Jim Jones (Cult Leader)

News
January 31, 2013
Jonestown's Medicine Man
A young Houston physician designed a lethal cocktail that killed more than 900 men, women, children and babies at a place that was supposed to be a paradise but is better known as Jonestown.
Blogs
January 30, 2013
Cover Story: Larry Schacht, the Doctor of Jonestown
On the day of the Jonestown massacre in November 1978, three native Texans played significant roles. Sixty-year-old Christine Miller, born in Brownsville, is heard on the infamous "death tape" trying to negotiate with Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones to save the lives of more than 900 people. With i ... More >>
News
October 25, 2012
Houston Babylon
Four of the spookiest true tales in our city's history
Blogs
December 12, 2011
Friday Night: Scratch Acid At Fitzgerald's
Photos By Craig Hlavaty"Thanks for coming to the reenactment," joked David Yow, frontman of returning noise-punk heroes Scratch Acid on Friday night towards the end of the band's hour-long set at Fitzgerald's. The band played most every song they knew together, with Yow in pitch-perfect craze ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2011
Jonestown: Soundtrack for a Mass Suicide
Today marks the day in 1978 that cult leader Jim Jones ordered his followers to drink cyanide-laced Flavor Aid at his Jonestown compound in Guyana. Congressman Leo Ryan had come to the compound to investigate reports of abuse, and even though Ryan stated he planned to report positively on the ... More >>
Blogs
September 24, 2008
Artist of the Week: Jim Jones Jamboree
Blogs
October 4, 2007
The Houston 100: The Master List
Music
September 27, 2007
Houston's Very Best Songs Ever
...otherwise known as the H-Town 20
News
November 30, 2006
This Man Thinks He's Jesus H. Christ!
And a lot of people agree with him
News
July 18, 1996
Troubleshooter for the Millennium
Suddenly, as the year 2000 approaches, Phillip Arnold's study of first-century apocalyptic Christians is more than a scholarly pursuit