the jonestown report, Volume 28, November 2026

Tommy Kice, David George, and Ronnie Beikman • Doxsee Phares Collection
  1. Reports and Investigations
    1. Peoples Temple Radio Codes: An Introduction, by Aliah Mohmand
    2. The Inventory Records of the Jonestown Pharmacy: A Guide, by Brittni Criglow
      1. The Inventory Records of the Jonestown Pharmacy: What They Tell Us
    3. “Please Tell Us Where We Stand”: Peoples Temple’s Appeals to Prime Minister Forbes Burnham, by Kiana Parker
      1. Peoples Temple Contacts with Forbes Burnham, A Compilation of Documents
      2. Endorsements of Peoples Temple, A Compilation of Documents
    4. Testimonials of Jim Jones’ Miracles and Healings, A Compilation of Documents by Charlie Puterbaugh
    5. Memorial Markers of the Jonestown Dead
  2. The People of Peoples Temple
    1. To Monica, With Love and Affection, by Elana Saks
    2. Honoring Stanley Clayton, by Fielding M. McGehee III
      1. “A Transcender…”, by Yulanda Williams
      2. The Story of One Who Lived, by Janelle Noble
      3. Stanley Clayton’s Escape from Jonestown, by the Reich Family
    3. An Open Letter to Jim Jones, from Hannah Bard
    4. One Woman’s Path to Jonestown, by Sarah Rex
  3. Articles, the jonestown report 2026
    1. When Politics Becomes Prophecy: The Road from Political Fear to Jonestown, by John Collins
    2. Jonestown Beyond Ideology: Consent, Emotion, and the Limits of Explanation, by Sophie Jean
    3. Deconstructing Catastrophic Millennialism: Reconstructing Jonestown through the Lens of Religion as-lived, by Adam Keane
    4. The Jonestown Tragedy: A Sociological Perspective on “Evil”, by Amelia Henderson-Lawson
    5. Apocalyptic groups and charisma of the cadre, by Rebecca Moore
    6. Sugar, Sugar: Intimations of Organized Crime in Peoples Temple, by Barbara Nolan
    7. The Post-Defection Affidavits on Tim and Grace Stoen, by Charlie Puterbaugh
    8. The Rumor of the Third Gunshot Victim, by Charlie Puterbaugh
    9. The CIA, Rep. Leo Ryan, and Jonestown: Three Articles by Mark Rathbun
      1. Light vs. Dark, Republic vs. Empire
      2. The Jonestown Massacre and the Assassination of Leo J. Ryan
      3. Jonestown Aftermath – The Cover-Up
    10. Sexual Surveillance and Lived Contradiction: The Crossroads of a Cultic California, by Ritama Vallishayee
    11. Jonestown Tragedy Deluged in AI Slop, by Cole Waterman
    12. Five Spanish Translations by Jose Arturo Martinez Quintanilla
      1. La Puerta Abierta
      2. El Pastor Jones Conoce Al Rvdo. M. J. Divine/a>
      3. La carta de los Ocho Revolucionarios
      4. Carta de Marceline Jones a Jim Jones, junio 1970
      5. Solicitud de Marceline Jones a Carolyn Layton, mayo 1974
  4. Commentary and Opinion
    1. E Pluribus Unum: A spiritual response to Peoples Temple, by Eric Burns
    2. Father Andrew Morrison and “Rev.” Jim Jones: Conscience Meets Charisma, by Rev. Dr. Jeff Hood
    3. Jonestown: A Battle for Understanding, by Daniel Phillips
    4. Jonestown Meets the Internet Culture, by Charlie Puterbaugh
    5. True Crime, Cults, and the Search for Belonging, by Danielle Redifer
  5. Jonestown in the Arts 2026
    1. Books
      1. Dark Messiah: A Story of a Victim, by Sara Z. Carson
        1. Peoples Temple as Subtext: A Review of Dark Messiah, by Annie Dawid
      2. Documenting the Air Commandos’ Response to Jonestown: A Review of Valor Untold, by Aliah Mohmand
    2. Music
      1. The Music of Yulanda Williams
      2. An Interview with the Swedish Band “Jonestown”, by Joel Roston
    3. Podcasts
      1. The ninth annual Peoples Temple podcast review spectacular!, by Jason Dikes
        1. A Romanian Podcast Considers History of Jonestown, by Tudor Stoica
  6. Website news
    1. Is the Jonestown Institute a reliable source?: An AI Overview
    2. The Volunteers of the Website
      1. Charlie Puterbaugh: A Profile in Grit and Determination, by Rebecca Moore
    3. Military Response to Jonestown: 2026 in Review, by Aliah Mohmand
  7. Obituaries 2026
    1. In Memory of Jack Arnold Beam: Love is the Answer, by Shannon Howard
    2. Juanita Bogue – Across Generations, by Leigh Fondakowski
    3. Eusi Kwayana: A Living Archive, by Richard Drayton
    4. Eusi Kwayana: Remembering a Wise and Gentle Man, by Rebecca Moore
  8. the jonestown report Archive
Originally posted on October 2nd, 2026.
Last modified on October 30th, 2026.