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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jim_JonesJim Jones - Wikipedia

    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 ...

  2. www.youtube.com › watchJonestown Part 1: Who was the Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones?

    Captivated by the charismatic style of Pentecostal and Methodist preachers, Jones became a preacher himself and founded his ministry, the Peoples Temple. WATCH THE FULL SPECIAL: https://bit.ly ...

  3. www.youtube.com › watchJim Jones - Aunt Viola (Official Video) - YouTube

    Jun 15, 2022 · Official Video by Jim Jones - Aunt Viola (Official Video) © 2022 The Fraud Department / EMPIRE

  4. www.youtube.com › watchJim Jones - Pardon My Thoughts (Official Video) ft. Dave East

    Dec 9, 2020 · Out now! Stream: https://music.empi.re/elcapo_deluxe.oyd #JimJones #DaveEast #VampLife Official music video by Jim Jones ft. Dave East performing "Pardon My Thoughts" © 2020 Vamp Life ...

  5. www.britannica.com › biography › Jim-JonesJim Jones | Biography, Jonestown, Massacre, Peoples Temple, &...

    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.

  6. www.history.com › topics › crimeJonestown - Massacre, Guyana & Cult | HISTORY

    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...

  7. www.britannica.com › event › JonestownJonestown | History, Facts, Jim Jones, & Survivors | Britannica

    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.

  8. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › JonestownJonestown - Wikipedia

    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.

  9. www.history.com › news › jonestown-jim-jones-mass-murder-suicideInside Jonestown: How Jim Jones Trapped Followers and Forced ......

    Nov 13, 2018 · The 918 deaths in Guyana under cult leader Jim Jones were more mass murder than suicide.

  10. www.pbs.org › wgbh › americanexperienceJim Jones | American Experience | Official Site | PBS

    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...