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by Jeff Guinn


  prophecies of, 63, 122, 136, 139, 143–46, 154, 162, 254, 204–5

  prophecy of nuclear attack, 109–11, 113, 114, 116–17, 124, 125, 129, 134–36, 146, 261

  radio spots of, 82, 83, 122

  reincarnation beliefs of, 109, 122–23, 146, 288, 346

  religiosity in early life, 26–29, 31–32, 34, 35, 40, 41

  reputation and influence of, 73, 80–84, 108, 121–22, 124, 144, 467

  sex and, 34–35, 55, 90, 114–15, 163, 165, 168, 169, 221–28, 230, 231, 234, 238–40, 270, 275–77, 280–81, 283, 299–300, 301, 303, 306, 384, 393, 411–12

  sex with male followers, 225–26

  shoplifting of, 31

  story of sex with ambassador’s wife told by, 117–18, 222, 239

  as student pastor, 57–58, 59–64, 68, 75

  suicide as topic of, 278–79, 311–12, 328–29, 346–47, 388–89

  taped sermons of, 214, 215, 441

  teaching jobs of, 117, 133, 139, 142, 150, 174–75

  ulcers of, 103–4

  violent attacks on, 108–9

  Jones, John Henry (grandfather of Jim), 11, 12, 14

  Jones, Lew (adopted son), 94, 165, 169, 229, 230, 235, 252, 338, 347, 377, 386, 399, 439, 446, 457

  Jones, L. S., 262

  Jones, Lynetta Putnam (mother of Jim), 9–15, 18–22, 25–28, 30–31, 34–37, 42, 45, 51, 73, 94, 110, 112, 123, 147, 206, 212–13, 474

  affair of, 38, 42, 165, 476n38

  Apostolics and, 40

  bank accounts of, 320

  death of, 387

  early life of, 9–10, 13

  farm of, 12–14

  Goodlett and, 251

  jobs of, 21, 22, 25, 30, 37, 42–44, 93, 133

  Marceline and, 52, 93

  marriages of, 9–12, 52

  move to Richmond, 42

  moves in with Jim and Marceline, 93

  poems of, 213

  Jones, Marceline Mae Baldwin (wife of Jim), 50–57, 60, 64, 73, 75, 77, 100, 102, 103, 105, 110, 117, 133, 143, 162–66, 168, 180, 192, 214, 227, 229–31, 233, 309, 334, 340, 359, 374, 385–86, 391, 399, 405, 407, 416, 464

  adoptions and “rainbow family” of, 61, 94–96, 229

  ambulence incident and, 271–72, 491n271

  apartment rented by, 233–34

  bank accounts of, 320, 322, 386

  Bonnie Burnham and, 286, 349, 419

  Bonnie Malmin and, 114–15, 263

  in Brazil, 112, 113–15, 117

  Cartmell and, 236

  children of, 61, 75, 93–96, 164–65, 114, 164–65, 229–36

  civic issues and, 81, 163

  at Community Unity, 68–70

  death and burial of, 446, 447, 457

  divorce considered by, 54, 75, 234–35, 306

  early life of, 47–49, 169

  emotional deterioration of, 370

  health problems of, 163, 165, 339–40, 385

  Jim’s affairs and, 161, 168–70, 214, 231, 232, 239–40

  and Jim’s bringing guests home, 93

  and Jim as godlike, 124, 162

  Jim’s marriage to, 50–53, 162, 168–70, 236

  Jim’s meeting of, 45, 49, 50

  and Jim’s move to Jonestown, 331

  Jim’s preaching and, 62–63, 163–64

  Jim’s romance with, 50–52

  Jim’s staged shooting and, 255–56

  John Victor Stoen’s birth and, 233

  Jonestown and, 331, 375, 385–86

  last will and testament of, 309

  Lynetta and, 52, 93

  mass suicide and, 439, 445–47

  as “Mother,” 88, 164, 170, 276, 385, 445

  and move to Guyana, 293

  nursing and health care jobs of, 52–53, 82, 133, 158, 184, 217, 271, 276–77, 320, 340, 386

  pregnancy of, 94, 163

  prophetic vision of, 95

  psychiatrist seen by, 331

  at Reid Hospital, 48, 50, 52–53

  Ronnie and, 54–55, 60–61

  Ryan’s Jonestown visit and, 423–24, 428–31

  teamwork with Jim and role in Temple, 81, 133, 163, 164, 185, 214, 229, 231, 234–36, 237, 238, 247, 255, 260, 270, 306–7, 331, 347, 358, 385

