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A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami PrabhupadaChristian Jansen, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Abimael Guzmánaltemark, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Abu Bakr al-BaghdadiU.S Army, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Adolf HitlerUnknown author, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
Aleister CrowleyAleister Crowley, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ann Lee"one Milleson, of New York", Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ante PavelićWilly Pragher, CC BY 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
Antônio ConselheiroFlávio de Barros, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
António de Oliveira SalazarManuel Alves de San Payo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Augusto PinochetMinisterio de Relaciones Exteriores de Chile, CC BY 2.0 cl, via Wikimedia Commons
Ayn RandPhoto portrait credited to "Talbot" (though not on original dust jac…, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ben KlassenFlorida Gov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Benito MussoliniUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho)Marcel Antonisse / Anefo, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Charles MansonCalifornia Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Corneliu Zelea CodreanuUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
David BergUnknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
David KoreshMcLennan County Sheriff's Office., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Donald DeFreezeFBI, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Elizabeth Clare ProphetBlackSun at English Wikipedia, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Enver HoxhaPetrit Kumi, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Erich HoneckerUnknown, CC BY-SA 3.0 de, via Wikimedia Commons
Father DivineLos Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Ferdinand MarcosUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ferenc SzálasiAnonymousUnknown author / Zespół: Wydawnictwo Prasowe Kraków-Warszawa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Fidel CastroUnknown (Mondadori Publishers), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Francisco FrancoUnknown author, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
François DuvalierUnknown artist, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Frederick LenzFrederick Lenz Foundation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
G. I. GurdjieffJanet Flanner-Solita Solano papers., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
George Lincoln RockwellWarren K. Leffler, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Getúlio VargasGoverno do Brasil, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Girolamo SavonarolaFra Bartolomeo, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hafez al-AssadGovernment of Syria, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hasan-i SabbahUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Helena BlavatskyUnsure, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ho Chi MinhUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hong XiuquanFord & West Lith., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Huey LongUncredited news photographer., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Hugo ChávezRoberto Stuckert Filho, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Idi AminBernard Gotfryd, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jacob FrankUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jan of LeidenHeinrich Aldegrever, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Jean-Bédel Bokassaunknown, image comes from the National Archives, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Jim JonesNancy Wong, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
John AfricaUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
John Humphrey Noyesunknown Uploaded by User:Epousesquecido (also w:User:Epousesquecido), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Joseph Di MambroBrisbane airport surveillance camera, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Joseph StalinIvan Shagin, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Josip Broz TitoUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Juan PerónUnknown author., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Juhayman al-Otaybiوكالات الانباء السعودية (واس) - spa, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Kim Il-sungJesse Charlie, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kim Jong-ilJesse Charlie, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
L. Ron HubbardAdam Cuerden, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Lyndon LaRoucheOregon Secretary of State, distributed to voters without a copyright…, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Maharishi Mahesh YogiVernon Barnes PhD Dr Jean Fortunet, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mao ZedongChen Zhengqing (1917–1966), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Maximilien RobespierreUnidentified painter, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Mobutu Sese SekoFrank Hall, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Muammar GaddafiStevan Kragujević, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Muhammad AhmadUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Nicolae Ceaușescuunknown, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
NongqawuseUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Osama bin LadenHamid Mir, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Pol PotUnknown author, Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
Rafael TrujilloUnknown author., Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Ruhollah KhomeiniUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sabbatai ZeviUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Saddam HusseinIraqi News Agency, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Sergey NechayevUnknown, but it is safe to assume he/she was dead by 1940 (ie, 70 ye…, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Silvio BerlusconiEuropean People’s Party, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Sun Myung MoonDavid Roberts, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Thomas MüntzerChristoph van Sichem, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Velupillai PrabhakaranRajasekharan Parameswaran, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Victor HouteffUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Vidkun QuislingRiksarkivet (National Archives of Norway) from Oslo, Norway, No restrictions, via Wikimedia Commons
Vladimir LeninPavel Zhukov, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
William Luther PierceRobert Hartnell, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
WovokaUnknown author, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Story images: Jim Jones
1. Jones’s first church, photographed in 2011.
Indytnt, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2. Entrance to the Peoples Temple headquarters at 1859 Geary Boulevard, San Francisco, December 1978.
Nicolas Martin, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3. Housing Commissioner Jim Jones at a rally against evictions at the International Hotel, San Francisco, January 1977.
Nancy Wong, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4. The entrance to the Jonestown settlement.
The original uploader was Mosedschurte at English Wikipedia., Attribution, via Wikimedia Commons
5. The central pavilion where the community gathered, photographed by the FBI after November 1978.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
6. The Port Kaituma airstrip, photographed by the FBI after the shooting.
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
7. The memorial grave for victims of Jonestown at Evergreen Cemetery, Oakland, 2011.
Mercurywoodrose, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons