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