  “To Whom It May Concern” letter of, 349

  Valentine’s Day note to Jim from, 307

  Jones, Ray, 446–47

  Jones, Stephan (son), 95, 136, 162, 163, 165, 169, 192, 222, 229–31, 235, 236, 252, 255, 256, 284, 307, 322, 337–38, 340, 457, 458, 464, 465

  on basketball trip, 416, 418, 448

  in Jonestown, 340, 347, 373–75, 386, 399

  mass suicide and, 435–36, 445, 448–49

  suicide attempts of, 231

  Jones, Stephanie (adopted daughter), 94–95

  Jones, Stephanie (daughter of Agnes), 309

  Jones, Suzanne (adopted daughter), see Cartmell, Suzanne Jones

  Jones, Tim Tupper (adopted son), 229, 252, 338, 347, 372, 386, 399, 412, 445, 448, 457, 465

  Jones, Walter, 325, 327, 348, 369, 370

  Jones, Yvette (wife of Jim Jr.), 401

  Jonestown, 2, 353–66, 390–94, 466, 467

  arsenal of, 3, 342, 347, 356, 361, 456

  basketball team of, 405, 416, 418, 425, 435, 448

  children in, 341, 342, 353, 354, 363–64, 368, 370–71, 373, 375–76, 377, 382–85, 400, 407, 432

  Concerned Relatives and, 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

  construction of, 295–96, 298, 300, 303, 305, 309, 331, 340, 354

  costs and funding of, 298, 310, 331–32, 338, 356–58, 408, 412–13

  drugs used to control members of, 402, 412, 444

  elderly pensioners in, 363

  farming in, 292–93, 295, 298, 303, 305, 310, 338, 340, 341, 343, 354, 355

  final days of, 420–26

  financial difficulties of, 412–13, 417

  first settlers in, 326, 342, 353–54

  food in, 305, 343, 354, 357, 378, 404–5

  Guyana chosen as site for, 291–93

  Guyanese officials’ visits to, 303, 340–41, 378, 393

  housing in, 340, 354, 355, 429–30

  independence of, 332

  Jones’s arrival in, 331, 332, 347–49, 354–55, 361

  Jones’s control of, 355, 404–6, 467

  Jones’s quarters in, 355–56, 385

  jungle and, 2, 292–97, 303, 305, 309, 322, 340, 353, 354, 357, 365, 397, 468, 493n296

  lease agreement of, 295, 298, 303, 340, 354

  Learning Crew at, 359, 364

  loudspeaker system in, 360, 374, 392, 395, 439, 446

  Marceline’s arrival in, 385–86

  Marceline’s parents’ visit to, 411, 413

  mass suicide idea and, 364–65, 375, 388–89, 390, 394–96, 398, 400, 406, 417–18, 432–33, 435–36

  medical problems and care in, 2, 344, 386

  members’ leaving of, 362–63, 402

  name of, 2, 295

  newborns in, 377

  nightly meetings in, 359–60, 378, 387, 392, 398, 439

  obstacles to leaving, 362–63, 365

  Pioneers of, 296–98, 303, 309, 322, 331, 340, 353

  population of, 310, 346, 353–56, 359–61, 363, 429–30

  priority members and, 310

  as Promised Land, 289, 290–91, 293, 298, 302, 309

  radio broadcasts in, 356

  relationships in, 355, 365

  remains of site, 468

  runaway attempt by teenagers, 386

  Russian relocation planned, 387–89, 391–92, 397, 399, 400, 403, 408, 411, 413, 415, 441–42

