Jim Jones
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James Warren Jones was an American cult leader, preacher, and mass murderer who founded and led the Peoples Temple between 1955 and 1978. Jones and the members of his inner circle planned and orchestr
Jones in 1977
Jones's first church in Indianapolis
William M. Branham (pictured in 1947) helped launch and popularize Jones's ministry in 1956.
Father Divine (pictured in 1938) was a major influence on Jones's ministry.
Flavor Aid
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Flavor Aid is a non-carbonated soft drink beverage made by the Jel Sert Company in West Chicago, Illinois. It is sold as an unsweetened, powdered concentrate drink mix, and is frequently compared to t
Jim Jones
…by gunmen from Jonestown. Jones then ordered a mass murder-suicide that claimed the lives of 912 commune members; most of the members died by drinking Flavor Aid laced with cyanide. Those who resisted were forcefully injected with cyanide. Jim Jones was born on May 13, 1931, in the rural community of Crete…
A Flavor Aid display box from the 1960s
Fla-Vor-Aid boxes and containers at Jonestown (FBI photograph)