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.
The Jonestown massacre and how 918 people followed a cult …
When they finally counted the bodies after what would become known as the Jonestown massacre of 18 November 1978, the total came to 918, of whom 304 were children. They had been persuaded to...
Why Did Hundreds of Americans 'Drink the Kool-Aid' at Jonestown?
Back in November 1978, Americans were shocked by newspaper headlines about the deaths of more than 900 people in the South American nation of Guyana, in what appeared to be a combination of mass murder and suicide by poison. The carnage took place at a jungle camp known as Jonestown.
How Did Jim Jones Really Die? Over 40 Years After Jonestown ... - A&E
Nov 15, 2018 · Fearing they were surrounded by mercenaries who would upend their lives, Jones instructed everyone to die together peacefully by drinking a cyanide-laced Flavor Aid punch. As armed guards pointed guns and crossbows at the followers, most obeyed, although some were forcibly injected with poison.
Everything To Know about Jim Jones, Jonestown Massacre | Crime …
Oct 11, 2023 · Escapees reported that Jones forced followers to consume fruit punch laced with cyanide, tranquilizers, and sedatives — the origin of the saying “Drink the Kool-Aid.” In a horrifying twist, Jim Jones recorded a “death tape” and can be heard ranting about Guyanese authorities to justify a “revolutionary” suicide.
Inside The Jonestown Massacre, The Largest Mass Suicide In History
Aug 1, 2024 · Today, the Jonestown Massacre that resulted in the death of more than 900 people in Guyana in November of 1978 is remembered in the popular imagination as the time that gullible expatriates from the Peoples Temple cult literally “drank the Kool-Aid” and died simultaneously from cyanide poisoning.
The 35th Anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre - Mental Floss
Nov 8, 2012 · Because of The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test, many Americans were familiar with the idea of being urged to drink Kool-Aid containing, um, unusual chemicals -- even if they hadn't...
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 Jonestown Massacre, one of the worst...
Jim Jones - Son, Movies & Documentaries - Biography
Apr 2, 2014 · On November 18, 1978, in what became known as the Jonestown Massacre, Jones led more than 900 men, women and children to their deaths in a mass suicide via cyanide-laced punch (spawning the...
40 years after Jonestown massacre, ex-members describe Jim ... - ABC News
Sep 26, 2018 · Of the 918 Americans who lost their lives in the Jonestown massacre on Nov. 18, 1978, investigators determined 907 died from ingesting poison, including nearly 300 children. They used cyanide, and either injected it into people with syringes or mixed it with a powdered soft drink called Flavor Aid. Others were shot or stabbed that day.