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

In a new National Geographic documentary on Hulu, survivors discuss their memories of the jungle ‘utopia’ in Guyana where Reverend Jim Jones caused the death of nearly a thousand of his ...

Jim Jones sat down with Angie Martinez for her IRL podcast recently and talked about the debate that’s had a stranglehold on rap social media. The legendary journalist and radio host said that the day ...

Jim W. Jones Jr., shown here after coaching basketball practice at City College of San Francisco, Calif., on Sunday, November 16, 2008. On Nov. 18, 1978, the day of the mass suicide at Jonestown ...

She does not try to historicize Jim Jones, makes no grand claims that Jonestown represents the final death throes of the 1960s counterculture. In short, she has no comfort for us.

If the Jim Jones whom Guinn reveals remains somewhat unknowable — a larger-than-life figure who lied constantly and seems to have trusted no one — he’s still a compelling presence. It’s as if, even in ...

Jim Jones makes his case after a 22-year-old college student from New Jersey said he was influenced more by the Harlem rapper than by Nas on the Don’t Quote Me podcast. While stopping by the Joe ...

Jim Jones wore his followers down with frequent talk of being invaded, of the hopelessness of their struggle, and his logical conclusion: suicide.

The legacy and warning of Shirlee Fields and Jim Jones ‘The language of death was everywhere’ for Michigan woman, family in Jonestown ...

Remembering Jonestown Twenty-five years ago, more than 900 followers of Reverend Jim Jones were killed after they drank fruit juice mixed with cyanide.

Jonestown: The Life and Death of the Peoples Temple: Documentary. Directed by Stanley Nelson. (Not rated. 85 minutes. At the Lumiere, Berkeley Shattuck, San Rafael Film Center. For complete movie ...

Jim Jones’ sons tell all in new Jonestown doc Stephan Jones and Jim Jones Jr., the surviving son of Jim Jones, tell all in a new documentary about the Jonestown massacre.