Jim Jones was a charismatic cult leader who convinced over 900 followers to drink poison and die by suicide with him at the Jonestown settlement in Guyana. As a young man, he was interested in political and religious figures and started his own church preaching social justice. He was able to attract many followers with his powerful speaking skills. Eventually, he moved his followers, called the People's Temple, to Guyana where he had complete control over them and their belongings. On November 18, 1978, he convinced over 900 people to drink poisoned Flavor-Aid, killing them, because he believed the world was cruel and they had "lived long enough."

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3. Jim JonesBrief Biopic: -Born in Crete, Indiana, May 13, 1931-Jones’ father, a World War One veteran, was an alcoholic, somewhat abusive towards Jones-Was interested in political/religious figures such as Mahatmas Gandhi, Stalin, Karl Marx, and Adolf Hitler

4. As a Charismatic Leader:-Speaking skills began when young, sometime before high school. -Was able to enchant his audience with his control and inflection, was extremely self-assured on stage -Disenchanted with church goings, split to make own church with righteous social and moral values, attracted followers

5. Leadership Continued…While in his later years he accommodated a more bizarre and outlandish persona, Jim Jones was still able to gather unparalleled support from followers in a way that was yet unprecedented among the American society

6. Lifestyle-Jones preached social and radical justice and it kept his followers by his side-Jones was able to enact a soup kitchen for the poor, two elderly nursing homes, as well as center focused on clothing the poor and needy

7. On a Move-Although to satisfy his power hungry ego, Jones was able to convince his followers to move with him to Guyana, South America to a place they called the People’s Temple-This is where Jones instructed the followers to unquestionably entrust him with their financial and physical belongings

8. “Revolutionary Suicide”Jones convinced most in People’s Temple to commit suicide. He believed that society was gruesome and wrongful to many. He stressed to his followers that everyone should die now before the world gets a hold of them.

9. He concocted a poison that consisted of Flavor-Aid and cyanide