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

Four decades of fanaticism, terrorism and light-speed media exposure to violence and victimization haven’t dulled the horrors of November 1978, when Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers ...

Drinking the Kool-Aid: A Survivor Remembers Jim Jones Teri Buford O'Shea fled Jonestown just three weeks before all its inhabitants committed suicide.

Drinking the Kool-Aid: Remember When Jim Jones Was a Hero to Democrats? 1978: Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads a mass suicide of his followers in their camp of Jonestown in Guyana.

The phrase “drinking the Kool-Aid” refers to followership at its worse. It was coined after a delusional, pseudo-guru named Jim Jones led his cult, the Peoples Temple, to mass suicide. Over ...

Daniel J. Flynn is the author of the new book "Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco." Forty years ago this November, the Reverend Jim Jones orchestrated the ...

The origin of “Drink the Kool-Aid” lies in the 1978 tragedy at Jonestown, where over 900 members of Peoples Temple took poisoned fruit punch at the behest of their leader, Jim Jones.

The end of November will mark the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown Massacre, in which “drinking the Kool-Aid” was a pivotal part in the deaths of 918 people.

Before we get to the Kool-Aid part, let's recap some horrible American history. Jim Jones was a complex man. Long story short, he was a communist and occasional Methodist minister who founded his ...

Jeff Lindsay needs a lesson in history, school teachers failed his educational needs. Jeff wrote: “Does anyone remember Jim Jones and sharing the Kool-Aid? I think Trump may be sharing the virus ...

Shia LaBeouf has left some fans a little confused after a statement he made about himself on social media this week. On Thursday (June 26), the actor, seemingly unprompted, declared: "I AM JIM JONES." ...

November 18 th marks the 33 rd anniversary of the Jonestown massacre. Jim Jones, founder of the 8,000-member People’s Temple in San Francisco, once asked Margo St. James, founder of the ...