
Jim Jones
Actor · 1931 – 1978 · Crete, Indiana, USA
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.
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American Experience
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The UnXplained
2019 · 36 votes
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History's Mysteries
1998 · 7 votes
TV7.2DocumentarySeconds from Disaster is a US/UK-produced documentary television programme that investigates historically relevant man-made and natural disasters of the 20th century. Each episode aims to explain a single incidental by analyzing the causes and circumstances that ultimately effected the disaster. The program uses re-enactments, interviews, testimonies, and CGI to analyze the sequence of events second-by-second for the audience. Narrators for the show are Ashton Smith, Richard Vaughan and Peter Guinness.
Seconds from Disaster
2005 · 30 votes
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Very Scary People
2019 · 10 votes
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Forensic Justice
2016
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America's Book of Secrets
2012 · 21 votes
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The Seventies
2015 · 24 votes
TV7.3DocumentaryFollow the transformation of Patty Hearst from heiress to terrorist in a saga of privilege, celebrity, politics, media, revolution, and violence. Over forty years later, newly discovered evidence, archival footage, cinematic recreations and exclusive firsthand accounts shed light on one of the biggest and most bizarre stories in modern American history.
The Radical Story of Patty Hearst
2018 · 5 votes
TV7.2DocumentaryCrimeSurvivors and eyewitnesses tell the immersive story of Jim Jones' idealistic organization's final hours that spiraled into a mass casualty event.
Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
2024 · 17 votes
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People Magazine Investigates: Cults
2018 · 5 votes
TV6.8DocumentaryCrimeDocumentary series that examines the Jonestown Massacre 40 years later.
Jonestown: Terror in the Jungle
2018 · 27 votes
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Inside the Criminal Mind
2018 · 23 votes
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Mother Undercover
2023 · 1 votes
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QAnon: The Search for Q
2021 · 6 votes
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The Killing of America
1981 · 63 votes
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True Gore
1987 · 5 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryHistoryFeaturing never-before-seen footage, this documentary delivers a startling new look at the Peoples Temple, headed by preacher Jim Jones who, in 1978, led more than 900 members to Guyana, where he orchestrated a mass suicide via tainted punch.
Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple
2006 · 95 votes
Movie6.7CrimeDocumentaryTruth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost offers new insights into the Peoples Temple tragedy, exploring lingering questions about Pastor Jim Jones, his religious and social justice movement, and the deaths of his followers that day.
Truth and Lies: Jonestown, Paradise Lost
2018 · 3 votes
Movie6.4DocumentaryRare footage shot inside the People's Temple gives an insider's look at the tragic Jonestown Massacre that occurred in Guyana in 1978. Interviews with survivors attempt to shed light on how and why 900 Unitedstatians would follow one man to their deaths.
Witness to Jonestown
2008 · 4 votes
MovieDocumentaryActor Roscoe Lee Browne is host for this documentary that delves into the mystery behind spontaneous healing and other psychic phenomena that could be applied to medicine. This includes an examination of Jim Jones and the People's Temple.
Movie8.3DocumentaryAn immersive and intimate documentary filmed entirely by The Peoples Temple in Jonestown.
605 Adults 304 Children
2019 · 3 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryA filmed documentary on Rev. Jim Jones and his cult.
People's Temple
1973 · 1 votes
Movie7.0DocumentaryThe story of four women in Jim Jones’ inner circle who helped plan the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, one of the largest murder-suicide events in modern history which left 918 men, women and children dead.
Jonestown: The Women Behind the Massacre
2018 · 6 votes
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Psychic TV: First Transmission
1982 · 5 votes
MovieDocumentaryRev. Dr. Mel White’s famous documentary on the murderous cult leader, Rev. Jim Jones