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‘Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown’ Director on Most Shocking Revelations in Jim Jones Docuseries The Jews of Jonestown Jewish members of Jim Joness Peoples Temple cult Jonestown Massacre Humanizing the members of Peoples Temple 45 years later Tampa woman recalls saving her kids from cult leader Jim Jones Jonestown   The Largest Mass Suicide In US History CUT OFF FROM REALITY Cult hunter reveals how Jonestown guru brainwashed moms into poisoning babies & themselves in massacre that killed 918 FLEEING HELL I escaped Jonestown cult when I was 8 – but I lost 27 family members in the Jim Jones’ ‘Kool-Aid’ massacre The 'right-hand woman' behind the world's most infamous cult leader, Jim Jones. Shawn Vestal: Longtime Spokane newsman, slain reporter's son remembers Jonestown 40 years ago, this journalist survived the Jonestown massacre. He warns it could happen again. Survivor recounts the Jonestown Massacre 40 years later Remembering Detroiters who survived, died in Jonestown, 40 years ago I Survivived the Jonestown Massacre: Congresswoman tells all 40 years after she was shot FIVE times point blank as she tried to rescue cult members before the notorious mass Flavor-Aid poisoning and murders that claimed 913 lives The Jonestown Radio Network: How Jim Jones Spread His Message Of Death Jim Jones’ sons recall Jonestown massacre, describe cult leader’s drug addiction in new doc Teachers recall students they lost in Jonestown in ‘And Then They Were Gone’ How Did Jim Jones Really Die? 40 Years After Jonestown Massacre, Unanswered Questions Linger Jim Jones: His Indianapolis life included performing miracles and selling monkeys Inside Jonestown: How Jim Jones Trapped Followers and Forced 'Suicides' Pure Evil: Who was Jim Jones? Jonestown massacre cult leader and founder of the Peoples Temple Jones, who was born in rural Indiana in 1931, led over 900 cult followers to their deaths in 1978 Jonestown 40 years later: The story of a cameraman who lost his life Inside the harrowing trip to Jonestown: 'Screams of shock and anguish filled the air' Surviving Jonestown Escaping cult’s harrowing last act Jonestown: Anniversary of a massacre and why 918 people died in the jungle. Spokane man shares story of his father's murder at Jonestown 40 years after Jonestown massacre, ex-members describe Jim Jones as a 'real monster' Jonestown cult ended in mass suicide of 909 as Jim Jones' devoted followers drank cyanide-laced "Kool Aid" Mock Suicide Drills, Child Labor and Armed Guards: Inside Jonestown in the Days Before Mass Poisoning Jonestown survivor recalls cult's mass suicide: 'This was murder' In 1978, 918 people died at the hands of cult leader Jim Jones, but Laura Johnston Kohl lived to tell Jonestown cult survivor recalls horrifying massacre in new documentary: I thought I would die at 22 A Jonestown Survivor and King Woman's Kristina Esfandiari Discuss Healing from Trauma "Revisionists have made a stance against truth and righteousness and the shedding of innocent blood caused by...Jim Jones, by memorializing his work as noble and 'good,'" Congresswoman Left for Dead at Jonestown Recalls the Massacre, 37 Years Later Catholic church used by cult leader to reopen in Guyana When Jonestown was about a South American border dispute, not mass death Five more Jonestown victims buried in Oakland mass grave Officials Release Names of 5 Jonestown Massacre Victims Whose Remains Were Found in Defunct Delaware Funeral Home Officials Release Names of 4 Jonestown Massacre Victims Whose Remains Were Found in Defunct Funeral Home Cong. Jackie Speier: Discovery of Jonestown Massacre Victim Remains "Heartbreaking" Jones' ashes scattered over ocean decades ago Jonestown survivor tells cautionary tale of history Competing monuments, services marking Jonestown anniversary Jim Jones and Jonestown Stop Saying 'Drink the Kool-Aid' A heaven made in hell Peoples Temple's inside man Jim Jones’ sinister grip on San Francisco Followers 'human beings with dreams' Jonestown: Guyana ponders