The cage, once occupied by Jones' chimpanzee, was one of many structures in the ghost town. CHS is also actively soliciting other collections and albums of photographs. They may be mans best friend, but man has also changed them beyond all recognition, these incredible pictures of dog breeds reveal. Despite the efforts of the pathologists, the autopsies revealed little about the nature and the manner of the deaths, and most of their conclusions were speculative and/or based upon media accounts of the deaths in Jonestown. A large poncho covered his belt area so no one knew for sure and no one challenged him. WebAn aerial photo taken 30 years after the tragedy shows where Jonestown was located. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. He became interested in Jonestown when he learned that the Peoples Temple was not so much about religion as it was about socialist utopianism., This site houses a variety of PDF documents. Children playing, possibly staged as part of the propaganda campaign spread by Jones. Later, the Rev Jim Jones and 912 other people died in a bizarre suicide-massacre at the Jonestown commune a few miles away. Streamline your workflow with our best-in-class digital asset management system. The shots still were popping at an amazing clip. None of it makes sense. Ill kill you! Shandra James, Gerald Johnson, Al Smart, and Teri Smart also hang out. All I can do is tell what I saw and heard. The Getty Images design is a trademark of Getty Images. Frank Johnston/The Washington Post/Getty Images. "I saw the photos, and it was a complete breakdown. The sign in the background reads: "Those who do not remember the past are condemned to repeat it.". Some scowling faces appeared in the windows that rainy afternoon, watching the defectors leave, some with trunks and others with little more than the clothes on their backs. These represented the only extensive post-mortem examinations conducted in the United States, and indeed the only examinations beyond the cursory examinations on scores of bodies by Guyana chief pathologist Leslie Mootoo in the first few days after the Jonestown deaths. She described the remote, abandoned village on the Jonestown Institute's website, writing: "All that was left of Jonestown was a tangled jungle garden. David Netterville at the time was a young combat controller stationed at Howard Air Force Base in Panama. From left to right are: Ryan, 53; Don Harris, 41, an investigative Reporter for KNBC-TV in Los Angeles; Robert Brown, 36, a cameraman with NBC news; Greg Robinson, 27, a photographer with the San Francisco Examiner. A number of copyright-protected images from Jonestown have been gathered by Brian Holtz. Watch him, those around him were told. On November 18, 1978, 909 people as well as other partner offers and accept our, Courtesy of Rebecca Moore/Jonestown Institute, FOIA Photo, courtesy of the Jonestown Institute, FOIA photo, courtesy of the Jonestown Institute, Courtesy of Rikke Wettendorff, the Jonestown Institute. (AP Photo), Congressman Leo Ryan sits on a runway Nov. 18, 1978 in Port Kaituma, Guyana after he was shot and killed by members of Jim Jones Peoples Temple cult while boarding the plane after paying an investigative visit to the cults compound in Jonestown, Guyana. More than 900 people took their own lives at the Jonestown compound in Guyana in November 1978, FBI declassified photos show the horrors which greeted first responders at the compound, It was the largest mass suicide in modern history, Many of the bodies had already started decomposing by the time the US Army arrived, Investigators were met with chilling scenes. Jim Jones, Nov. 18, 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana. I didnt see who fired the shot but the sound came from the tractor and trailer. A majority of these photos are gone forever. Cyanide causes excruciating convulsions, uncontrollable vomiting, bleeding, and other torturous effects, and the process can take up to 20 minutes or more. On the 18th of November 1978 more than 900 American citizens committed mass suicide in a small commune carved out of the South American jungle. Please visit this link for guidelines in using photos available on this site and through the sources listed below. 40 years after Jonestown massacre, ex-members describe Jim Jones as a 'real monster', 40 years after Jonestown massacre: Jim Jones' sons on what they think of their dad. Text, In March 1987, Col. Cowan joined two of his colleagues from AFIP in writing an article for the Journal of Forensic Scientists about the mortuarys work in identifying and autopsying the Jonestown bodies. Cottages where most of the residents lived. (AP Photo). (AP Photo), Peoples Temple follower Larry Layton, center stands with police following his arrest Nov. 18, 1978 in the shooting of two people on a remote Guyana airstrip. One of the boys playing basketball on the court in Jonestown. I stopped and listened. (AP Photo/Frank Johnston), Villagers look on as Capt. We were turned back by Johnny Jones, Jim Jones stern-faced adopted black son. