As a result, a total of 918 people died in the Jonestown massacre. According to the FBI, in November 1978, Congressman Leo Ryan visited Jonestown after hearing allegations of beatings ...

While visiting Jonestown, Ryan met a more than a dozen ... but Jones prevailed after repeatedly telling his followers that Congressman Ryan was dead, and that would bring the authorities soon.

shortly after Jones' gunmen killed a visiting U.S. congressman and four others at a nearby airstrip. Of the nearly 1,000 church members who began the day in Jonestown, a cult commune, only 33 ...

In November 1978, California Congressman Leo Ryan (pictured that same month) arrived at Jonestown. After hearing from members that they were being held against their will, he offered to escort via ...

When Tim Reiterman set out to tell the story of the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown ... congressman, temple defectors and journalists including Reiterman were ambushed on a nearby airstrip. The Nov.