Jim Jones
| Jim Jones link Wikiquote (Religious leader, community organizer, spook?) | |
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| Born | James Warren Jones 1931-05-13 Crete, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died | 1978-11-18 Jonestown, Guyana |
| Children | 7 |
| Spouse | Marceline Baldwin Jones |
A drug addicted religious leader with disputed CIA connections who lead a commune of almost 1000 people to Guyana, South America. | |
Not to be confused with US deep state functionaries James R. Jones or James G. Jones
James Warren "Jim" Jones was a nominally Christian religious leader who gathered followers in the USA before buying land in Guyana and moving the whole group there. This terminated tragically in the Jonestown massacre which killed over 900 people. CIA connections are suspected by many but not definitively proven.
Drug addiction
Jim Jones was drug dependent, and in his body a level of Pentobarbital was detected that would have been fatal to anyone who had not developed a tolerance.
CIA connections?
Clear evidence about CIA ties to Jim Jones and Jonestown remains lacking,Template:Cn but several alternative theories exist, which suggest that Jonestown was an outgrowth of a CIA mind control research project Mk Ultra.[1][2][3]
Mae Brussel
In August 1977 (Broadcast #282) Mae Brussell discussed Jim Jones and the Peoples Templ's move to Guyana. She speculated it might be a training camp for assassination teams.[4]