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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. 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. 2 days ago · 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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  3. Oct 18, 2010 · Learn about the Peoples Temple, a cult led by Jim Jones that ended in a mass suicide-murder in Guyana in 1978. Find out how Jones manipulated his followers, what life was like in Jonestown and how the tragedy unfolded.

  4. Jun 14, 2024 · Jim Jones leveraged upheaval surrounding civil rights and the Vietnam War to earn trust and manipulate his followers.

  5. Nov 13, 2018 · Jim Jones, a cult leader and civil rights activist, led his followers to a remote jungle in Guyana where they suffered from starvation, heat and disease. He forced them to drink poisoned Kool-Aid and shot anyone who resisted in one of the worst mass killings in American history.

  6. Jun 17, 2024 · Jim Jones in his office in San Francisco, California on July 3, 1976. Janet Fries/Getty. Jim Jones was born on May 13, 1931, in Indiana. He became interested in religion as a child, being a ...

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