The Rev. Jim Jones, head of the fanatical cult that killed a U.S. congressman and four other people, led his family and ...

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) — Guyana is revisiting a dark history nearly half a century after U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers died in the rural interior of the South American ...

The stories of apocalyptic cult leaders don't often end well, especially for their most devoted followers. The story of an Indianapolis preacher named Jim Jones ended with the deaths of more than 900 ...

Sources in Guyana said the Jonestown camp began obtaining shipments of cyanide -- about a quarter to a half-pound of the deadly poison each month -- as early as 1976, well before ...

Once there, it's another 6 miles via a rough and overgrown dirt trail to the abandoned commune and former agricultural settlement. The Peoples Temple compound is shown in November 1978 after the ...

The commune they created was named in honor of the cult's founder and religious leader, a charismatic figure in dark glasses named the Reverend Jim Jones. While the news media treated the Jonestown ...

Hader may also star in the series about the infamous 1970s mass suicide. By Rick Porter Television Business Editor Hader and Daniel Zelman (Damages, Bloodline) are developing a drama about Jonestown, ...