DEMON in Human Form: Jim Jones

Overview

In 1978, a cult called "The People's Temple" resided in Guyana under a delusional leader named Jim Jones. With over 1,000 members on sight at Jonestown the American government started to investigate reports of inhumane conditions in the settlement. A congressman was met with hostility and was assassinated by members of "The People's Temple" under the orders of Jim Jones himself. Fearing the consequences of these actions, Jones activated a plan that he had set up and practiced for years. Called, 'White Night" almost every member drank from a tub of cyanide laced Flavor-Aid. As a result, 918 people lost or gave up their lives at Jonestown (304 were children 17 and under). Under the leadership of a madman, "The People's Temple" went down in history as one of the most shocking tragedies in the history of the United States of America. But what made the madman, Jim Jones, who he became? Where did his story begin? To find that answer, we travel to small town Indiana. To the town that raised