Jim Jones - Wikipedia
James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American cult leader and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978.
Jonestown ‑ Massacre, Guyana & Cult - HISTORY
Oct 18, 2010 · Jim Jones, age 47, was found in a chair, dead from a single bullet wound to the head, most likely self-inflicted. The death toll at Jonestown on November 18, 1978 was 909 …
Jonestown | History, Facts, Jim Jones, & Survivors | Britannica
Dec 15, 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 …
Jim Jones | Biography, Jonestown, Massacre, Peoples Temple,
Dec 11, 2024 · 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 of more than 900 …
Mass suicide at Jonestown | November 18, 1978 | HISTORY
Feb 9, 2010 · Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder‑suicide at Jonestown, their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South …
Jonestown - Wikipedia
Jonestown became internationally infamous when, on November 18, 1978, a total of 918 [1][2] people died at the settlement; at the nearby airstrip in Port Kaituma; and at a Temple-run …
What Happened During the Jonestown Massacre? The True Story …
Jun 17, 2024 · On Nov. 18, 1978, over 900 Americans were killed after ingesting poison at Jonestown, a religious commune in Guyana, South America led by Jim Jones. The reverend …
The perfect storm that led to the Jonestown massacre - National …
Jun 14, 2024 · Jonestown's main pavilion is partially collapsed a week after over 900 people were killed on the commune. The Jonestown massacre remains one of the largest mass murders in …
Jonestown — FBI
Jones, too, was dead, with a gunshot wound to the head. Jim Jones, right, with an unidentified man at Jonestown on November 18, 1978. Shortly after taking the picture, the photographer...
Inside Jonestown: How Jim Jones Trapped Followers and Forced ... - HISTORY
Nov 13, 2018 · Just two years later, on Nov. 18, 1978, those words became reality when more than 900 people, one-third of them children, died during what would be known as the …