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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.
- Jim Jones (Disambiguation)
Jim Jones (1931–1978) was the cult leader of the Peoples...
- Jonestown
The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its...
- Crete, Indiana
Jim Jones, leader of the Peoples Temple cult, was born in...
- Leo Ryan
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. (May 5, 1925 – November 18, 1978) was an...
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Father Divine (c. 1876 – September 10, 1965), also known as...
- List of People Claimed to Be Jesus
Jim Jones (1931–1978), founder of Peoples Temple, which...
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Carolyn Louise Moore Layton (July 13, 1945 – November 18,...
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The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ, originally...
- Jim Jones (Disambiguation)
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.
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- Jim Jones is known for being the leader of the Peoples Temple religious group and for the Jonestown Massacre, when he led the mass murder-suicide o...
- Jim Jones attended Indiana University before transferring to Butler University in Indianapolis, Indiana, where he graduated in 1961.
- Jim Jones died of a gunshot wound to the head in Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. His death occurred during the Jonestown Massacre, when he...
Apr 2, 2014 · Jim Jones was the cult leader of the Peoples Temple who led more than 900 followers in a mass suicide known as the Jonestown Massacre. Learn more at Biography.com.
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.
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- Jonestown was a remote compound in Guyana built by Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones. With little interference from the Guyanese government, Jon...
- More than 900 people died in the Jonestown massacre, including some 300 who were age 17 or under. It is one of the largest mass deaths in American...
- Jim Jones was the leader of the Peoples Temple cult who initiated a mass murder-suicide at the Jonestown compound in Guyana. He opened his first ch...
- Jim Jones orchestrated the mass murder-suicide of Peoples Temple cult members on November 18, 1978.
Oct 18, 2010 · 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. Shown is a sign at the...
Sep 28, 2018 · Jim Jones, who was white, founded his ministry, the Peoples Temple, in Indiana, where they promoted social justice, racial and class equality and desegregation.
Nov 13, 2018 · Jim Jones was a religious cult leader and civil rights activist who led his followers to a remote jungle in Guyana in 1977. He forced them to live in harsh conditions, brainwashed them with his voice and ordered a mass suicide in 1978 after a congressman's visit.
