My parents subscribed to both Time and Newsweek and in 1978, I remember the covers of both that December were of the… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
Representative Leo J. Ryan understood the manipulation phenomena people were describing to him and he lost his life in a Guyanese jungle… — Leo Ryan Copy Share Image
“The Trojan Horse Sterling had referred to reflected his belief that the truth about Jonestown had never been revealed to the American… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
Jim Jones used highly-edited videos and photos of Jonestown, showing what a supposed Eden it was. People were interviewed smiling and working… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
Aye, we from the streets, we from the streets, we from the streets, but don't u judge me — Future Copy Share Image
That's why I think it's important to revisit the story of Jonestown. I hope readers come away with a greater compassion for… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
I used to really like Method Man and Redman for some reason. And Fabolous. A lot of New York rappers, too. Cam'ron.… — Ski Mask the Slump God Copy Share Image
I was working on a satirical novel about a charismatic preacher who takes over a small Indiana town. Then I remembered Jim… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
Jim Jones wanted his people to believe the establishment was trying to kill him because whites were threatened by his message of… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
“Just as demagogues lead their well-intentioned followers into tragedy, so the jungle inevitably reclaims it's own.” — Jeff Gunn Copy Share Image
As kids, my brother David and I longed for acceptance. We were desperate to belong. We would have been thrilled to see… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
“It’s time to introduce a new fallacy that we have coined the Kool-Aid Fallacy. It goes like this: “You disagree with me… — Thomas Stark Copy Share Image
“Hope springs eternal, unfortunately it springs from a well poisoned with Jim Jones’ Kool Aid” — Dean Cavanagh Copy Share Image
“Why such a massacre had occurred, the Omegans could only speculate. Some thought it may have been to stop a large-scale emigration… — James Morcan Copy Share Image
To be honest, I didn't want to get inside Jones's head. Every time I wrote about Jim Jones I practically had to… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
I could never be in a cult. For starters, they never accessorize properly. David Koresh had no fashion sense, Jim Jones wore… — Joan Rivers Copy Share Image
Jim Jones started out as a civil rights crusader in Indianapolis. As a young preacher in the mid-50s, he used members of… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
In California, Jim Jones even staged a shooting of himself. The lesson of this was two-fold. One, that he was a god… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
I think the folks who joined Jim Jones's church did so because they truly believed in his stated ideals of racial equality… — Julia Scheeres Copy Share Image
“Alioto sent a “To Whom It May Concern” letter ahead on his personal stationery, urging police and government officials in Houston, Chicago,… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“No one listening [to Jones' sermons], even those who were the most devoted to him, could take it all in. But at… — Jeff Guinn Copy Share Image
“The obvious differences apart, Karl Marx was no more a reliable prophet than was the Reverend Jim Jones. Karl Marx was a… — William F. Buckley, Jr Copy Share Image
“the Branch Davidians’ theology is not so different from that of a large fraction of Americans. We call Koresh a “cult leader,”… — Kurt Andersen Copy Share Image
“This may come as a flash, but Obama ain’t Jesus, and neither is George W. Bush, Lyndon Johnson, or even our beloved… — Joseph Befumo Copy Share Image
