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Jim Jones

Biography

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.

Known For

The Miracle Healers
The Miracle Healers
Deceived: The Jonestown Tragedy
Deceived: The Jonestown Tragedy
True Gore
True Gore
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
605 Adults 304 Children
605 Adults 304 Children
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
Psychic TV: First Transmission
Psychic TV: First Transmission

Filmography

2024 Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Mother Undercover
as Self (archive footage)
2021 QAnon: The Search for Q
as Self (archive footage)
2019 The UnXplained
as Self (archive footage)
2019 Very Scary People
as Self (archive footage)
2019 605 Adults 304 Children
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Inside the Criminal Mind
as Self (archive footage)
2018 The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
as Self (archive footage)
2018 People Magazine Investigates: Cults
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Explained
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
as Self (archive footage)
2016 Forensic Justice
as Self (archive footage)
2015 The Seventies
as Self (archive footage)
2012 America's Book of Secrets
as Self (archive footage)
2008 Witness to Jonestown
as Self (archive footage)
2006 Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
as Self (archive footage)
2005 Seconds From Disaster
as Self (archival footage)
1998 History's Mysteries
as Self (archive footage)