembly, representing the state's 27th district.

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  American Experience

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  The UnXplained

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  Explained

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  The Seventies

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  America's Book of Secrets

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  How to Become a Cult Leader

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  Very Scary People

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  History's Mysteries

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  Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost

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  Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

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• 2023How to Become a Cult LeaderSelf (archive footage)
• 2019The UnXplainedSelf (archive footage)
• 2019Very Scary PeopleSelf (archive footage)
• 2018Jonestown: Terror in the JungleSelf (archive footage)
• 2018Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise LostSelf (archive footage)
• 2018The Radical Story of Patty HearstSelf (archive footage)
• 2018ExplainedSelf (archive footage)
• 2018Jonestown: The Women Behind the MassacreSelf (archive footage)
• 2015The SeventiesSelf (archive footage)
• 2012America's Book of SecretsSelf (archive footage)
• 2008Witness to JonestownSelf (archive footage)
• 2006Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples TempleSelf (archive footage)
• 1998History's MysteriesSelf (archive footage)
• 1988American ExperienceSelf (archive footage)
• 1981The Killing of AmericaSelf (archive footage)