Other Websites of Interest

Baird, Laura. “Jonestown Carpet.”

The Centre for the Critical Study of Apocalyptic and Millenarian Movements (CenSAMM), an initiative of the Panacea Charitable Trust in Bedford, UK, has a page on The Peoples Temple of the Disciples of Christ (2018).

CESNUR. “Scholars Present Request to Declassify Jonestown Documents.” 18 November 1998.

Csuk, Brian, The Jonestown, Guyana Tragedy: Primary Source Materials from the U.S. Department of State (archived at the Internet’s Wayback Machine).

The Cult Education Institute (formerly the Rick A. Ross Institute), Jonestown.

Digital Jonestown, a collaborative project of Cowles Library at Drake University and the Special Collections Department of Library and Information Access at San Diego State University.

“Father Cares: The Last of Jonestown,” a 1981 radio documentary, available at:

1. National Public Radio;
2. Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National; and
3. Australian Broadcasting Corporation Radio National (alternate listing).

A 2015 reflection by NPR producers and staff who worked on “Father Cares” appears here. The link also includes the program in streaming in download formats.

Federal Bureau of Investigation. Jonestown Freedom of Information Act files.

Hassan, Steven. Freedom of Mind Center. (Search the site for “Peoples Temple” and “Jonestown” articles.)

International Cultic Studies Association. (Search the site for “Peoples Temple” and “Jonestown” articles.)

Isaacson, Barry. “The Secret Letters of the Jonestown Death Cult.” The Spectator (U.K.), 14 May 2008.

James Warren Jones (2019-2020), a blogpost with numerous previously-unknown photos of Jim Jones and Jonestown.

The Jonestown Genocide.

The Jonestown Memorial

Kahalas, Laurie Efrein. jonestown.com Archive.

Kinsolving, Tom. Jonestown Apologists Alert Archive.

“James Warren JONES,” Murderpedia.

National Public Radio. “Remembering Jonestown,” by Melissa Block.

Norwood, Jynona. “Jonestown Memorial.”

Ontario Consultants on Religious Tolerance. “The People’s Temple led by James Warren (Jim) Jones.”

Real Clear History (Search the site for “Jonestown” articles).

Rural People’s Party.

University of Virginia, The Religious Movements Homepage Project. “Peoples Temple (Jonestown).”