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. The note said: Please help us get out of Jonestown. The list of defectors rapidly grew to at least 16. 2023 Getty Images. Access your favorite topics in a personalized feed while you're on the go. This site is managed and updated by Rebecca Moore. At the temple-exit guard post, the truck was halted. They will be flown on to the U.S. by Air Force planes. To access these PDF files you must have the free Adobe Reader installed. In 1974, Jones leased more than 3,800 acres of isolated jungle from the Guyanese government. (AP Photo/Pool/Val Mazzenga), Some of the letters that were found outside the home of Jim James Jones, where a mass suicide claimed 912 lives, Nov. 26, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana. Courtesy of Rebecca Moore/Jonestown Institute. She's revealed the secrets to maintaining a youthful glow and looking glamorous, Only people with 'extraordinary intelligence' can spot giraffe in 11 seconds, The optical illusion will test your eyesight and leave you scratching your head for a few minutes. Jones had suffered a setback. Top editors give you the stories you want delivered right to your inbox each weekday. (L) Claire Janaro with Mr. Muggs in Jonestown, (R) unknown. On November 18, A few minutes later a pale-looking Leo Ryan slogged through the mud with his briefcase, his powder blue shirt and pants stained with his assailants blood. Turn on desktop notifications for breaking stories about interest? Something went wrong, please try again later. (Michael Bellefountaine was a frequent contributor to the jonestown report before his death in May 2007. (AP Photo/Charles Harrity), Syringes surround one of the vats used to mix up the position drink used in a mass suicide for 918 people at the religious cult town of Jonestown, Nov. 18, 1978, Guyana. Arguing that the attack on the planes would bring Jonestown residents harm, Jones persuaded members to ingest a cyanide-laced drink. For a look at the Queenslander who says he's Jesus, or the Japanese cult that allegedly detonated a nuke in WA, check out Your 2017 Guide to Cults and Fringe Religions. Looking back at the Jonestown tragedy + The bodies of members of the Peoples Temple cult lie on the ground after ingesting a cyanide-laced drink in a mass suicide/murder coordinated by leader, Rev. Postmortem Findings of the Victims of the Jonestown Tragedy includes extensive details, ranging from floor plan of the mortuary as it pertained to the processing of the bodies, to graphic photos of extreme postmortem decomposition.. Like many cults, the People's Temple started out with utopian dreams of making a better world. Bullet holes on a plane at the Port Kaituma airstrip after the assassination of the visiting Congressman Ryan on November 18th 1978. I keep remembering what Jones had said in the pavilion. He believes that you can be as liberal or as conservative as you want, as long as you and your government dont force others to be like you. He was within a few minutes and a few yards of accomplishing his goal: to get out temple members who were afraid to leave or possibly held against their will. "Their uniforms were soaked with body fluids and sweat, damaged beyond repair.". Bows and arrows in the foreground which were used by fanatical followers of Jim Jones to keep people from running away. WebA sampling of the photographs appear here on the Jonestown website. It appeared in the Examiner on Nov. 20, 1978, two days after the tragedy: Exclusive: Eyewitness account of massacre. I crawled until I came to taller bushes and brambles, clawing my way into a pocket in the brush. It began with a note smuggled to us from two members. We were so scared, too, man, that theyd do this to you, said one of the people who took us in. The bodies of members of the Peoples Temple cult lie on the ground after ingesting a cyanide-laced drink in a mass suicide/murder coordinated by leader, Rev. Jones combined Pentecostal Christian preaching with Marxist communism, and he was initially very popular as he fought for civil rights and fair housing deals for his largely African American congregation. Gregs body was near the boarding steps with his camera bag and cameras scattered around him. Brian Holtz describes himself as a Libertarian activist and software engineer in Silicon Valley. Four other bodies those of Maria Katsaris, Carolyn Moore Layton, Ann Elizabeth Moore and Laurence Schacht were autopsied at the request of their families. A specialist who examined the body said that it was highly likely that Jones' wound was self-inflicted. But what most stuck with those who witnessed the massacre at Jonestown - including FBI investigators, military personnel tasked with removing bodies, and journalists - was the smell. The Peoples Temple