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.

Dec 11, 2024 · Jim Jones (born May 13, 1931, Crete, near Lynn, Indiana, U.S.—died November 18, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana) was an American cult leader who promised his followers a …

Nov 19, 2013 · In the case of a preacher from Indianapolis named Jim Jones, the story ended with the deaths of more than 900 people — most of them by suicide. That was on Nov. 18, …

In Indiana, where the now-infamous Peoples Temple had its roots, the Reverend James Warren Jones Jr. was known as a phenomenon far more complex than the Heart of Darkness …

Jun 25, 2007 · Born in Crete in 1931, James Warren Jones was raised in Lynn, another small town in Randolph County. Jones mother, committed to progressive causes, worked to support …

Feb 25, 2014 · Needless to say, Jim Jones was an evil man whose actions led to the deaths of nearly a thousand men, women and children, including one U.S. Congressman. Yet, while …

Jan 16, 2025 · Jim Jones, born on May 13, 1931, in Crete, Indiana, is infamously recognized as the cult leader of the Peoples Temple. His journey into religious leadership began in the early …

James Warren ‘Jim’ Jones was a notorious American cult leader. He started and led the Peoples’ Temple in Indiana in the 1950s, and later moved it to California in the 1960s. He gained …

Founder of Peoples Temple Full Gospel Church and a colony at Jonestown, Guyana, where over 900 participated in mass murder-suicide, James Warren (Jim) Jones was born in Crete, …

Apr 2, 2014 · Born on May 13, 1931, in Crete (near Lynn), Indiana, Jim Jones was a notorious cult leader. As the self-proclaimed messiah of the Peoples Temple religious cult, Jones promised …