Jonestown Massacre: Conman Jim Jones' final words that caused 900 deaths
13 May, 2021 03:22 AM
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Jim Jones told his hundreds of followers that life wasn't worth living without him. Photo / AP
Jim Jones told his hundreds of followers that life wasn't worth living without him. Photo / AP
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Today marks 90 years since the birth of one of the most evil men in American history, Jim Jones – a cult leader who forced over 900 followers, many of them children, to drink cyanide-laced fruit punch in the depths of the world's densest jungle.
The devastating act of mass murder was, up until the 9/11 attacks, the largest single incident of intentional civilian death in American history.