massacre site's future Researchers Lose Bid for Jonestown Massacre Info Nearly 200 gather to dedicate Jonestown memorial California judge OKs continued use of new Jonestown memorial that includes name of Jim Jones Lawsuit targets Jonestown cult leader's name on Oakland massacre memorial Jonestown memorial finally installed in Oakland's Evergreen Cemetery Jonestown memorial debate stirs anger Peoples Temple observance: Jonestown memorial rift Local who survived Jonestown dies Jim Jones's Tenured Apologist Can Ghosts Bring Life to Jonestown Cult Compound? The Legacy of Jonestown Remembering Jonestown Jonestown still haunts Hoosier couple who lost 20 family members in massacre Ceremonies Mark Anniversary Of Jonestown Massacre Indiana University reflects 30 years after Jonestown massacre A memorial to Jonestown at last 10 days that shook S.F. 30 years after, the legacy of Jonestown Jonestown: 30 years later 30 years later Jonestown still affecting Californians AP Journalist Who Survived Jonestown Mass Killings Reflects On 30th Anniversary Inside the Jonestown massacre 'Slavery of Faith': Survivor recounts escape from Jonestown Jim Jones' followers enthralled by his skills as a speaker Jones plotted cyanide deaths years before Jonestown Letters from Jonestown New Career on the Hill For Survivor of Killings Basketball saved family Who Died at Jonestown? Jonestown survivor set to replace US Democratic Rep Lantos An overdue memorial in Oakland Jim Jones' grandson tries to rebuild family name Wall to remember 276 children who died in Jonestown, week of November 15-21 Rob Jones, grandson of People's Temple founder Jim Jones, writing fresh chapter to family history as prized USD recruit The son who survived Jonestown BBC interview with Jim Jones Jr, son of cult leader Jim Jones (mp3) Cult classic Portrait of infamous cult's rise and fall Lessons of Jonestown Jonestown: Low point in American journalism Two new documentaries revisit Jonestown Doomsday dream believer 28 years later No charges filed against son in 1980 murders Ex-Berkeley man held in family slayings 'Temple' doesn't reveal tragedy's hows and whys Letter from Tim Stoen After 30 years, Jim Jones aide seeks forgiveness Guyana's Foreign Trade Minister Calls On Opposition To Tell All On Jonestown Keeping her brother's memory alive New revelations on Jonestown tragedy He lived to tell Brief sojourn to hell still vivid 25 years later Hell's 25-Year Echo: The Jonestown Mass Suicide Jones disciple recovers from, recalls painful past Erin Ryan wants father to be appreciated Jonestown Massacre Memory Fades in Guyana Jonestown Tragedy Mourned, 25 Years Later Jonestown survivor: 'Wrong from every point of view Jonestown survivors recall fateful day 'Timeline: Road to tragedy in Jonestown Jonestown massacre - 25 years later The day they 'stepped across' Remembering Jonestown Massacre Former local newspaperman recalls interviews, events Journalist shot at airstrip says Jones wielded great power Former People's Temple building is open to possibilities The Devil and John Walker What was the lure? Villagers Recall Jonestown Massacre Veteran recalls recovery after Jonestown suicides Jonestown Survivors Remember Jonestown only the beginning of episodic cult nightmare Jonestown massacre + 20: Questions linger Madman in Our Midst: Jim Jones and the California Cover Up 'A cult is like abusive relationships... You are trapped, like a caged animal' Jonestown's Horror Fades but Mystery Remains I REMEMBER..November 18, 1978: Of cults and death Cult's headquarters becomes a church House of Representatives Report on Jonestown--Findings The Assassination of Representative Leo J. Ryan and the Jonestown, Guyana Tragedy Affidavit of Deborah Layton Blakey Jonestown Suicides Shocked World The Rise and Fall of Jim Jones The End To Innocent Acceptance Of Sects Most Peoples Temple Documents Still Sealed The power of persuasion Still, Jonestownism Runs On Jonestown Massacre takes the lives of hundreds in a mass suicide-murder in 1978 Jonestown Audiotape

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