Thirty years later, ghosts of Jonestown live on

Religious News Service: Thirty years later, ghosts of Jonestown live on

In life, the approximately 900 people who followed the Rev. Jim Jones to build a utopian commune in the South American jungle in 1977 were relatively anonymous.

But in death, the Jonestown pilgrims became front-page news when they died a year later after following Jones' order to drink punch laced with poison.

On Nov. 18, the names of those members of the Peoples Temple will echo in public again during a ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of their deaths. Their names will be unveiled on a memorial and read aloud during a "Speaking Their Names" ceremony at the Jewish Community Center in San Francisco.

Three of the names hit home for Rebecca Moore, whose sisters Carolyn Layton and Annie Moore died at Jonestown along with her nephew, Layton's 4-year-old son, Kimo. ...

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[joelramdial]

is jimjones still alive

[Michael W. Kruse]

Jones killed himself in the mass suicide.