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 ...

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.

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 ...

A Brian Jonestown Massacre concert came to a chaotic end last night (November 21) in Melbourne, Australia. In videos shared by fans, the band’s lead vocalist Anton Newcombe and guitarist Ryan Van ...

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 ...

Forty years ago Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.) was nearly killed in a savage attack while on a fact-finding mission into Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple cult. She told "Sunday Morning" about how that ...

Exclusive: Leonardo DiCaprio is a producer on the four-part series, which will air timed to the tragedy's 40th anniversary. The history and aftermath of the Jonestown commune is still difficult to ...

In this series, Newsweek reconstructs the events leading to the Jonestown Massacre as it happened in 1978, day by day. November 16, 1978: A few members of the concerned relatives found their way to ...

In this series, Newsweek reconstructs the events leading to the Jonestown Massacre as it happened in 1978, day by day. November 7, 1978: On the morning of Tuesday, November 7, U.S. Consul Doug Ellice ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Going into The Brian Jonestown Massacre, I had no idea what to expect. Coming out of it, I have no ...