The history and aftermath of the Jonestown commune is still difficult to comprehend, whether you’re talking about it or trying to show the kind of devotion that would drive so many followers to lose ...
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 ...
900 Americans died in murder and suicide ritual at Peoples Temple agricultural mission. This Nov. 1978 photo shows Jim Jones, founder of the Peoples Temple sect in Jonestown, Guyana. AP file photos ...
LOS ANGELES -- National Geographic has released the chilling trailer of "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." The three-part series will tell the story of the religious organization led by Jim Jones ...
TIM REITERMAN Associated Press Writer Dark clouds tumbled overhead on that afternoon 30 years ago, in the last hours of the congressman’s mission deep in the jungle of Guyana. This Nov. 1978 ...