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Jim Jones - Mini Biography | TV-14

After first moving to California Jim Jones, a cult leader, took his followers to a farm in Guyana called Jonestown. He grew paranoid about defecting members, and after a visit from Congressman Leo Ryan, ordered a mass suicide.

Jim Jones preached equality and socialism to a multi-ethnic congregation in Indiana called "The People's Temple." After first moving to California Jones, took his followers to a farm in Guyana called Jonestown. He grew paranoid about defecting members, and after a visit from Congressman Leo Ryan, ordered a mass suicide.

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