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One of the most infamous cult-related events to ever occur involves a man named Jim Jones and his new religious movement termed, “The Peoples Temple”. This racially focused, communist cult claimed to reach a massive 20,000 members and could gather as many as 3,000 members with as little as 6 hours notice. As they grew in size and scope they were forced to accommodate as they bounced around in California before landing in Guyana in 1974. It was here that the United States experienced the single greatest loss of American civilian life until 9/11.