by Jeff Guinn
Baldwin, Sharon, 47, 54, 231–32
Baldwin, Walter, 46–48, 51–54, 81, 105, 112, 126, 457, 464
Jonestown visited by, 411, 413, 418
Banks, Dennis, 319
Barbagelata, John, 315–17, 342
Beach, Janet L., 52
Beam, Jack, 76–78, 92, 110, 117, 124–26, 136, 147, 198, 214, 222, 227, 237, 238, 245, 255–56, 280, 283, 302, 412, 424, 425, 429, 433, 468
Beam, Joyce, 140, 344
Beam, Rheaviana, 76–78, 92, 117, 125, 238, 310, 412
Beck, Don, 341
Bedford, George, 251, 262
Beikman, Chuck, 449–50, 454, 457–48, 463
Belo Horizonte, 112, 113–19, 124
Bible, 26, 41, 70, 71, 72, 83, 92, 107, 109, 113, 115, 118, 145–46, 155, 162, 200, 215, 267, 322–23
Jones’s criticism of, 122, 146–47, 155, 157, 160, 215
Jones’s secret ledger in, 322–23, 456
Biddulph, John, 275
Biddulph, Vera, 275
Bird, Caroline, 111–12
Bishop, Aubrey, 371–75, 380–82, 385, 390, 411
Blacken, John, 360, 361
Black Muslims, 103, 332
blacks:
in Guyana, 292
see also African Americans
Blakey, Phil, 204
Blum, Deborah, 444
Bogue, Jim, 438
Bogue, Merilee, 431, 442
Bogue, Teena, 450
Bogue, Tommy, 386, 450
Bollers, Harold, 411
Bouquet, Brian, 403
Bouquet, Clare, 403, 419, 421
Bowman, Joyce Overman, 11
Boyd, Carol Houston, 419, 423, 428, 430, 448
Bradley, Tom, 247, 332
Bradshaw, Sandy, 268, 281
Branham, William, 82
Brazil, 112, 113–19, 120, 122, 150, 164, 291
Belo Horizonte, 112, 113–19, 124
Rio de Janeiro, 117–19
British Guiana, 110, 292, 294
see also Guyana
Broussard, Leon, 362–63, 400
Brown, Bob, 419, 438, 451
Brown, Jean, 268
Brown, Jerry, 315, 319, 346, 349
Brown, John, 278
Brown, Johnny, 269, 271–72, 273, 293, 309, 324, 406, 412, 422, 429, 439
Brown, Willie, 250, 313, 314–17, 319, 325, 332, 335, 346, 349, 455
Brown v. Board of Education, 91
Bucknell University, 136, 284
Buddha, 109, 123
Buford, Terri, 187–90, 194, 195,223–24, 238, 264, 280, 286, 302, 303, 312, 321, 323, 328–29, 346, 370, 375, 386, 398, 406–8, 410, 456
defection of, 413–14
Burke, John, 3, 4, 379–80, 415, 420, 422, 423
Burnham, Bonnie, 286, 349, 419, 421, 422, 464
Burnham, Forbes, 2–4, 292–94, 298, 304, 305, 338, 343, 361, 372, 381, 391, 392, 395, 404, 407, 415, 448, 461, 463
Burros, Dan, 103
Burton, John, 314
Burton, Phil, 314
Butler University, 97, 104
Caen, Herb, 257, 332, 381
California, 105, 112, 125, 126
Eureka, 112, 124–25, 136
Los Angeles, see Los Angeles, Calif.
Redwood Valley, see Redwood Valley and Ukiah
San Francisco, see San Francisco, Calif.