Collection (19721990) contains photographs taken by the John V Moore Family on a visit to Jonestown in May 1978 (search within Peoples Temple Collection for yellow album; photographs taken by Rebecca Moore and Fielding McGehee on their visit to Jonestown in May 1979 (search within Peoples Temple collection for yellow album; and photographs acquired by the Moore Family (search within Peoples Temple Collection for blue album.) Some photographs are copyright-protected, so please contact the Head of Special Collections, Anna Culbertson for permission to reproduce items. The reports follow: Six of the autopsy reports appear from pages 8 through 43 at RYMUR 89-4286-2178. (Photo: New York Times Co./Neal Boenzi/Getty Images), U.S. troops seal up shipping containers that hold the bodies of mass suicide victims from Jonestown, Nov. 23, 1977 at Georgetown, Guyana. On November 18, 1978, the village of Jonestown became the location of a shocking tragedy when 909 members of a cult, the Peoples Temple, died from cyanide poisoning at the direction of their leader, Jim Jones. The site was host to a mass suicide led by the Reverend Jim Jones of more than 900 of his Peoples Temple followers. Sebastian McMurry carrying Kimo Prokes. All these lives were wasted and I dont know why. Bodies lie behind a tub of cyanide-laced punch, Nov. 18, 1978, in Jonestown, Guyana, after over 900 members of the Peoples Temple cult led by Reverend Jim Jones consumed the drink in a mass suicide/murder. The shooting triggered the mass murders and suicides in Jonestown of more than 900 people orchestrated by the Rev. But before we could start out, we heard angry shouts. He went over the seats in a somersault and I flipped out of the plane with him. Jones was later found with a bullet wound to his head after he chose to take an easier way out than the fate which befell his flock. Imgenes cortesa de Laura Johnson Kohl y Fielding McGee, A glimpse inside the lives of Jim Jones' 909 followers, before they "drank the Kool-Aid. Yesterday morning 100 Guyanese troops came by train from Matthews Ridge, walking the last several miles as a precaution against sabotage or attack. WebJim Jones, founder of the Peoples Temple cult, is seen in this photo found in an album on the compound after the tragedy, Nov. 18, 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana. He said reporters would make the situation worse. Patricia Parks had had her head shattered before her husbands eyes. It describes what seems to be a Greek monk on M A cool photo collection that shows what naughty ladies looked like in the 1950s. People raced over to the outdoor pavilion. At the end of Ryans two-day visit to the mission Saturday, a woman suddenly charged down a slippery boardwalk shouting at her husband, Ill kill you! They were probably funny but rebellious. The modest entrance sign was one of the few remains of the village in 2011. During the long night, the temple defectors told us that all the horror stories about Jim Jones and the church were true. WebJim Jones Jr., left, and John Cobb, who lost ten relatives in the Jonestown tragedy, stand near a Jonestown memorial at Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California, in May 2011. I heard a few more shots and saw the tractor pull away. The greatest destruction of forensic information occurred, however, when the bodies were embalmed prior to the autopsies. This photo shows overgrown plants and crumbling pews one year after Jones led hundreds of followers to die by a mass suicide on the Jonestown property. (AP Photo/Robert Glass), Communist literature litters the floor of the library at Jonestown, Guyana, Nov. 27, 1978. New declassified FBI photos from the Jonestown Massacre have laid bare the horrific scenes which greeted first responders who arrived at the scene of a bloodbath. The further delay resulting from negotiations between the U.S. and Guyana governments, and then within the U.S. itself, on how to dispose of the bodies also contributed to the deterioration of physical evidence. Jones meeting with members of the building committee. (AP Photo/Frank Johnston), Bodies from a mass suicide victims lie around the pavilion of Peoples Temple in Jonestown, Guyana as an onlooker in gas mask stands by, Nov. 18, 1978. Ultimately, as Jones descended into psychosis, kool-aid laced with cyanide was an escape from a life of terror and psychological torture. The Guyanese government wanted nothing to do with the mess the misguided group of Americans had made in the jungle. On November 18, 1978, the residents of Jonestown committed mass suicide led by their leader Jim Jones. WebOver 40 Years After Jonestown Massacre, Unanswered Questions Linger Jamie Bartosch Left behind at the Jonestown settlement in Guyana, was a pink photo album. We demanded to see the locked buildings where some members lived in crowd, uncomfortable conditions. However, the results of the official autopsy performed