Jim Jones

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Jim Jones

Acting May 13, 1931

Crete, Indiana, USA

James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between…

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American Experience

American Experience

6.5 1988 TV Show
Explained

Explained

7.4 2018 TV Show
The UnXplained

The UnXplained

6.7 2019 TV Show
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

7.0 2006 Movie
The Killing of America

The Killing of America

7.2 1981 Movie
Seconds from Disaster

Seconds from Disaster

7.2 2005 TV Show
The Seventies

The Seventies

7.4 2015 TV Show
America's Book of Secrets

America's Book of Secrets

7.2 2012 TV Show
Very Scary People

Very Scary People

8.6 2019 TV Show
History's Mysteries

History's Mysteries

6.3 1998 TV Show
Forensic Justice

Forensic Justice

2016 TV Show
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

6.8 2018 TV Show

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James Warren Jones (May 13, 1931 – November 18, 1978) was an American preacher, political activist and mass murderer. He led the Peoples Temple, a new religious movement, between 1955 and 1978. In what he called "revolutionary suicide", Jones and the members of his inner circle orchestrated a mass murder–suicide in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. Jones and the events which occurred at Jonestown have had a defining influence on society's perception of cults.

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  1. 2026
    Motorgasm: a cinematic act of terrorism

    Movie self (archive footage)

  2. 2024
    Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  3. 2023
    Mother Undercover

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  4. 2021
    QAnon: The Search for Q

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  5. 2019
    The UnXplained

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  6. 2019
    Very Scary People

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  7. 2019
    605 Adults 304 Children

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  8. 2018
    Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  9. 2018
    Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 2018
    Inside the Criminal Mind

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  11. 2018
    The Radical Story of Patty Hearst

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  12. 2018
    People Magazine Investigates: Cults

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  13. 2018
    Explained

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  14. 2018
    Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  15. 2016
    Forensic Justice

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  16. 2015
    The Seventies

    TV show Self (archive footage)

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  1. 2012
    America's Book of Secrets

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  2. 2008
    Witness to Jonestown

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  3. 2006
    Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  4. 2005
    Seconds from Disaster

    TV show Self (archival footage)

  5. 1998
    History's Mysteries

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  6. 1998
    Killer Cults - Blinded By The Light

    Movie

  7. 1988
    American Experience

    TV show Self (archive footage)

  8. 1987
    True Gore

    Movie Self (voice) (archive sound)

  9. 1982
    Psychic TV: First Transmission

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  10. 1981
    The Killing of America

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  11. 1979
    Deceived: The Jonestown Tragedy

    Movie Self (archive footage)

  12. 1976
    The Miracle Healers

    Movie Self

  13. 1973
    People's Temple

    Movie