  Ryan’s plan to visit, 408, 409–10, 414–19

  Ryan’s visit to, 2–4, 420–26, 427–37, 448

  schools in, 2, 341, 364, 384–85, 403, 428–29

  Six-Day Siege at, 373–76, 377

  as socialist community, 355, 358, 364, 371, 373, 411–13

 
; Stoen custody case and, 340, 341, 344, 368–75, 380–83, 386–87, 390–91, 399–400, 411, 432, 443, 467

  Sunday Open Houses at, 377

  toys manufactured in, 357

  U.S. embassy visits to, 378–79, 416

  White Nights in, 373–76, 377, 388–89, 390, 395, 400, 403, 498

  work in, 360, 364–65

  Jonestown deaths, 439–50, 451–60, 467

  aftermath of, 461–68

  airlifting of bodies, 459

  Amos and children, 449–50, 453, 463

  animals in, 452

  books about, 464

  cash-filled suitcases and, 442, 446, 447, 456

  defectors and, 427, 429–35, 437, 441

  discovery of, 5–6

  holdouts in, 447

  identification of bodies, 453, 456–57

  infants and children in, 444–46, 453

  injections in, 452–53

  investigations following, 454–56, 461–64

  Jones and, 439–48, 452

  Jones’s death in, 452, 465

  lawsuits following, 459

  media and, 454–55

  memorial services honoring, 465

  messages left by victims in, 455–56

  number of victims in, 452–53, 455

  poison in, 440, 444–48, 455

  Port Kaituma airstrip shootings, 1–4, 6, 437–39, 441–43, 447, 450, 451, 453, 503n438

  responsibility for, 461–62

  Jonestown Institute, 465

  Katsaris, Anthony, 269, 270, 419, 423, 425, 430, 438, 448

  Katsaris, Maria, 269–70, 305–6, 310, 322, 323, 328, 331, 337, 355, 372, 378, 385, 388, 392, 398, 399, 401, 402, 406, 426, 433

  father’s attempt to rescue, 383–84

  Jones’s relationship with, 306, 309, 337

  mass suicide and, 440, 441, 445

  Katsaris, Steven, 269, 270, 305–6, 337, 383–84, 395, 419

  attempt to rescue Maria, 383–84

  libel suit against Jones, 399–400

  Kennedy, John F., 109–10, 116

  assassination of, 119, 219, 407

  Kennedy, Myrtle, 25–29, 34, 206, 333

  Kennedy, Orville, 25–27, 34

  Kennedy, Robert F., 150, 164

  Kent, Katharine, 111

  Kent State University, 201

  Kenya, 291, 313

  Kice, Bob, 443

  Kilduff, Marshall, 342, 345, 347–49, 400–401, 497n347

  King, Donald, 370–71

  King, Martin Luther, Jr., 91, 152–54, 183, 335

  assassination of, 150, 219, 407

  Kinsolving, Lester, 256–64, 265, 268–69, 302, 491n262

  Klingman, Dale, 52

  Klingman, Eloise Baldwin, 47, 48, 52

  Knight, Max, 23–24, 28–29, 42, 88–89, 105, 112

  Kohl, Laura Johnston, 166, 174, 229, 238, 246, 303, 344, 354, 393, 420, 458

  Krause, Charles, 419, 428, 429, 432, 438, 464

  Ku Klux Klan, 17, 205, 359–60, 363

  Lambrev, Garry, 140–44, 147, 150, 155, 160, 177, 178, 193–94, 217, 226, 237, 287–88

