Reports indicate that a cult leader, Jim Jones, established Jonestown in Guyana in 1974 and instructed his followers to move there.

One-third of the dead at Jonestown were children; only 33 people survived Jones was a self-appointed minister and phony faith healer from the Midwest Unlike his followers, Jones was shot in the ...

The Jonestown massacre of 1978 -- which happened 41 years ago today -- is the largest mass suicide in modern history Johnny Dodd is a senior writer at PEOPLE, who focuses on human interest, crime ...

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 ...

White Night will explore the infamous Jonestown massacre of 1978, with Gordon-Levitt attached to star as cult leader Jim Jones and Moretz as a member of the Peoples Temple founder’s inner circle ...

When Tim Reiterman set out to tell the story of the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown mass murders and suicides, he didn’t want to retread territory he’d covered with previous anniversary stories, or ...

I’ll never forget November of 1978. That’s when we all began to hear disturbing news from Jonestown, Guyana, in South America. Acting on behalf of Jim Jones, cult leader of The People’s ...

Based upon the real life story of Reverend Jim Jones, a self-proclaimed prophet who founded the Peoples Temple. In the 1960s, he began as an idealist helping minorities and working against racism.