The move was dubbed “revolutionary suicide” by Jones, as heard on tapes recovered ... outside the home of Rev. Jim Jones, seen in a Nov. 26, 1978, photo in Jonestown, Guyana.

In the commune’s audio tapes, children and those who ... the Guardian reported. Jim Jones lured followers into Jonestown with the promise of a utopian society. He combined the concepts of ...

"There’s a tape from the end of October and a woman ... McGehee went on to paint a picture of the terrifying regime that was Jim Jones’ Jonestown. "During some meetings they would ...

Jim Jones and Jonestown have been portrayed throughout popular culture, including music. One of Lana Del Rey’s songs might have some allusions to Jones and the Jonestown massacre. Regardless ...

Jim Jones was a complex man. A sideburned communist and occasional Methodist minister, fond of tinted glasses, he founded his own pseudo-church in Indianapolis in the late 1950s, the Peoples ...

Before Jackie Speier headed into the jungles of Guyana to investigate living conditions in a town created by Peoples Temple founder Jim ... 900 Jonestown citizens died at the urgency of Jones.

In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones led one of the biggest mass murders in American history David Hume Kennerly/Getty The Jonestown Massacre is one of the largest mass death events in American history.

His condition was getting severe, and one of his clergy friends told him about the People’s Temple and how its leader, Jim ... Jones to summon his followers to a promised land known as Jonestown ...