Of the 918 Americans who died on Nov. 18, 1978, 907 of them ingested poison. Tim Carter was in a state of absolute shock. He had been told to go on an errand in the midst of a big, hastily-called ...
"There's somethings about Jonestown I'm never going to deal with." It’s been 40 years since Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones led more than 900 of his followers to participate in the mass murder-suicide ...
On a remote airstrip in the South American country of Guyana, Jackie Speier lay gravely wounded behind the wheel of a small plane. The 28-year-old legal adviser to a California congressman had been ...
The Jonestown massacre remains one of the largest mass murders in American history. In a single day, 901 Americans and 8 Guyanese died from Jim Jones’ actions. Met with criticism rather than ...
Specific locations can hold a lot of spiritual weight, depending on what happened there. For example, more than 3 million people visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France each year ...
Disclaimer: This article contains mentions of suicide and murder. Reader discretion is advised. An episode of Dateline: Secrets Uncovered, titled “An American Tragedy”, will air on Oxygen on Wednesday ...
In 1954, Infamous cult leader Jim Jones established the People’s Temple Full Gospel Church in Indianapolis as a pastor. Known for his charismatic preaching and idealistic views, Jones quickly ...
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 ...
In the three-part docuseries Cult Massacre: One Day In Jonestown, director Marian Mohamed and producers Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin dissect the day of the November 18, 1978 Jonestown massacre, where ...
No one knows more about the Jonestown massacre than journalist Tim Reiterman. He began investigating Reverend Jim Jones, the twisted leader of the Peoples Temple cult, for the San Francisco Chronicle ...
Revisit the tragic and infamous Jonestown massacre in the new trailer for an upcoming docuseries that examines the final hours of Jim Jones’ cult in Guyana. Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown — the ...
THE OLD PEOPLES TEMPLE BUILDING COLLAPSED in the last big San Francisco earthquake, leaving behind nothing but an empty plot of land to mark its passing. I'd avoided the place for nearly 10 years -- ...