in the United States that Jones most likely committed suicide have been widely accepted as the official explanation. The Washington Post reports that Jones left behind an audio recording of the group's final moments, in which his followers can be heard wailing in pain, some even arguing with him about the necessity of the mass murder-suicide. U.S. military personnel place bodies in coffins at the airport in Georgetown, Guyana, after over 900 members of the Peoples Temple died in a mass suicide/murder in Jonestown, Guyana in Nov. 1978. Hit the deck! someone hollered as we scrambled over the gravel to the far side of the plane. Following the orders of their leader, Rev. Keep reading to see photos of the abandoned, swampy village, which is now an overgrown jungle with just a few rusted buildings and vehicle remains. Rep. Leo Ryan, D-San Mateo, had come to the temples agricultural project to determine whether the followers of Jones were free to leave the jungle settlement. (AP Photo/Frank Johns), The bodies of the Jonestoen, Guyana mass-suicide victims lie face down atop one another, Nov. 18, 1978.
Led by Reverend Jim Jones, over 900 members of the cult died from ingesting a cyanide-laced drink in one the largest mass suicides/murder in modern history. Joining him was an older black man who fingered something in his right pocket. Contact Debra Kaufman if you are interested in making a donation of Temple materials. Another staged photograph for the brochure. WebMembers of a U.S. military team prepare aluminum coffins for shipment to the United States, following the more than 900 deaths in the mass suicide staged in Jonestown by members On November 18, 1978, more than 900 members of the Peoples Temple died in a mass-suicide under direction of Jim Jones in what is known today as the Jonestown Massacre. Access the best of Getty Images with our simple subscription plan. Quietly the men with the tractor motioned aside a group of curious Guyanese children and other bystanders. So members of the military were sent to Jonestown to recover the bodies, and their stories of what they saw there were horrifying. Some had the distinct impression that the two were close to opening fire on the truck. He was taking pain pills, and he said he was dying. To search the Flickr site, click on Photostream, rather than Albums. Please request permission to use any of these photographs by writing to Debra Kaufman at CHS. The Peoples Temple Collection at San Diego State University Special Collections. Of the 918 Americans who died on Nov. 18, 1978, more than 900 of them ingested poison. A&E's True Crime Blog notes that the process is extremely painful and drawn-out. Some of the defectors told me later that the men in the trailer were members of Peoples Temple. Boards are the best place to save images and video clips. I toured two Ellis Island hospitals that have been abandoned for almost 65 years. Nevertheless, thousands of the photos still survived. A black man with a corn rows hairstyle came up to the rear of the truck. In addition, CHS has uploaded numerous videos from Jonestown onto its site. The 1950s were boo Horrible Photos From the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, the Worst Mass Murder-Suicide in U.S. History, Mihailo Tolotos, the Greek Orthodox Monk Who Lived 82 Years Without Ever Seeing a Woman, 30 Cool Pics That Capture Naughty Ladies of the 1950s, Victorian Postmortem Photography: The Myth of the Stand Alone Corpse, American Classic Blonde Bombshell: 50 Glamorous Photos of Young Stella Stevens in the 1960s, The Last Photoshoot of the Rolling Stones With Brian Jones, May 1969, Incredible Then and Now Pictures That Show What Popular Dog Breeds Looked Like Before And After 100 Years of Breeding, 40 Amazing Kodachrome Snaps Show What Life Looked Like in the Late 1950s, An aerial shot of the mass suicide of the religious cult, The Peoples Temple led by Jim Jones, 1978, Jonestown, Guyana. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. I wondered why it happened. "As I picked my way through the chest-high bushes growing in the area where the pavilion once stood, what struck me most was the silence. "We went down a year later to see what the place looked like. But as his drug habits worsened, and more and more women and girls came forward alleging he had sexually assaulted them, his paranoia grew until he ordered his followers to sell all their possessions and move to a new settlement in Guyana in the summer of 1977. Many additional photos, however, have not yet been released in a reproducible format from the FBI, an issue which is still the subject of continuing litigation. In the 1970s, he led a group to the remote Amazonian village, promising his community that life there would be a utopia of sorts, according to the History Channel. Forty years ago this week, a California congressman and a group of journalists traveled to South America to see Jonestown, a remote