JIM JONES

(James Warren Jones)


Jim Jones
Jim Jones
  • Born: May 13, 1931
  • Died: November 18, 1978
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: Mass Murderer, Cult Leader, Preacher, Faith Healer

James Warren Jones was an American cult leader, mass murderer, political activist, and self-professed faith healer who led the Peoples Temple, a new religious organization which existed between 1955 and 1978. Jones and his inner circle orchestrated a mass murder-suicide of himself and his followers in his remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978.