Adams, Paula, 82–83, 85, 91, 92, 98, 115, 194, 245
African Americans, 6–7, 9
discrimination against, 16–17, 20–22
Peoples Temple and, 11, 32, 50, 128, 133, 137, 174
violence against, 27, 32, 44–45
Alleg, Henri, 179
amateur (ham) radio, 2, 46, 55, 68, 81, 83, 85, 98, 101, 114, 118, 129, 130–31, 143, 145, 151, 162–63, 165, 176, 198, 235–36
Amerindians, 33, 67, 70, 73, 75, 91, 108, 144, 185, 204, 221, 240, 241, 246
Amin, Idi, 98
Amos, Christa, 236
Amos, Liane, 236
Amos, Martin, 236 Amos, Sharon, 126, 147, 170, 195, 196, 197, 202, 207, 235–36
Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, 173
Angelou, Maya, 134
Annibourne, Neville, 208, 209, 212
apostolic socialism (divine socialism), 24, 31, 32, 36, 40, 44, 47
Army, U.S., 236, 239
Assemblies of God, 10
Bagby, Monica, 212, 221, 222
Baker, Jair, 155–56
Baldwin, Mary, 181
Banks, Dennis, 33
Bates, Christine, 48, 49, 77–78, 132, 133
Beam, Jack, 42, 45, 178, 223
Beam, Rheaviana, 241
Bechtel Corporation, 29, 36, 117, 118, 134, 182
Beecher, Henry Ward, 92
Bible, 7, 29–30, 155, 242
Jones’s disenchantment with, 18–19, 50, 88
Bishop, Aubrey, 94, 97, 126, 200
Blacken, John, 136
Black Panther Party, 22, 32, 33, 44–45, 96, 189
Blair, Norya, 141
Blakey, Debbie, 85, 98, 200, 219
defection of, 168–69, 171, 197
Bogue, Edith, 61–66, 68, 69, 226
Cordell and, 65–66, 79, 129, 204, 215, 248
Jonestown arrival of, 79–80
Ryan visit and, 215, 216
son’s attempted escape and, 112
Bogue, Jim, 61–70, 75
escape plan of, 185–88, 205, 215–17
Jonestown and, 66–70, 71, 78, 91, 95, 123, 137–38, 141, 181–82, 185–88, 205, 215–17, 220, 223, 226, 240
massacre aftermath and, 248–49
name changed by, 106
Ryan visit and, 215–17, 220, 223
son’s death and, 61–62, 80
Bogue, Jonathon, 61–62, 80
Bogue, Juanita, 61, 186, 187, 215
Bogue, Marilee, 61, 107, 187, 215, 216, 217, 239, 248, 249
Bogue, Teena, 61, 186, 215, 216, 221, 223, 240–41
Bogue, Tommy (Thom), 61, 71–73 escape of, 240–41
Jonestown and, 1–4, 69–70, 71, 73, 75–76, 91, 106–13, 114, 134, 141, 149–50, 175–76, 187, 200, 204, 215, 217, 220, 221, 223, 226, 240–41
massacre aftermath and, 248, 249
punishments meted out to, 75–76, 91, 112–13, 114, 176
Ryan visit and, 215, 217, 220, 221, 223
Bollers, Harold, 200
Boswell, Charles, 12
Boyd, Carolyn Houston, 208
Bradshaw, Pam, 163
Bradshaw, Sandy, 92, 99, 163, 235
Brady, Michaeleen, 179–80
Brazil, 14, 15
British Guiana, 60
Broussard, Leon, 89–90, 91, 111
Brown, Bob, 221
Brown, Jean, 84, 122, 176, 193
Buford, Teri, 46, 98, 99, 223, 245
Chaikin drugging and, 104
defection of, 195–96
Jones’s last-stand plan and, 100–101
Burke, John, 207, 235
Burnham, Forbes, 60, 83, 91, 147,
Campbell, Ronald, 42
Carroll, Ruby, 41
Carter, Jimmy, 52
Carter, Mike, 244
Carter, Rosalynn, 52
Carter, Tim, 206, 209, 244
Cartmell, Patty, 45
Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), 30, 130, 131, 148, 165, 179, 191, 193, 195, 199, 210
Chaikin, David, 104
Chaikin, Gail, 104
Chaikin, Gene, 102–5, 194, 238
drugging of, 104, 212–13, 223
Dwyer’s visit to, 212–13
Chaikin, Phyllis, 103, 104, 122, 238
Chaikin, Ray, 213
Chile, 178
“Choice, The,” 32
civil rights movement, Jones and, 6–7, 11–13, 16
Clayton, Patricia, 247
Clayton, Stanley, 20–22, 34–35, 57–58, 101–2, 150, 177
Ellen Klingman and, 158–59
escape of, 232–34
Jonestown massacre and, 226–27, 228–29, 230–31, 232–34, 244
massacre aftermath and, 247–48
punishments of, 140–41, 159
Cold War, 14–15
Concerned Relatives, 114–16, 162–67, 179, 200, 207, 208, 210, 236
