There had been discussions about a mass suicide. In some circles, there were practice drills,” one survivor recounted to The ...

Survivor Recalls Horror of Notorious Guyana Commune. November 17, 2003 12:00 AM ET. Heard on ... More than 900 followers of Reverend Jim Jones were killed after they drank fruit drink ...

On Nov. 18, 1978, 909 members of the Peoples Temple cult, led by Reverend Jim Jones, committed mass suicide at Jonestown, their Guyana-based settlement. Additional victims, including the late Calif… ...

In 1978, over 900 people — including 300 children — were killed at a Guyana commune after drinking poison, ordered by cult leader Jim Jones.

Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple was responsible for the largest mass murder-suicide in history at his remote Jonestown commune in 1978. Over 900 commune members died by drinking Flavor Aid, not Kool ...

Congressman Leo Ryan went to Guyana in 1978 to investigate reports of American cult leader Jim Jones holding hundreds of his followers captive. Ryan didn't make it out of Jonestown alive.

Congressman Leo Ryan went to Guyana in 1978 to investigate reports of American cult leader Jim Jones holding hundreds of his followers captive. Ryan didn't make it out of Jonestown alive.

In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones led one of the deadliest mass murders in American history. Here is everything to know about the true story of the horrific Jonestown Massacre.

This Nov. 1978 file photo shows bodies of followers of cult leader Jim Jones are seen at the Jonestown commune in Guyana, where more than 900 members of the People's Temple committed suicide.

uyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after US Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American country.

Jim Jones was the architect of the Jonestown massacre, in which 918 people died. By. ... Most of the 918 people who died in the 1977 Jonestown massacre in a remote commune in Guyana, ...