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 Research


Articles

The Jonestown Tragedy: A Sociological Perspective on “Evil”, by Amelia Henderson-Lawson (March 2026)


Primary Sources


Audiotapes

Sandy Rozynko phone patch, December 2, 1977, RYMUR 89-4286-x-2-e-1 (December 2025)

Mickey Touchette phone patch, December 3, 1977, RYMUR 89-4286-x-2-e-2 (December 2025)

Notes and transcripts of conversations between former Temple member Carrie Tucker coordinating alliances with defectors (December 2025)
• unknown date, Summer 1978, RYMUR 89-4286-R-1-D-9 – D-9s, D-12 – D-12t (Text here).
• July 11, 1978, RYMUR 89-4286-x-2-f-1(1) – (f-1(12) (Text here).

Notes and transcriptions of telephone calls between Marceline Jones and her daughter Suzanne, fall 1978 (December 2025)
• September 5, 1978, RYMUR 89-4286-x-2-o-1(1) – 1(2) (Text here).
• September 20, 1978, RYMUR 89-4286-BB-20-A-1 – A-3 (Text here).
• October 17, 1978, FBI Audiotape 693 (Text here).


The Freedom of Information Act and Jonestown

Central Intelligence Agency (June 2025)

FBI Sections


Notes

Apanjat (February 2026)

Juche (February 2026)