A tragic massacre took place on November 18, 1978, in Guyana. 909 members of Peoples Temple died in the middle of a jungle in Guyana and five people were killed on an airstrip. It has been called the largest mass murder suicide.
The story of the massacre was told by survivors and relatives who happened to survive and know Jim Jones. According to Jim’s childhood friends, Jim was a weird kid, he was obsessed with religion and death, and he used to conduct funerals of small animals that have died. One of his friends saw him killing a cat with a knife then having a funeral which was very weird. Jim’s father didn’t work or have a job and was a drunk. His mother had to work in order to support the family.
The focus of Jim’s message