Carter, Jimmy, 334–35, 337
Carter, Malcolm, 377, 413, 439, 440, 443–46
Carter, Mike, 266, 423, 441–43, 446, 452, 454
Carter, Rosalynn, 334–35, 347, 461
Carter, Terry, 266, 377, 442, 443
Carter, Tim, 221, 265–67, 269–70, 280, 284–85, 287, 293, 303, 306, 308, 316, 329, 346, 356, 373, 377, 402, 404, 408, 410–14, 419, 422–24, 427, 431
airstrip attack and, 434
arrest of, 452
mass suicide and, 439–40, 442–46, 454, 455
Milk and, 318–19
Cartmell, Mike, 136, 140, 143, 145–47, 221, 238, 252, 274
defection of, 340
Marceline and, 236
Suzanne’s marriage to, 235–36
Suzanne’s separation from, 339
Cartmell, Patty, 96, 116, 122, 136, 140, 145, 154, 159, 168, 171, 198, 225, 235, 237, 238, 274, 311–12, 412, 433
Cartmell, Suzanne Jones (adopted daughter), 95–96, 164–65, 169, 229, 235, 252, 338, 414, 457, 464–65
death of, 465
defection of, 340
Mike’s marriage to, 235–36
Mike’s separation from, 339
Case, Ross, 96–97, 106, 110, 118, 119, 124, 125, 127, 348
Castro, Fidel, 110, 219, 340
Chaiken, Gene, 268, 341, 345, 348, 383–84, 388, 402, 412, 413, 444
Chaiken, Phyllis, 268, 388, 402
Chicago, Ill., 124, 198, 271, 281
Chilcoate, Avelyn, 48–49, 54, 163
Chile, 319
Christianity Today, 263
Christian Youth Fellowship, 43
Christ’s Church of the Golden Rule, 126–28, 134, 141, 148–49, 251
churches:
black, 57, 60, 67, 69, 76, 78, 80, 92, 119, 152–56, 198–99, 250–52, 316
storefront, 65
Church of the Crossroads, 110–11
CIA, 146, 219, 227, 254, 310–12, 356, 361, 364, 366, 407–8, 411, 413, 417
civil rights movement, 91–92, 99, 120–21, 134, 156
communism and, 99
violence and, 108, 116
see also integration
Clark, Leola, 310
Clayton, Stanley, 446
Cleaver, Eldridge, 335, 375
Cobb, Christine, 78
Cobb, Jim, 78, 274–75, 348, 399, 419, 423, 425, 448
Cobb, Johnny, 372, 373
Cobb, Sharon, 444
Cobb, Terri, 275, 348
Cold War, 43, 109
Collett, Merrill, 267–68
communism, 43, 56, 99–100, 172, 319
Christian, 43
civil rights movement and, 99
Jones and, 51, 56, 160
socialism and, 56, 99–100, 172
Community Unity, 64, 65–71, 72–79, 80
healings at, 77–78, 90
Jones’s recruitment strategies for, 76–78
Laurel Street Tabernacle and, 75–76, 92
name change of, 79
Quakers and, 74–75, 97
Concerned Relatives, 2–3, 369, 379, 382–83, 385, 394–98, 400, 401, 403, 406, 409–10, 413, 414, 416, 419, 420–25, 428, 431, 432, 436, 438, 448–49, 453, 454, 464, 467
Cordell, Barbara, 301
Cordell, Candace, 456
Cordell, Edith, 76
Cordell, Harold, Jr., 126, 431
Cordell, Rick, 93
Cornelious, Laura, 348
Crawford, Yolanda, 362
Crete, Ind., 12–14
Crispus Attucks High School, 66–67, 91
Cuba, 110, 292, 335, 340, 374, 415, 417
missile crisis in, 116
Cudjoe, 296, 354, 358, 374, 427
cyanide, 389, 440, 444
Davis, Angela, 319, 332, 335, 375
Davis, Brian, 386
Davis, Grover, 446–47
Deep Throat, 221
Depression, Great, 18, 26, 56, 66
Detroit, Mich., 124, 198
Dickson, Cecil, 10
Disciples of Christ, 27, 65, 96–97
Jones as pastor of, 97, 104