Congress, U.S., 179, 201, 245–46
Peoples Temple letter to, 163, 164, 166
Cordell, Harold, 65–66, 79, 129, 204, 248
name change by, 106
Ryan visit and, 215, 217, 221
Cordell, James, 217
Corinthians, Book of, 18–19
Crenshaw, Eddie, 101, 160, 161, 177, 218–19, 228, 233
Crenshaw, Francine, 161
Cuba, 95, 148, 169, 171
Cudjoe (Peoples Temple boat), 1, 2–3, 59, 95, 139, 148, 204, 244
Custer, George Armstrong, 99
Customs Service, U.S., 91
cyanide, 172–73, 199, 203
Davis, Angela, 33, 102
Davis, Brian, 71–72
Jonestown and, 107, 108–13, 149–50, 217
Ryan visit and, 217
suicide drill and, 149–50
Davis, Grover, 243
Dennis, Carol, 152
Disciples of Christ, 82
Domineck, Katherine, 137
Dwyer, Dick, 208, 209, 212–13, 214, 219, 220, 222, 235
Dymally, Mervyn, 53, 55
Ebonics, 133
Edwards, Zipporah, 8, 9–10, 20, 247
California move and, 14, 15–18
Jonestown and, 87–88, 136, 153, 154, 155, 157, 184, 225, 241, 242–43
Jonestown massacre and, 241, 242–43
Ryan visit and, 225
Temple commune and, 49–50, 51
Ellice, Doug, 202, 235
Ellison, Ralph, 117
Esquire, 14
Eureka Research Association, 179
Evergreen Cemetery, 239, 249
Evers, Medgar, 27
Executive Action, 189, 191
Fabian, Robert, 246
faith healing, 7–8, 10, 13, 24–26, 31, 32, 50, 88, 249
Father Divine, 23
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 55, 144, 145, 162, 176, 193, 235, 238, 247
Jonestown archive of, xi, 19, 110, 121, 128, 129–30, 152, 210, 225–26, 250
Ryan assassination and, 245
Federal Communications Commission (FCC), U.S., 163
Fields, Don, 165
Fields, Shirlee, 122
Fortson, Hugh, 164–65
Freed, Donald, 189–92
Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) (1966), 193
Freitas, Joseph, 33, 55, 125
Frost, Robert, 134
Gang of Eight, 44
Gardener, John, 42
Garry, Charles, 96, 98, 100, 103, 166, 172, 193, 195, 245
first Jonestown visit of, 104–5
Freed and Lane and, 189, 194
Jonestown massacre and, 223–25
Ryan’s Jonestown trip and, 207–8, 209, 218
Gavin, Steve, 52
George, David, 73, 239
George, Gabriella, 239
George, Phillip, 239
George, Valita, 239
Georgetown, Guyana, 2, 88, 126
Katsaris’s trips to, 115
Peoples Temple women as “PR girls” in, 81–83, 85, 91–93, 126, 168, 194, 195
Temple headquarters in, 207, 208, 235
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Temple members’ begging and panhandling in, 139, 147
U.S. Embassy in, 136–37, 168, 171, 202, 206, 207, 208, 235, 245–46
Gieg, Stanley, 101–2, 221
glossolalia, 5–6
Goodlett, Carlton, 198
Gosney, Vernon, 212, 214, 221, 222
Gospel Tabernacle, 5, 6
Great Migration, 9
Green, Hamilton, 82, 145
Greenfield, Albert, 143–44
Grubbs, Tom, 141–42, 150, 174, 194
Guy, Thurman, 230–31
Guyana, 1–4, 15, 24, 29, 38, 46
climate of, 67–68, 70, 74
failure to take action against Jones by, 171, 200–201
flora and fauna of, 1–2, 3, 73, 88
Ryan’s arrival in, 206
San Francisco Temple’s removal to, 55–58
Temple settlers’ first years in, 59–80
see also Jonestown, Guyana; Jonestown massacre
Guyana Chronicle, 147
Guyana Defense Force (GDF), 97, 98, 147–48, 228, 242–43, 244
Hamlet (Shakespeare), 151
Harris, Don, 208, 212, 214, 220, 221
Hass, Jeffrey, 92–93, 94–95, 97, 98–99, 103
Henry IV (Shakespeare), 151
Hitler, Adolf, 128
House of Representatives, U.S., 201, 245–46
Housman, A. E., 134
Houston, Bob, 200
Houston, Sam, 200
Hoyte, Desmond, 147, 148
Hughes, Langston, 134
Hunter, George, 18
Hunter, Kathy, 172, 192
Hutton, Bobby, 44–45
Ijames, Archie, 64
Ijames, Maya, 120–21
Indianapolis, Ind., 6, 15, 16
Deliverance Temple in, 247
