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The infamous Jim Jones was responsible for the deaths of 909 of his followers by cyanide poisoning in Jonestown, Guyana on November 18, 1978. 303 of the casualties were children. In addition, Jones' followers also killed Congressman Leo Ryan and four others immediately prior to the mass slaughter of his followers. These deaths constituted the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until the September 11, 2001 attack. | The infamous Jim Jones was responsible for the deaths of 909 of his followers by cyanide poisoning in Jonestown, Guyana on November 18, 1978. 303 of the casualties were children. In addition, Jones' followers also killed Congressman Leo Ryan and four others immediately prior to the mass slaughter of his followers. These deaths constituted the greatest single loss of American civilian life in a deliberate act until the September 11, 2001 attack. | ||
Jim Jones seems to have picked up on William Branham's phraseology relating to "[[The Message]]" (refer to the transcript of the handwritten note below). | Jim Jones preached a series of meetings with William Branham in 1956, and seems to have picked up on William Branham's phraseology relating to "[[The Message]]" (refer to the transcript of the handwritten note below). His mass murder-suicide in 1978 could have also been the result of paranoia when his group of followers were not raptured in 1977. | ||
=William Branham's assistance to Jim Jones= | =William Branham's assistance to Jim Jones= | ||