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Jonestown Massacre: With Jim Jones, Leo J. Ryan. The 1978 mass suicide of followers of Rev. Jim Jones, a cult leader who founded Jonestown in Guyana for the work of his People's Temple.
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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 ...
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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. Jonestown became internationally infamous when, on November 18, 1978, a total of 918 [1] [2] people died at the settlement, at the ...
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Oct 18, 2010 · The “Jonestown Massacre” took place on November 18, 1978, after more than 900 members of an American cult called the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide-murder under the direction of their ...
Jim Jones, right, with an unidentified man at Jonestown on November 18, 1978. Shortly after taking the picture, the photographer was killed during the ambush at the airport. AP Photo. The FBI soon ...
Apr 9, 2007 · In 1978 over 900 people led by Rev. Jim Jones died in the largest mass murder-suicide in history, at Jonestown, Guyana. The story is told by survivors, Temple defectors, relatives, and journalists.
Nov 29, 2018 · Remembering Jonestown 40 Years Later. Today’s post was written by Victoria Otero, an Archivist at the National Archives at College Park, Maryland. November 18, 2018 marked 40 years since the passing of 918 people in the jungles of Guyana. While debate still exists as to whether or not the event was one of mass suicide or mass murder, the ...
