The Reverend Jim Jones was one of the most bizarre religious leaders America has ever known. One November 18th 1978 he ordered his followers to commit suicide. Why did over 900 people follow one man to their doom? How did Jim Jones control so many lives? In Search of s6e7 … Jim Jones, 1981
The Jonestown Massacre: more than 900 died there; the youngest victim just five weeks old, and the oldest, 97, and the man responsible was Jim Jones. Wildly charismatic for decades, Jones was idolised by his flock but he used his church as a way to con people with phony cures to take their money, he sexually abused his followers and was obsessed with death. Obsessive behaviour that traces all the way back to his childhood. Very Scary People: Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre I, CI 2020
I acted out against the conformities in the community. First way, because I was never accepted. ibid. Jones
Mum started to see that dad was not all he said he was. Mum was in conflict from early on. ibid. son of Jones
He sees quickly that the large crowds and the big donations come when people work miracles. ibid. researcher
No Cadillacs here, no Lincolns here and ho alligator shoes here. There’s no wristwatch even on this wrist. ibid. Jones
We have to be prepared to take our flight to the valley in the case of the apocalypse that would spring forth in a nuclear hell. ibid.
He is less circumspect about some of his own moral behaviour. He begins having sex with members of his congregation … He is bisexual … He is now a sexual predator. ibid. researcher
Jones’s paranoia will prove to be very dangerous to members of the People’s Temple. ibid. researcher
There was a shot and he fell to the ground. Everybody was screaming and running … ibid. witness
They faked that shooting; he was now supremely the centre of attention. He was elated because he saw how distraught everyone was when they thought they had lost him.’ ibid. son of Jones
He said we are going to commit revolutionary suicide. He was testing us. ibid. witness
On August 1st 1977 the article was released: ‘Why Jim Jones Should Be Investigated’. Very Scary People: Jim Jones: Unholy Massacre II, headline
It is literally impossible to guess how much money and property people have Jim Jones in the twelve years since he moved his People’s Temple to California. ibid. article’s opening paragraph
Of the nearly 1,000 members of Jonestown, nearly a third were children, about another third were elderly people, many of them women. ibid. researcher
They called themselves The Concerned Relatives. One of the people making a lot of noise was Grace Stone, the mother of Jones’s five-year-old son who was back at the camp in Guyana. ibid.
What are we going to do? We gonna commit revolutionary suicide? ibid. Jim Jones
Jim Jones founded his church – the People’s Temple ... Members of Jones’s Red Militia ambushed them and opened fire. America’s Book of Secrets: Deadly Cults s2e6, History 2013
But was it mass suicide?
JONES, KEITH ALLEN murder: Accused: Guilty or Innocent? TV -
Fort Myers, Florida, 18th June 1997: When his [Keith Allen Jones] bloody body was discovered the door to room 42 was wide open. Tonight, police want to know more about the woman who checked into the hotel with the man found murdered. Accused: Guilty or Innocent? s4e2: Murder Mastermind or Innocent Witness? TV news, Channel 5 2024
It is a cold case … After 25 years new evidence has come forward about Michelle Ashley … They believe it is enough to charge her with first degree murder … There are theories that Michelle is the mastermind behind this robbery. ibid. Rob Harris, defense
If you’re in on this, why are you leaving your shoe? ibid.
The defendant is not guilty. ibid. jury
JONES, LESTER: True Crime Recaps 2022 - World's Most Evil Killers TV -
What happened to Paige Birgfeld, a single mom of three who disappeared without a trace? Detectives suspect her two ex-husbands might have had something to do with it. But when they discovered that Paige was leading a secret double life, the list of suspects suddenly got much bigger. True Crime Recaps: Secret Double Life Led to Tragedy, Youtube 13.15, 2022
New evidence finally led police to the killer’s doorstep. ibid.
One really weird client stood out, a guy who called himself Jim … His name was Lester Ralph Jones. ibid.
One hot Colorado evening in June 2007 34-year-old mother Paige Birgfeld failed to return home to her three waiting children. World’s Most Evil Killers s8e1: Lester Jones, Sky Crime 2023
The discovery of a side to Paige Birgfeld that few people knew about. ibid.
One of Paige Birgfeld’s clients was local mechanic Lester Jones, a man with a dark past. ibid.
JONES, RHYS murder: see MERCER, SEAN
JONES, WAYNE & ROBIN GRAVES: Crime Stories TV - imdb online -
November 1996: in Timmins, Ontario, the police discovered a frozen body inside the cab of a snow-covered truck. The victim had been shot five times at close range. Crime Stories s7e6: The Arbitrary Assassin, 2009
52-year-old Raymond Collin had been murdered in his truck, the victim of what appeared to be an execution-style killing. ibid.
Before long another cold-blooded shooting in another city would shed fresh light on Ray Collin’s case. ibid.
Wayne Jones and Robin Graves had been arrested for the murder of a local woman. ibid.
In November 1996, Raymond Collin went missing in his home town of Timmins, Ontario. The discovery days later of his body in a snow-covered truck in the downtown led Timmins police to uncover an assortment of possible suspects. However, police picked up the trail of the killers following another murder, this time in southern Ontario. The co-operation of the two Ontario police departments lead to the arrest and conviction of Robin Graves and Wayne Jones. imdb online article
JOSEPH, JOLLY: Curry & Cyanide 2023 -
Jolly Joseph, a respected local mother, was taken into custody in a case which has sent shockwaves through the whole of India. Curry & Cyanide, Netflix 2023
We were in a state of shock … Until now, we had always been under the impression that our family members had died because of natural causes. ibid. son
How was she able to commit six murders without her family or neighbours suspecting anything? ibid. TV news
Confessions that are made in police custody cannot be taken at face value. ibid. defence lawyer
When you come across cyanide in a case of death, first suspect murder. ibid. Dr Pillay, toxicologist
JOY, KWANG CHOL: True Crime with Aphrodite Jones TV -
A decorated soldier finds herself in the fight of her life. And then disappears without a trace. Authorities soon land on several suspects. True Crime with Aphrodite Jones s5e9: Virtual Drive-By, ID 2015
36-year-old Maribel Ramos has lived in Orange for nearly her entire life. In 2001 she enlisted in the military. ibid.
55-year-old Kwang Chol Joy, who goes by KC, answers the ad. ibid.
‘I have a roommate. She’s 36 years old. And she didn’t come home last night.’ ibid. Joy’s 911 call
‘You could see on both his arms very fresh scratches.’ ibid. rozzer
Just how toxic the relationship between KC and Mirabel had become. ibid.
When they look deep into KC’s background they discover a dark side. ibid.
JURVETSON, REET murder: People Magazine Investigates TV -
She [Reet Silvia Jurvetson] was stabbed over 150 times … but police are unable to identify the victim. And then the body of another young woman is found just a quarter of a mile away. People Magazine Investigates s3e14, ID 2019
The LA district attorney said he thinks someone in the Manson family killed Jane Doe #59. ibid.