Peoples Temple and, 97, 107–8, 125–26, 158–59, 186, 304, 321, 334
Divine, Father, 84, 85–90, 96, 102, 106, 123, 124, 207, 290
Jones’s attempt to inherit followers of, 89, 90, 207–11
Peace Mission movement of, 86–89, 102, 123, 126, 181, 207–11, 290, 487n210
Promised Land farm project of, 88, 126, 290
Divine, Mother, 86–89, 207–11, 487n210
Domanick, Joe, 492n272
Driver, Lee, 18
Duncan, Walter, 400
Dwyer, Richard, 423, 425–26, 430, 431,
434–36, 438, 439
Dymally, Mervyn, 319, 332, 338, 346
Efrein, Laurie, 283–84, 287
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 91
Ellice, Douglas, 416
Elsey, Simon, 310
Esquire, 111–12, 124, 136
Eureka, Calif., 112, 124–25, 136
Executive Action, 407
Father Divine, see Divine, Father
FBI, 64, 146, 219, 227, 254, 310–12, 347, 356, 361, 364, 366, 456–59, 462, 464
Feinstein, Dianne, 315, 316, 459–60
Flick, Bob, 419
Flowers, Lena, 275
Fonda, Jane, 244
Fondakowski, Leigh, 296, 426
Ford, Gerald, 334
Foreman, Liz, 269
Fortson, Hue, 240, 288, 385, 395
Freed, Donald, 407–8
Free Restaurant, 83
Freestone, Marion “Whitey,” 144–46, 240, 262
Freestone, Opal, 145, 262
Freitas, Joseph, 317–18, 387
Fresno Bee, 270
Gang of Eight, 275–78, 280, 288, 291, 299, 326, 348, 349, 399, 419, 492n276
Garry, Charles, 345–48, 358, 371, 379, 381, 382, 384, 396, 400, 403, 407, 408, 411, 413, 416, 420–23, 429, 434, 439, 440, 447, 452, 460
Garvey, Marcus, 290, 291
Georgetown, Guyana, 292, 293, 295, 303–5, 341, 343, 354, 365, 379, 401, 416, 423, 424, 428, 431, 433, 435
Amos family deaths in, 449–50, 453, 463
Temple headquarters in, 342–43, 356–57, 358, 361
Gibson, William, 267
Gieg, Clifford, 427
Gleason, Ralph, 257
Goodlett, Carlton, 250–52, 258, 282, 332, 340, 344, 375, 397, 405–6, 455
Gosney, Vernon, 417, 425–26, 430–31, 437, 438
Gouveia, Gerald, 378
Grant, Ulysses S., 252
Grubbs, Dick, 38–39
Grubbs, Sylvia, 149
Grubbs, Tom, 149, 341, 413
Guyana, 3, 291–99, 303, 319, 417, 466, 467
advance team sent to, 293
and aftermath of Jonestown deaths, 461–63
Atlantic coast of, 292, 294
banks in, 322
benefits of Peoples Temple mission to, 2, 294, 298
Burnham elected prime minister of, 292
chosen as site for Jonestown, 291–93
economy of, 3, 293–94
educational system in, 2, 341, 384–85, 403
ethnic makeup of, 292
Georgetown, see Georgetown, Guyana
independence from Britain, 110, 292, 294
isolation of, 292, 295
Jones’s first visit to, 110
jungle in, 2, 292–97, 303, 305, 309, 322, 340, 353, 354, 357, 365, 397, 468, 493n296
Matthews Ridge, 4, 294–95, 365, 422, 427, 450
military of, 294
National Service of, 3, 4, 294
People’s Progressive Party in, 292, 404
Port Kaituma, see Port Kaituma, Guyana
Ryan’s visit and, 415, 420
socialism in, 3, 292–94
U.S. and, 294, 298
Venezuela and, 2, 294, 298
Guyana Defence Force (GDF), 1, 3, 4, 444, 452, 453, 456
Haas, Jeffrey, 371–72, 374, 400
Haldeman, Ron, 65–66, 68, 73–75, 78, 89, 105, 106, 479nn66, 68
Hargrave, Neva Sly, 149, 174, 326–28, 330
Harlan, Sara Lou, 38–39
