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.
Leo Ryan
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Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. was an American politician and teacher. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented California's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 unt
Jim Jones
…The people went to their deaths at the remote jungle commune which they had developed at Jonestown, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. U.S. congressman Leo Ryan, who had been visiting, was assassinated before his plane departed. The events at Jonestown had a defining influence on society's perception of cults…
Ryan in 1977
Official Congressional photo from Ryan's first term as Congressman, 1973
Ryan's headstone
Shannon Jo Ryan in 1981