Some tragedies lose their power to shock with the passage of time. That’s not true of what’s become known as the Jonestown massacre. Forty years ago, on Nov. 18, 1978, self-styled holy man Jim Jones ...

Sources in Guyana said the Jonestown camp began obtaining shipments of cyanide -- about a quarter to a half-pound of the deadly poison each month -- as early as 1976, well before ...

Jonestown was a remote village in Guyana in South America. In November 1978, Jonestown was the site where 909 members of a cult, the Peoples Temple, died from cyanide poisoning at the direction of ...

BOISE, Idaho -- In the 30 years since Clifford Gieg has seen his brother alive, he has never talked publicly about what happened. Until now. The Boise cabinet maker survived the Jonestown massacre -- ...

Fondakowski is a New York-based playwright, screenwriter, author and director. She was the head writer of The Laramie Project and an Emmy-nominated co-screenwriter for the film adaptation of Laramie ...

In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones led one of the biggest mass murders in American history David Hume Kennerly/Getty The Jonestown Massacre is one of the largest mass death events in American history. On ...

A watch ticked on a dead man’s wrist. Another man looking at the body joked, “I guess it sure does take a licking but keep on ticking!” Humor was critical in the situation. The men and women said at ...

A tour operator is planning to turn Jonestown, a remote area in Guyana surrounded by jungle where more than 900 people died under the direction of cult leader Jim Jones, into a tourist destination.

The daughter of a woman killed trying to escape from Jonestown — shortly before 900 followers of Jim Jones committed suicide — was haunted by the tragedy until her death Johnny Dodd is a senior writer ...

OAKLAND — Jonestown was the highlight of Mike Touchette’s life — for a time. The 21-year-old Indiana native felt pride pioneering in the distant jungle of Guyana, South America. As a self-taught ...

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) - Jonestown was the highlight of Mike Touchette's life - for a time. The 21-year-old Indiana native felt pride pioneering in the distant jungle of Guyana, South America. As a self ...