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  • Alternative Considerations of Jonestown & Peoples Temple [*]
    Offers personal and scholarly perspectives on the Peoples Temple and the events in Jonestown on November 18, 1978. Includes special articles written for the 25th anniversary.
    jonestown.sdsu.edu
  • Crime Library: The Jonestown Massacre
    Explores the people, events, and lingering suspicions surrounding the deaths of 913 people at Jonestown in 1978.
    www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/mass/jonestown/index_1.html
  • FBI Files: Jonestown
    Contains documents relating to the FBI's investigation of the murder of Congressman Leo Ryan in 1978 and the 1986 conviction of Lawrence John Layton on charges including Ryan's death.
    foia.fbi.gov/foiaindex/jonestown.htm
  • Jonestown
    Frank E. Smitha describes Jim Jones' youth, the establishment of his People's Temple, and the end at Jonestown.
    www.fsmitha.com/h2/ch30.htm
  • Jonestown: Examining the Peoples Temple
    Considers the relationship between the Jonestown cult and the culture out of which it grew.
    www.owlnet.rice.edu/~reli291/Jonestown/Jonestown.html
  • Made in San Francisco
    Argues that Bay Area politicians defended Jim Jones in exchange for money and votes.
    www.brasscheck.com/jonestown
  • Making Sense of the Nonsensical: An Analysis of Jonestown
    Describes the elements of conformity, persuasion, and self-justification that enforced Jim Jones' control over the members of the People's Temple.
    www.cultbuster.faithweb.com/jimjones.htm
  • NPR: Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown
    Includes the 1981 radio documentary by Noah Adams and James Reston, Jr., plus Adams' 1999 interview with Deborah Layton.
    www.npr.org/programs/specials/jonestown.html
  • People's Temple (Jim Jones)
    Profile of the cult and summary of the theories surrounding the murder/suicide of over 900 people of its members. From Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance.
    www.religioustolerance.org/dc_jones.htm
  • San Francisco Chronicle: Jonestown
    Series of articles describing Jim Jones' influence in mid-1970s San Francisco, survivors' memories, and more.
    www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/1998/11/12/MN855...
 


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