JIM JONES
Name: James Warren "Jim" Jones
Born: May 13, 1931 Lynn, Indiana
Died: November 18, 1978 Jonestown, Guyana
James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 - November 18, 1978) was the American
founder of the Peoples Temple, which became synonymous with group suicide after
the November 18, 1978 mass murder-suicide by poison in their isolated
agricultural intentional community called Jonestown, located in Guyana. Over
nine hundred people died from cyanide poisoning or gunshot wounds in the
aftermath of Jones ordering his men to kill visiting Congressman Leo Ryan and
numerous members of his entourage.
Name: James Warren "Jim" Jones
Born: May 13, 1931 Lynn, Indiana
Died: November 18, 1978 Jonestown, Guyana
James Warren "Jim" Jones (May 13, 1931 - November 18, 1978) was the American
founder of the Peoples Temple, which became synonymous with group suicide after
the November 18, 1978 mass murder-suicide by poison in their isolated
agricultural intentional community called Jonestown, located in Guyana. Over
nine hundred people died from cyanide poisoning or gunshot wounds in the
aftermath of Jones ordering his men to kill visiting Congressman Leo Ryan and
numerous members of his entourage.