Jim Jones

Jim Jones

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Murder Made Me Famous: Jim Jones
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Jim Jones was the cult leader and founder of the People’s Temple. Known for his extreme beliefs on Christianity, socialist politics, and racial equality, Jones is infamous for the mass murder-suicide he led of over 900 of his followers in Jonestown, Guyana. Urging his church’s me ...  Show more

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At the command of Jim Jones, more than 900 followers of The Peoples Temple drank a beverage laced with cyanide in an act that Jones labeled “revolutionary suicide.” But was this truly a mass suicide, or was it a mass murder? And why do some people think Jim Jones faked his own de ...  Show more

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At the command of Jim Jones, more than 900 followers of The Peoples Temple drank a beverage laced with cyanide in an act that Jones labeled “revolutionary suicide”. Jones himself was found dead from a shot to the head. But the details of this mass suicide doesn't quite line up. W ...  Show more

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Le 18 novembre 1978, 910 personnes meurent dans la jungle du Guyana en Amérique du Sud. Hommes, femmes, enfants, vieillards... Personne n'est épargné. Ils ont tous été empoisonnés avec un mélange de soda à l'orange et de cyanure sous les ordres de Jim Jones. La dose de poison ing ...  Show more