  Lane, Mark, 407–8, 410–16, 420–23, 429, 434, 439, 440, 447, 460, 464

  Lauer, Ralph, 493n296

  Laurel Street Tabernacle, 75–76, 92, 96, 251

  Layton, Carolyn Moore, 142, 204, 224, 227, 237, 238, 263, 268, 276, 280, 306–10, 347, 355, 378, 384, 385, 388, 392, 393, 397–99, 401, 406, 417, 426, 465

  child born to, 308–9

  foreign bank accounts and, 321–23

  Jones’s children and, 229, 230, 309

  Jones’s relationship with, 165–71, 214, 221–24, 229, 230–32, 234, 306–9

  Jonestown and, 293, 310

  mass suicide and, 417–18, 442, 443, 446

  Mexican trip story about, 307–9

  Layton, Debbie, 204, 224, 225, 375, 382, 393, 397–98, 403, 464, 497n347

  affidavit of, 400–401, 421

  defection of, 398–401, 414

  Layton, Karen Tow, 169, 222–24, 227, 276, 288, 346

  Layton, Larry, 142, 166–69, 171, 204, 222–23, 227, 240, 398, 400, 433, 435, 436

  in airstrip shootings, 437–39, 452, 454, 457, 463

  Layton, Lisa, 204, 393, 398, 400, 401

  Lenin, Vladimir, 146, 215

  Leroy, Tish, 302, 406

  Lewis, Chris, 219, 287, 341, 362, 387, 495n327

  Libya, 328

  Lincoln, Abraham, 252

  Lindsay, Gordon, 402–3, 408, 419, 424

  Little Rock Central High School, 91

  Los Angeles, Calif., 242, 332

  Bradley elected mayor of, 247

  Peoples Temple in, 184, 189, 190, 196–98, 239, 242, 243–48, 251, 254–56, 271–72, 358

  Peoples Temple property in, 244–45, 251

  police in, 271–72, 299–300, 492n272

  slums in, 243–44, 247–48

  Watts neighborhood of, 243–45, 248, 281

  Lovelace, Linda, 221

  Lucientes, Christine, 142

  Luckhoo, Lionel, 382

  Luther, Jeanne Jones, 52

  Lynn, Ind., 12, 15, 16–22, 23–28, 42, 52, 88

  Apostolics in, 39–40

  Jones’s return visits to, 205–6, 333

  Nazarenes in, 25–28

  Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, 152–53, 183, 250, 251

  Madison, James H., 30

  Malmin, Bonnie, 114–15, 221, 263

  Malmin, Ed, 114, 117–19, 120, 126, 263

  Mann, Laurence “Bonny,” 303, 304, 343, 361, 395, 403, 464

  Manson, Charles, 172

  Marable, Birdie, 348

  Marked for Death (Stoen), 228, 325–26, 381, 485n177, 491n262

  Masada, 311, 328, 432

  Matthews, Wade, 341

  Matthews Ridge, 4, 294–95, 365, 422, 427, 450

  Mazor, Joseph, 341, 368, 407–8

  McCoy, Richard, 362–63, 397, 398

  McElvane, Jim, 246, 287, 406, 422, 433, 439, 444, 445

  McGehee, Fielding, 215, 465

  McPherson, Aimee Semple, 114

  Medlock, Wade and Mabel, 399

  Mendocino County, 172

  Redwood Valley, see Redwood Valley and Ukiah

  Mertle, Elmer and Deanna, 173, 187–89, 238, 291, 305, 312–13, 348, 349, 367, 414

  charges of, 341–42

  murder of, 464

  Methodists, 27, 52, 54, 56–57, 59, 63, 97

  Somerset Methodist Church, 57–58, 59–64, 68, 75

  Milk, Harvey, 316, 318–19

  murder of, 454, 459

  Miller, Christine, 441–43

  Mills, Jeannie, 464

  Mingo, Vibert, 404, 417

  Mondale, Walter, 336–37, 461

  Montgomery Bus Boycott, 91

  Moon, Sun Myung, 264

  Moore, Annie, 166, 204, 263, 264, 309, 344, 392, 398, 399, 401–2, 442, 452, 455, 465

