Is Jonestown a tourist site?

Details: Jonestown is basically a non-site and sees practically zero tourism. It is most certainly not promoted by the country’s tourism industry or government.

Where is Jim Jones buried?

Minister and leader of the People’s Temple. Born James Warren Jones in Crete, Indiana, near Lynn, he was the son of James and Lynetta Thurman Jones….Jim Jones.

Original Name	James Warren
Death	18 Nov 1978 (aged 47) Jonestown, Barima-Waini, Guyana
Burial	Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea
Memorial ID	1452 · View Source

Where is the Jonestown memorial?

Evergreen Cemetery
The Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland, California is the final resting place of the 412 unclaimed bodies from the Jonestown Massacre, and so it seemed fitting that this would be the location of the official memorial.

Where is Larry Layton now?

Larry now lives in Northern California.

Does Jonestown still exist in Guyana?

The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name “Jonestown”, was a remote settlement in Guyana, established by the Peoples Temple, a San Francisco-based cult under the leadership of Jim Jones….Jonestown.

Peoples Temple Agricultural Project “Jonestown”
• Total	918

Does the Peoples Temple still exist?

Decades after more than 900 cult members died in Jonestown, the jungle village is completely abandoned. In November 1978, Jonestown was the site where 909 members of a cult, the Peoples Temple, died from cyanide poisoning at the direction of leader Jim Jones. Today, the abandoned village is an overgrown jungle.

Is Jim Jones still alive?

Deceased (1931–1978)
Jim Jones/Living or Deceased

How did Odell Rhodes survive?

Odell survived by making the conscious decision not to participate in the dying going on around him, one of the very few people to make that decision. His decision likely was the first step on a long and lonely road that so many other survivors have taken, but his circumstances made his path that much more difficult.

How was Larry Layton caught?

What happened to the killers? All but one of the airport gunmen died in the mass suicide. Larry Layton, who posed as a defector, was captured after badly wounding two people inside a plane trying to take off. He was not paroled from an American prison until 2002.

Is the Family International still active?

It was later renamed and reorganized as The Family of Love (1978–1981), which was eventually shortened to The Family. As of 2004 it goes by The Family International….

The Family International
Abbreviation	TFI
Type	Christian cult
Leader	Karen Zerby (1994–present)
Founder	David Berg

How did the Peoples Temple get money?

Even though most Peoples Temple holdings were sold by the time of the tragedy at the church’s Guyana mission, the cult still gets income from other properties acquired by purchase or gift, the newspaper said. The report was based on documents the newspaper said were presented by temple members who worked with Lane.