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Two of Jones' children, Jim Jones Jr. and Stephan Jones, were among the survivors. They were attending a basketball game in Guyana's capital city, Georgetown, when the massacre happened.
The leader of the group, Jim Jones, promised a "rainbow utopia." On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 people died after Jones ordered them to drink cyanide-laced punch. Stephan says some at the reunion ...
To practice what he preached, Jones and his wife Marceline adopted several children of different ethnic backgrounds, a professed “rainbow family.” In time, the Temple’s congregation grew to ...
According to People Magazine, two of Jim Jones’ children-Jim Jones Jr. and Stephan Jones-survived the massacre.Meanwhile, Eugene Smith turned out to be the lone survivor in his family and lost ...
This story was originally published in 1998, and the radio documentary originally aired in 1981. On Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 men, women, and children — followers of cult leader Jim Jones ...
They, meaning the 900 followers of the People's Temple, led by the smooth-talking cult leader Jim Jones. Among the dead men, women and young children were Booker’s ex-husband and several members ...
Rev. Jim Jones started The People's Temple in 1955 in Indianapolis.A decade later, the church and its followers move to California and then Guyana.