  Moore, Barbara, 166, 167, 169, 204, 263, 264, 308, 397–99, 401

  Moore, Carolyn, see Layton, Carolyn Moore

  Moore, John V, 166, 167, 169, 204, 263–64, 308, 397–99, 401

  Moore, Rebecca, 166, 204, 465

  Morrison, Andrew, 304–5

  Moscone, George, 313, 314–19, 324–25, 330, 335–36, 346, 349

  murder of, 454, 459

  Moscone, George, Sr., 314

  Moscone, Gina, 314

  Moscone, Lee, 314

  Mother Divine, see Divine, Mother

  Moton, Pam, 394–95

  Mr. Muggs, 229–30, 341, 452

  Mueller, Esther, 82

  Murphy, Melvin, 310

  Muskie, Edmund, 200

  Nascimento, Christopher “Kit,” 298, 304, 305, 335, 361, 391, 415, 451, 461

  National Enquirer, 402–3, 408, 419, 424

  National Service (Guyana), 3, 4, 294

  Nation of Islam, 103

  Nazarenes, 25–28

  Nazis, 33–34, 103, 288, 476n33

  Nelson, Kay, 246–47, 287

  Newell, Herbert, 427


  New West, 342, 345–49, 358, 359, 367–69, 381, 400, 497n347

  New Yorker, 412

  New York Times, 152

  Nixon, Richard, 200, 219, 288–89

  Norgard, Sterling, 138

  nuclear war, 109–12, 119, 254, 289, 328

  cave as protection from, 135–36, 146

  Cuban missile crisis and, 116

  Jones’s vision of, 109–11, 113, 114, 116–17, 124, 125, 129, 134–36, 146, 261

  nursing homes, 82–84, 105, 110, 111, 115, 128, 158, 182, 184

  Ogle Airport, 1–2

  Oliver, Beverly, 383, 419, 423, 430, 438, 448

  Oliver, Howard, 383, 419

  Olivet Baptist Church, 262

  O’Neal, Chris, 430, 438, 450

  Palladium-Item, 59, 60

  Parker, Lewis, 10

  Parks, Brenda, 430, 438, 450

  Parks, Dale, 430, 437–39

  Parks, Edith, 430, 431

  Parks, Jerry, 430

  Parks, Patricia, 430, 438, 439, 451

  Parks, Rosa, 91

  Parks, Tracy, 430, 437, 438, 450

  Peace Mission movement, 86–89, 102, 123, 126, 181, 207–11, 290, 487n210

  Pentecostals, 39–40, 75

  Peoples Forum, 282, 287

  People’s National Congress (PNC), 292, 404

  People’s Progressive Party (PPP), 292, 404

  Peoples Temple, 2, 53, 79, 81–84, 90, 103, 115, 466–68

  ambulence incident at, 271–72, 300, 491n271

  assets of, 459

  associate pastors at, 96–97, 105–6, 109, 110, 112, 113, 115–16, 118–19, 120, 122

  beginnings of, as Community Unity, see Community Unity

  blacks in leadership of, 204, 273–76, 299

  Board of Directors of, 237–38

  Board of Elders of, 237, 238

  boxing matches at, 285

  Brazil as possible relocation site for, 112, 114, 116–17, 119, 150

  bus caravans of, 196–202, 205–6, 215–16, 218, 219, 245, 261, 281, 317, 333

  businesses operated by, 184

  catharsis sessions at, 240, 255

  children raised at, 301

  Christmas at, 339

  college program of, 185–86, 188, 273–74, 277, 466

  communal eating at, 191, 310–11, 340, 357

  communal living at, 190–91, 285, 293, 310

  communion at, 126

  danger cycles announced at, 144–45, 204–5

  Disciples of Christ and, 97, 107–8, 125–26, 158–59, 186, 304, 321, 334

  discipline at, 240, 241, 282–85, 359, 382

  dissolution of, 459–60, 461

  Diversions department of, 264, 328

  drug rehabilitation program of, 175–76, 245–46, 344, 466

  elderly African Americans in, 290

  emissaries used to talk defectors into returning to, 287–88

 

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