settlement created by an American church, and investigate reports of abuses of members. All of us were falling and slipping through the mud around a six-wheel-drive dump truck that would take us (the congressional delegation, the press, the defectors and a group of concerned relatives of temple members) to the Port Kaituma airstrip. Many photographs were recovered by the FBI following the deaths in Jonestown. (AP Photo), The scene at Peoples Temple, Jonestown, Guyana, after mass suicide by cult led by Jim Jones on Nov. 18, 1978. Please contact Debra Kaufman for permission to use any CHS photos you find on this or any other page of this website. My best guess is that Jones felt the press people werent fooled by the staged setup at the mission. We got word that a temple member had grabbed the congressman, held a knife to his throat and told him he was going to slit it. Jones wasnt the same man. This site houses a variety of PDF documents. We also may change the frequency you receive our emails from us in order to keep you up to date and give you the best relevant information possible. ", Your 2017 Guide to Cults and Fringe Religions, all races, creeds, and colours find a hearty welcome, How to Avoid Being Recruited By a Cult, According to a Cult Expert. As the visitors prepared to return to the U.S., Peoples Temple gunmen ambushed them on a jungle airstrip, killing the congressman, Leo Ryan; three newsmen; and a church defector. If you have additional questions about permissions and copyright after reading the instructions below, you may write to Fielding McGehee. Cards and pictures made by young members of the Peoples Temple cult hang in a cabin in Jonestown, Guyana. WebReporters 1978 account of deadly ambush, Jonestown tragedy By TIM REITERMAN November 14, 2018 Forty years ago this week, a California congressman and a group of On the morning of November 19, he received a call from command telling him and his comrades to pack a bag for at least 24 hours, but not telling them where they were going or why. On November 18, 1978, US cult leader Jim Jones ordered his followers to kill themselves by drinking flavoured drink mixed with cyanide. WebOn Nov. 18, 1978, one of the biggest American mass deaths took place in Jonestown, Guyana at the Peoples Temple compound. ET on ABC. No birds, no bugs, nothing," Julia Scheeres wrote. Then there were just a few. According to The Atlantic, the mass murder-suicide he orchestrated in Jonestown, the commune his Peoples Temple founded in Guyana in the late 1970s, resulted in the deaths of 918 people, a third of them children. WebBrowse 729 jonestown stock photos and images available, or search for jonestown massacre to find more great stock photos and pictures. According to The New York Times, his autopsy report revealed that he had died from a gunshot wound to the head. "It is difficult to convey to someone," reads the study's preface, "what a week in a tropical environment can do to a [dead] human body." Image taken by the FBI, 1978, Poncho Johnson braids Tinetra Fain's hair in a cottage in Jonestown. Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple is a, Postmortem Findings of the Victims of the Jonestown Tragedy. WebTitle: Jonestown Autopsies: Jim Jones Author: Alternative Considerations of Jonestown and Peoples Temple Created Date: 3/8/2008 5:52:31 PM (AP Photo), View of the partially collapsed main pavillion in the Jonestown compound, Guyana, Nov. 28, 1978. Others appear in the Flickr collection in at least five albums: FBI Photos from Jonestown 01, FBI Photos from Though it was a stalemate, the incident intensified an already strained situation. The reports of the autopsies were released in April 1979, five months after the deaths. And dying from cyanide poisoning is no walk in the park. Theyre in deep trouble now, observed one of the relatives who had accompanied us. Jim Jones had said as a tropical storm rained on the Peoples Temple pavilion. (Photo: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images), Peoples Temple compound, mass suicide cult led by Jim Jones, after bodies were removed at Jonestown, Guyana in 1978. He started firing at the front and missed the pilot, said Dale Parks, who left the temple Saturday. (AP Photo/Ray Stubblebine), Bottle of poison and a syringe which belonged to members of the Peoples Temple cult, who participated in a mass suicide at Jonestown, Guyana on Nov. 18, 1978. My companion, Examiner photographer Greg Robinson, would be murdered in an ambush. I'd heard there was no infrastructure left 30 years had passed, after all but I'd spent the past year reading through the daily business of the community, studying photographs of the buildings and fields, and talking to people who lived there, and it was still shocking to see such emptiness.". When they arrived, they were greeted by the apocalyptic site of hundreds of bloated, decomposing bodies spread out on the grass around a group of flimsy, makeshift buildings. A search icon (magnifying glass) will appear on the righthand side just above the first row of photos. WebBrowse 729 jonestown stock photos and images available, or search for jonestown massacre to find more great stock photos and pictures. