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Jim Jones Jr. on Oprah

Jim Jones Jr.—the adopted son of the cult leader behind a 1978 mass suicide in which more than 900 people took their lives—told Oprah Wednesday why he still goes by such an infamous moniker: "I am a part of an organization that tried to build a new world. ... They tried something. They failed horrifically, but they tried."

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Jim Jones Jr.—the adopted son of the cult leader behind a 1978 mass suicide in which more than 900 people took their lives—told Oprah Wednesday why he still goes by such an infamous moniker: "I am a part of an organization that tried to build a new world. ... They tried something. They failed horrifically, but they tried."