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R*pe, Sedatives & Sharon Tate - The Twisted Life of Christopher Jones | Hollywood Mysteries #116

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Christopher Jones simply vanished after his breakout performance in "Ryan's Daughter". Few understood the real reason, and years later the whole dark truth finally spilled out.

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20 Comments

@BrianP-bh1vo 6 months ago

Anyone who drugs a person unknowingly should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.

@elizabethalexander6528 6 months ago

He succeeded living to a oldish age. Way better than most broken souls of that era.

@HollywoodCelebrities-21 6 months ago

Has anyone noticed that many scandals in Hollywood only receive much attention after the people involved have passed away? While they are alive, almost no one dares to touch them.

@pamelacharbonneau3115 6 months ago

He saved his own life with a movie in another country.

@cynthiaweaver3073 6 months ago

I remember him from Wild In The Streets, and thought he was beautiful. I was a teenager in high school.
I'm glad he found peace in a life that sounded too hard for a sensitive soul to handle.

@CarolFremel-my4hs 6 months ago

He was in Ryan’s Daughter - so handsome

@williamweb9782 6 months ago

One of the reasons he lived quietly was that he had a car accident! He was worried about scars on his face and withdrew from the limelight.

@IrishAuntie 6 months ago

Jones was very handsome and had that brooding mood look that James Dean had. He would have made it big I believe. I saw him in Ryan’s Daughter and he was drop dead handsome in it. Lost track of him after that.

@thesummerland6165 6 months ago

He was stunning in Ryan’s Daughter, stunning

@smurf800 5 months ago

Drugs seem to be a big big huge issue with the famous..
Producers directors control their actors.. their weight get more work during the day... and get them to sleep at night. After working 20hrs ..
Get actors so addicted .. that when they start to crash and burn are not making money for them anymore. They dump them...

@deborahaminogue4196 6 months ago

That is despicable. Drugging a person is low. To even think of it is diabolical. He most likely didnt sue.

@GibbonInAmerica 2 months ago

I thought this was going to be a more tragic story. To me, this guy was ultimately a winner. He learned his mistakes while he was young. Saw the tragedies of others and avoided them. Married a sensible sounding wife and raised children in a way that rose above his terrible childhood. Pursued an artistic side. Put aside some money and lived sensibly. Had the good sense to live by his values, even when the world came knocking at his door. He went out on his own terms. Everything about that spells "winner" to me.

@emeraldforcier14 4 months ago

What happened to his mom was pretty common back then. Although her sons obviously needed her, she was judged unwanted by her husband, and pretty much put in a prison to die. This scenario has been played out forever.

@sigilfredogaleano6568 3 months ago

Good for him that he was able to get away from Hollywood. He had 7 children, he was lucky after all.

@Jonsie-r6h 6 months ago

Horrifying that people didnt think twice about drugging him!! What if they had killed him??
Olivia saying she thought it was some kind of tranquilizers... that she was slipping in his food without his knowledge... and that was ok with her. Unbelievable!!!

@rosebud-ame 6 months ago

I remember him….and then he disappeared. Good actor!

@ValerieFelitto-r9k 6 months ago

I remember Jones well in the 60s. There was big build-up, selling to us kids. I never really liked him, the too sensitive type. But now i think had he known his mother maybe he could.have accepted his success and coped with tragedy.
The worst thing you can do to someone is dose them with drugs without their knowledge. Diabolical. I really felt that for him. Terrible thanks Ms. Kim. And good profile Ava. Cheers. 🎉🎉😢

@janamaksuta7751 6 months ago

Jones was another handsome actor from that era who suffered

@IrishTexan09 6 months ago (edited)

Unbelievable that this young man was drugged by his director and fellow actors without his knowledge. That is pure evil. He thought he was crazy like his mother. This probably caused his nervous breakdown,