Harris, Don, 419, 425, 426, 428, 437, 438, 451
Harris, Liane, 419, 421, 448
Harris, Sherwin, 419, 421, 448
Hawaii, 110–11
Hawpe, Maxine, 262
Hayakawa, S. I., 462
Hayden, Tom, 244
healings, 61–63
by Jones, 62, 68, 72, 73, 75–78, 90, 92, 128, 145, 146, 154, 155, 159–61, 162–63, 170–71, 178, 187, 188, 196, 199, 200, 206–7, 210, 213, 215, 238, 245, 247, 254, 257–60, 265, 271, 305, 337, 393, 405, 479n77
Hearst, Patty, 302
Hearst, Randolph, 302
Hildebrand, Bonnie, 143
Hitler, Adolf, 33–34, 103, 172, 288
Hongisto, Richard, 318
Hoover, J. Edgar, 219
Houston, Bob, 268, 327, 386, 495n327
Houston, Judy, 428, 430
Houston, Nadyne, 419
Houston, Patricia, 428, 430
Houston, Phyllis, 430
Houston, Sam, 327–28, 386
Houston, Tex., 198, 205, 281
Howard, Audrey E., 111
Ijames, Archie, 82–83, 106, 110, 113, 115, 118, 119, 122, 124, 126, 133–36, 140, 147, 185, 204, 214, 222, 223, 227, 237, 238, 255, 273, 293
Ike, Reverend, 264
Indiana, 30
Civil Rights Commission, 120
communists in, 56
Crete, 12–14
Ku Klux Klan and, 17
Lynn, see Lynn, Ind.
Randolph County, 16–18, 40–41
Richmond, see Richmond, Ind.
schools in, 17–18, 36, 40
State Psychology Board, 206, 207
Indianapolis, 65, 75, 105, 112, 115, 116, 137
African American community in, 66–67, 71, 76, 78, 80, 81, 91–92, 99, 114, 119, 121
Chamber of Commerce, 102
City Council, 121
Community Unity in, see Community Unity
elections in, 83
integration in, 66–67, 99–104, 105, 108, 120–21, 466
Jones’s departure from, 129
Jones’s return visit to, 205–7
and Jones’s vision of nuclear attack, 109–11, 129, 134, 135, 261
Peoples Temple in, 80–84, 105–12, 120–29, 133, 329, 466–67
restaurants in, 100–101, 121
segregation in, 100, 102
white flight in, 79
Indianapolis Citizens Council, 67
Indianapolis Human Rights Commission, 121, 122
Jones as director of, 98, 99–104, 111, 112, 121, 324
Indianapolis Reporter, 92
Indianapolis Star, 70, 206, 257–58
Ingram, Lee, 266, 436, 449
Ingram, Sandy, 309
integration, 92, 108
employment service and, 102
in Indianapolis, 66–67, 99–104, 105, 108, 120–21, 466
Jones and, 63–64, 66, 76, 92–93, 97, 99–104, 121, 205, 324, 466
of restaurants, 100–101
International Hotel, 336
Jackson, Clay, 271–72
Jackson, Earl, 106–7
Jackson, Janet L., 162
Jacobs, John, 464
Jagan, Cheddi, 292, 404
James, Shanda, 411–12
Javers, Ron, 419, 421
John Birch Society, 99
Johnson, Joe, 265
Johnson, Mildred, 261
Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Cecil, 261, 262
Jones, Agnes (adopted daughter), 61, 75, 93–94, 164, 169, 229, 309, 338, 399, 446, 457
Jones, Chaeoke (grandson of Jones), 377, 446
Jones, Frank, 282
Jones, James Thurman (father of Jim), 11–15, 18–22, 26, 31, 35, 37–38, 42–44, 50
breakdown of, 15, 35
death of, 42–43
as disabled veteran, 12–15, 19–21, 30, 31, 35, 37, 38, 43, 217, 474n12
farm of, 12–14
Lynetta and Jim’s departure and, 42
marriage of, 12
rumors about, 35, 42