Peoples Temple and, 7, 8–13, 14, 39, 129
Indianapolis Star, 53
Indianapolis Times, 12
Indiana University, 6
“Inside Peoples Temple” (Kilduff), 54–55
Internal Revenue Service (IRS), U.S., 246
Interpol, 91
Irvine, Keith, 117
Isaiah, Book of, 242
Israelites, 32
Jackson, Earl, 39
Jackson, Lourece, 227
James, Lavana, 242
James, Shanda, 177
Japanese Americans, 32
Javers, Ron, 206, 208
Jesus, 7, 155
Jesus Land (Scheeres), xi
Johnson, Janice, 35, 57, 58, 102, 158–61, 227, 230, 232, 233, 234
Johnson, Lyndon B., 16
Johnson, Poncho, 211, 224–25
Jones, Agnes, 216, 233
Jones, Forrest Ray, 233
Jones, James Warren, Jr., 11, 12, 93, 236
Jones, James Warren “Jim,” 3
abandonment feared by, 39, 121
angels (alleged assassins) appointed by, 99, 114, 235, 244
autopsy of, 226
birth and childhood of, 5–6
Brazil sojourn of, 14, 15
Chaikin and, 102–5, 194, 212
civil rights movement and, 6–7, 11–13
cremation of, 239
death of, 234
decline into insanity of, 92, 119–21, 135, 153, 154, 179, 195–96, 198–99, 202
defectors and, 42–45, 92, 99, 104, 121, 168–69, 175, 195–96, 197, 201
drug use by, 27, 40, 114, 128, 144, 174, 186, 198, 202, 212, 226
early preaching of, 6, 10
education of, 6, 10
extramarital affairs of, 40, 44, 46, 79, 115, 168, 174, 195–96, 198–99
faith healing and, 10, 13, 24–26, 31, 32, 50, 88, 249
final “death tape” of, 226
ham radio and, 2, 46, 55, 68, 81, 83, 85, 98, 101, 129, 130–31, 143, 151, 162–63, 165, 176, 198
Jonestown massacre and, 205, 224, 226, 227–28, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 243
legacy of, 249–50
lewd conduct arrest of, 85
mother’s death and, 119–21
murder plan of, 46–47
nuclear war fear of, 14–15, 63
ordination of, 10, 82
paranoia of, 27, 37, 55, 85, 92, 126, 130, 136, 147, 148–49, 163, 179, 192, 193, 195, 208, 245
paranormal powers and, 25, 102, 150, 182, 186, 249
physical decline of, 202, 203
planning commission murder scheme of, 44–46
“PR girls” used by, 81–83, 85, 91–93, 126, 168, 194, 195
rape committed by, 177
religious views of, 18–19, 23–24, 50, 88
revolutionary suicide and, 44–45, 97, 98, 99, 100–101, 102, 107, 121–22, 126–27, 148, 169–70, 185, 194, 224–25, 227, 232
Ryan visit and, 209, 210, 211, 217, 219
San Francisco politics and, 33, 51–53, 55
separation of Marceline Jones and, 154
sex hangup of, 153, 157–61, 191
“six-day siege” and, 93–99, 102, 107, 118, 150, 192–93, 225
socialism and, 24, 31, 32, 36, 40, 44, 47, 76, 87, 95, 100, 103, 105, 120
staged attacks on, 27–28
Stoen custody case and, 83–86, 89, 90, 92–99, 101, 118, 125–27, 147, 200, 211
suicide drill and, 149–52
twin birth fraud and, 144
violence and, 41–42, 49, 72, 111–12, 116, 140, 153, 160, 179
Jones, Johnny Brown, 159
Jones, Lew, 224, 227
Jones, Lynetta, 6, 119–20, 121, 246
Jones, Marceline, 11–12, 28, 40, 56, 79, 84, 87, 98, 105, 118, 120, 122, 179, 239
attempts to control Jones by, 196, 197, 198
Jonestown massacre and, 223, 232
Ryan visit and, 209, 211, 213, 217, 218, 229
separation of Jones and, 154
Jones, Stephan, 76, 93, 109, 113, 141, 236
Jones, Walter, 175
Jonestown, Guyana:
agricultural production in, 67, 69–70, 77, 137–40
Big Foot punishment in, 141
Broussard’s escape from, 89–90, 91, 111
climate and, 67–68, 70, 74
communal living in, 78–79, 84, 103, 131–33, 155
Concerned Relatives and, 114–16, 162–67, 179, 200, 207, 208, 210, 236
dismantling of, 246
drugging of inhabitants of, 104, 175–77, 198, 212–13, 223
early building and settlement of, 59–80
fake betrothals to camp doctor in, 115
