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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 7, 2018 · The now-called Jonestown Massacre saw the largest deliberate loss of American life until 9/11. Today , 40 years on, the event holds a unique place in US history as well as in the psychology ...
- Julie Fenwick
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...
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.
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In 1974, Jim Jones dispatched a few Peoples Temple members to rent more than 3,800 acres of jungle property in Guyana, a former British colony in South America where the population spoke English.
