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The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name " Jonestown ", was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American cult under the leadership of Jim Jones.
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This article is about the Jonestown massacre, which was a mass murder-suicide of members of the Peoples Temple cult in Guyana in 1978. The death toll exceeded 900 people, including some 300 who were under 17 years old. It provides information on Jim Jones, the charismatic but paranoid leader of the cult and his background as well as how he treated ...
The mass murder-suicide of members of the Peoples Temple cult in Guyana, led by Jim Jones. Over 900 people died including 300 children, making it one of the largest mass deaths in American history.
A charismatic but paranoid leader who opened his first church in Indianapolis and later moved to California where he became a respected churchman with thousands of followers. He treated his followers harshly and eventually moved with several hundred to Jonestown, Guyana where he had total autonomy.
While active in humanitarian causes, Jones' treatment of followers was often abusive; many were coerced or brainwashed into signing over their possessions to the church. In November 1978 US Congressman Leo Ryan traveled to inspect activities at Jonestown after rumors that some members were being held against their will and subjected to abuse; five ...
- Alison Eldridge
Oct 18, 2010 · The “Jonestown Massacre” occurred on November 18, 1978, when more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their leader...
Sep 6, 2018 · Jonestown in the 1970s was basically a small village—so is it now a small ghost town? To try and answer these questions we asked two people who’d separately visited the site.
- Julie Fenwick
Nov 13, 2018 · In 1977, Jim Jones, a self-proclaimed “messiah” of his Peoples Temple church, led his followers to a remote jungle in Guyana to live in Jonestown.
- Lesley Kennedy
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Nov 17, 2021 · F orty-three years ago, on November 18, 1978, 918 Americans died in a remote jungle in Guyana, South America. One was a U.S. Congressman, three were journalists and 914 were residents of the...
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Jun 14, 2024 · In the 1970s, Jones had led them from California to Guyana, where they built Jonestown. Jones promised it would become a utopia. Instead, Jones gave them death.