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. It was Harris who had been contacted by the first two groups of temple members expressing a desire to leave. WARNING: The following contains graphic content not suitable for some viewers, viewer discretion is advised.Watch "Truth and Lies: Jonestown - Paradise Lost" on Friday, Sept. 28 at 8 p.m. The rest of us were accommodated in a private home. PDF This page was created as a collection point for all of the remembrances written for this site about the people who died in Guyana on November 18, 1978, as well as about other people associated with Peoples Temple who have died in the years since the tragedy. As the larger plane landed, the temple truck, with several persons in the back, started to advance. 2023 Getty Images. And now some wanted to depart. There, he became increasingly erratic and unhinged, telling his followers they were about to be raided by the FBI, and warning them to be ready to lay down their lives for the cause. But she wasnt in the truck and the men left. (AP Photo), The scene at Peoples Temple, Jonestown, Guyana after mass suicide by cult led by Jim Jones on Nov. 18, 1978. Visit Insider's homepage for more stories. It looks like trouble, I said to Greg Robinson, but he kept on shooting pictures. The seniors lived in several large dorms close to the center of the community. Finally, attorneys for both Ryan and the temple decreed that the courtroom was the proper place to decide the custody issue. Grow your brand authentically by sharing brand content with the internets creators. Seating assignments were chosen after Ryan briefed the press on the knife attack and credited Mark Lane with saving his life. The pilot had radioed for help after the shooting, but during the night the only thing we heard were more rumors about the imminent arrival of Guyanese troops and medical evacuation planes. We appear to have a dispute regarding the authorship of the Another hit my wrist and knocked off my watch. These include the Jones Family Memorabilia Collection and the Peoples Temple Collection (19721990). November 18 marked the 40th anniversary of the mass murder-suicide of It is no exaggeration to say that members of Peoples Temple were once in possession of hundreds of thousands of photographs, and many thousands more were generated by the Temple organization itself. 2023 ABC News Internet Ventures. "But the count increased daily since many were stacked on top of each other command staff kept upgrading the numbers from 400 to 500 to 700.". This photo of Today we profile Bob Brown, the TV cameraman who recorded some of the final images from Jonestown, even as he was being shot dead by Jim Jones' disciples. Parents poisoned their own children, bodies lay scattered around, and the entire horrific slaughter was recorded on tape as Jones gave a rambling speech. A U.S. military body recovery unit removes more victims of the Jonestown mass suicide/murder from a helicopter at Georgetown's International Airport, Nov. 28, 1978. The empty cottage where Jones lived had open boxes and papers strewn over the floor a year after the tragedy. ", Coffins are loaded into a truck after the deaths. It was imposs Born Estelle Eggleston in 1938 in Yazoo City, Mississippi, American film, television, and stage actress Stella Stevens began her acting care To make matters worse, in March 1969, Brian Jones borrowed the bands Jaguar to go shopping. I just couldn't believe it. The cover letter for the report on the autopsies was written by Col. William Cowan, the military pathologist in charge of the Dover operation, to the Justice Departments Criminal Division on April 24. The deranged actions later gave birth to the phrase "drink the Kool-Aid," to refer to when someone blindly follows the orders of another, even though the brand of drink chosen by Jones was actually Flavor-Aid. McGehee said that in order to travel to the location where the village was once located, people would need to fly to the capital, Georgetown, then take a charter to Port Kaituma. Jonestown, Guyana, in 2008. Just weeks later, he ordered them to perform the same task, but this time, it was no hoax. Disturbing Details Found In Jim Jones' Autopsy Report. Her other article in this edition is Its the Drivers Inset, Stupid!.She is also the author of the poem, The River.Her previous writings may be found here.She can be reached through dan_laurie44@comcast.net.). Jim Jones, founder of the Peoples Temple cult, is seen in this photo found in an album on the compound after the tragedy, Nov. 18, 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana. 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