What’s New?

This page lists articles, tapes, documents and resources which have been added to this website within the past 15 months. Previous pages with substantive revisions are noted in italics. (Note: This does not include entries from the jonestown report, an annual publication featuring articles, remembrances, personal reflections, and artistic interpretations of Peoples Temple.)


Jonestown in the News


Articles

Chronicling the History of the Pioneers in Jonestown, by Danielle Redifer (May 2025)

The Song of the Suicides: An Author’s Note, by Salvador Hernáez Alonso (May 2025)

La canción de los suicidas, a Spanish translation by Salvador Hernáez Alonso (May 2025)

Massenpsychologie in der Praxis?, an article in German by Helmig Ferdinand (May 2025)

Las Cartas de Despedida de Teri Buford, a Spanish translation of The Departure Letters of Teri Buford for Jose Arturo Martinez Quintanilla (January 2025)

JoeSam. Spelled his Name with a Period, by Rebecca Moore (January 2025)

Visiting Jonestown, Peoples Temple, by Chris Weber (2019; republished December 2024)

Leo Ryan’s Heroism at Jonestown, by Mark Stricherz (November 2024)

“If you don’t love children, you don’t understand socialism”: The Children of Peoples Temple, by Alexandra Leah Prince (November 2024)


Remembrances


Speakers & Resources

Jonestown on Social Media, compiled by Joel Roston (March 2025)


Commentary and Opinion


Jonestown Research

Peoples Temple and North Korea, by Nick Miller (May 2025)


Primary Sources


The Freedom of Information Act and Jonestown


Tapes

Transcript of Jim Jones interview on Jim Dunbar Show (September 1972), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-nn-1 – nn-8 (June 2024)

Transcript of Jim Jones interview on KLIL Radio in Ukiah (May 1973), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-oo-1 – oo-4 (June 2024)

Transcript of Jim Jones interview on KPIX with Cecil Williams (April 1976), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-mm-1 – mm-5 (June 2024)

Transcript of Jim Jones testimonial to Cecil Williams (November 1976), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-ll-1 – ll-2 (June 2024)

Transcript of Jim Jones interview on KSFO with Julia Hare (early 1977), RYMUR 89-4286-BB-17-kk-1 – kk-14 (June 2024)