Jim Jones

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title: Jim Jones
text: James Warren Jones was an American cult leader and mass murderer who led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. In what Jones termed "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestrated a mass murder-suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Jones and the events that occurred at Jonestown have had a defining influence on society's perception of cults. As a child, Jones developed an affinity for Pentecostalism and a
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description: American cult leader and mass murderer (1931–1978)
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date created: 2003-05-08T05:10:26Z
date modified: 2024-09-02T17:08:14Z
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