When news of the tragedy at Jonestown broke, it captured the public's attention immediately. A cult in the jungle? Mass suicides? The coverage was as lurid as it was compelling.
People gathered at two events at the Evergreen Cemetery in Oakland Saturday to commemorate the 45th anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre. “I am actually a survivor of Jonestown,” said Yulanda ...
he most lasting cultural debris from the 1978 Peoples Temple massacre in Guyana may be a few chilling photos and catch phrases about “drinking the Kool-Aid.” Documentarian Stanley Nelson dug deeper.