Jones, James Warren, Jr. (adopted son), 96, 114, 157–58, 165, 169, 179, 227, 230, 231, 234, 235, 252, 253, 260, 317, 334, 338, 347, 361, 372, 373, 381, 386, 393, 399, 401, 402, 416, 457, 465, 468
mass suicide and, 435, 436, 445–47–50
Jones, James Warren “Jim,” 2, 466–67
adoptions and “rainbow family” of, 61, 94–96, 229
animal funerals conducted by, 32–33
animals and, 30, 37, 114, 229–30
appeal of, 172, 467
arreste
d for lewd conduct, 299–300, 301, 384
attacks staged by, 255–56, 372
baseball team and league organized by, 36–37
birth of, 9, 14–15
bisexuality of, 225–26, 301
bodyguards of, 219–20, 259–60, 336, 416, 418
casket warehouse and, 32
childhood and teen years of, 18–22, 23–29, 30–41, 51, 88, 466
children of, 61, 75, 93–96, 164–65, 114, 164–65, 229–36
in college, 50, 52, 54–56, 59, 60, 97, 104, 125
congregation members’ problems solved by, 68–70, 73, 92, 121–22, 128
cursing and, 270–71
dark glasses worn by, 218, 267
dating of, 38–39, 43, 50–51
death and burial of, 452, 457, 465
declining mental health of, 389, 393, 415
as demagogue, 172, 466–67
drug use of, 217–18, 222, 227, 230–32, 270, 355, 356, 392–93, 401, 402, 406, 426
education of, 21, 24, 25, 35–36, 43–45, 50, 52, 54–56, 59, 60, 97, 104, 125
enemies of, 90, 123, 328
family vacations of, 217, 229, 320
as “Father,” 88, 92, 164, 170, 212, 385, 445
as father of Jim Jon Prokes, 308–9, 377–78
as father of John Victor Stoen, 232–34, 377–78, 489n233
first church of, see Community Unity
gala testimonial dinner honoring, 333–36
God and Christianity disdained by, 28, 53–54, 56, 57, 68, 122–23
as godlike, 123–24, 127, 144, 151, 160, 161, 162, 165, 168, 207, 212–13, 215, 329–30, 364, 378, 393
guests brought home by, 93
healings by, 62, 68, 72, 73, 75–78, 90, 92, 128, 145, 146, 154, 155, 159–61, 162–63, 170–71, 178, 187, 188, 196, 199, 200, 206–7, 210, 213, 215, 238, 245, 247, 254, 257–60, 265, 271, 305, 337, 393, 405, 479n77
in high school, 35–36, 41, 42–45, 50, 59
homosexuality as viewed by, 225–26, 301
hospital job of, 43–44
income of, 60, 102, 115, 117, 320–23, 340
last will and testament of, 309
leadership style and control of, 214, 221, 227, 238, 280
legal problems of, 2, 370, 399–400, 408
loyalty of inner circle ensured by, 280
lung cancer story about, 405–6
marriage of, 50–53, 162, 168–70, 236
mass suicide and, 439–48
medical career considered by, 45
mind-reading of, 62–63, 68, 73, 122, 159, 188, 238, 261, 266
monkeys sold by, 70
movies watched by, 217, 407
opposition courted by, 90, 124
ordained as Disciples of Christ pastor, 97, 104, 125–26
paranoia of, 106, 113, 218–19, 227, 267, 320, 347, 356, 361, 366, 372–73, 376, 377, 384, 410
part-time jobs of, 60, 70, 115
pep rally funeral conducted by, 41
politics and, 316–19, 332, 334–37, 347
positive media coverage of, 332, 333, 381
preaching of, 29, 40, 41, 45, 62–63, 68, 72, 75, 76, 107, 109, 122, 134, 144–46, 155, 157–59, 163–64, 178, 191, 193–94, 200–201, 215, 246, 270–71, 273, 329, 333, 359, 466