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James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and mass murderer who led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. In what Jones termed "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on ...
Jun 26, 2024 · Jim Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana) was an American cult leader who promised his followers a utopia in the jungles of South America after proclaiming himself messiah of the Peoples Temple, a San Francisco-based evangelist group.
Jones' sons, Stephan, Jim Jones Jr., and Tim were in Georgetown with the Jonestown Basketball Team to play in a tournament with the Guyanese National Team. In the moments before the suicide, Jim Jones contacted Stephan with orders to "get revenge" on enemies of the Peoples Temple in Georgetown before committing suicide themselves.
Oct 18, 2010 · Jim Jones, age 47, was found in a chair, dead from a single bullet wound to the head, most likely self-inflicted. The death toll at Jonestown on November 18, 1978 was 909 people, a third of...
Jun 26, 2024 · The Jonestown massacre was a mass murder-suicide of the Peoples Temple cult at the behest of their leader, Jim Jones, in 1978. After cult members attacked Congressman Leo Ryan, who was investigating the cult, Jones enacted a suicide plan at the Jonestown compound.
Jun 14, 2024 · Jim Jones leveraged upheaval surrounding civil rights and the Vietnam War to earn trust and manipulate his followers.
Nov 13, 2018 · The 918 deaths in Guyana under cult leader Jim Jones were more mass murder than suicide.
Targets of Abuse. Jones’ actions were ahead of his time, and residents who felt threatened by integration targeted Jones and the Temple with intimidation and assaults. Strangers spat on Marcie...
Jim Jones. Jim Jones attracted a large following to his Peoples Temple through sermons on tolerance, social responsibility and community. Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple |...
Sep 26, 2018 · At the time of his death, Jim Jones, the leader of the Peoples Temple, a ministry of his own devising, held incredible power over his followers.