FBI document archive on Jones and, xi, 19, 110, 121, 128, 129–30, 152, 210, 225–26, 250
final Christmas Day in, 123
first structure in, 66
food shortage in, 137–40, 153–54, 181–82
foster children sent to, 175
gunrunning into, 91–92, 99, 163, 171
housing built at, 78
Jones’s cottage in, 79
Jones’s PA speeches and harangues at, 128–29, 133, 176, 184, 198
Jones’s permanent move to, 55, 77
Jones’s “PR girls” and, 81–83, 85, 91–93, 126, 168, 194, 195
“learning crew” punishment in, 123, 126, 134, 141, 149, 155–56, 157, 159, 175, 181
lease price for, 60
mail censorship in, 129–30
mass murder planning in, 121–22, 145–46, 172–73, 195, 199, 203, 204
as promised or freedom land, 59
relationship committee in, 157
relatives held to prevent defections from, 104
Ryan’s interviews at, 210, 211, 212
Ryan’s speech to residents of, 211–12
Ryan’s trip to, 206–22
school at, 132, 133–35
sensory deprivation boxes at, 141–42, 171, 180 “six-day siege” at, 93–99, 102, 107,
118, 150, 153, 192–93, 225
sleep deprivation as tactic at, 126–27, 128, 170
Social Security payments suspended to, 96, 127
soil conditions in, 67
Soviet relocation plan and, 194–95, 196–97
special care unit (SCU) at, 176, 177, 187, 238
State Department and, 90–91, 115, 127, 130, 136–37, 168, 171, 200, 201, 202, 206, 207, 208, 235, 245–46
suicide drill in, 149–52, 153
surveillance security force in, 128, 174
twin birth fraud at, 143–44, 147
“white nights” in, 93, 99, 165, 170, 178, 215, 231
Jonestown massacre (November 18, 1978), xi, xii, 205, 223–34
casualties in, 229, 235–39
Christine Miller’s sole opposition to, 227–28
disposition of bodies after, 239
Jones and, 205, 224, 226, 227–28, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 243
Jones’s final “death tape” and, 226
number of dead in, 236, 239
number of minors killed in, 229, 250
Ryan’s assassination and, 221, 228, 238, 245
Ryan visit prior to, 206–22
survivors and aftermath of, 240–50
J.T. Baker Company, 173
Justice Department, U.S., 246
Katsaris, Anthony, 208, 210, 211
Katsaris, Maria, 46, 79, 89, 94, 98, 199
Chaikin drugging and, 104
father’s meeting with, 115–16
Jonestown massacre and, 229, 235, 236, 244
Ryan visit and, 210, 211
Katsaris, Steven, 114–16, 164–65, 172, 192, 206, 208
Kennedy, John F., 14, 27, 189, 191
Kennedy, Robert F., 27, 189
Khrushchev, Nikita S., 14
Kilduff, Marshall, 51–53, 54, 84
King, Martin Luther, Jr., 27, 44, 191
King Alfred plan, 32
Kinsolving, Lester, 54
Klingman, Clarence, 42
Klingman, Ellen, 158–59
Krause, Charles, 207, 208, 213
Ku Klux Klan, 6, 120
Lane, Mark, 191–94, 196, 201, 207–8, 245
last-stand plan, 44–47, 99, 100–101, 121–22, 145–46, 205, 236, 244
Buford’s memos on, 100
crashing an airplane and, 46
cyanide poisoning and, 172–73, 199, 203
driving a bus off Golden Gate Bridge and, 45
jumping off Golden Gate Bridge and, 45
see also Jonestown massacre (November 18, 1978); revolutionary suicide, Jones and
Lawrence, Marie, 233
Layton, Carolyn, 46, 79, 98, 121, 174, 199, 236
Layton, Kimo, 236
Layton, Larry, 219, 220, 221–22, 245
Lenin, Vladimir, 27, 37
“Letter Killeth, but the Spirit Giveth LIFE, The” (Jones), 18–19
Lewis, Fred, 57
Lewis, Lue Ester, 228
Lincoln, Abraham, 9
Lindsay, Gordon, 172, 194, 208, 209
Looman, Carolyn, 90
Lopez, Vincent, 2, 175
Los Angeles, Calif., Peoples Temple and, 26, 33, 37, 43
Lucas, Lovie Jean, 180
lynching, 9
McCann, Maria, 151
McCoy, Richard, 101, 115, 116, 126, 202
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