The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name Jonestown, was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American religious cult under the …

Nov 11, 2025 · What was Jonestown? Jonestown was a remote compound in Guyana built by Peoples Temple cult leader Jim Jones. With little interference from the Guyanese government, Jonestown …

Oct 18, 2010 · On November 18, 1978, U.S. Representative Leo Ryan, who had gone to Jonestown to investigate claims of abuse, was murdered along with four members of his delegation. That same …

The FBI investigates a murder of a Congressman and a mass suicide in Jonestown, Guyana in the late 1970s.

May 5, 2025 · On November 18, 1978, Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones instructed all members living in the Jonestown, Guyana compound to commit an act of "revolutionary suicide," by drinking …

Jul 3, 2025 · Genevieve Glatsky and Federico Rios reported from what used to be the Jonestown settlement in Guyana. What makes a tragedy worth revisiting? Nearly 50 years after the mass …

Jonestown's main pavilion is partially collapsed a week after over 900 people were killed on the commune. The Jonestown massacre remains one of the largest mass murders in American history....

Jul 11, 2025 · Jonestown, the site in Guyana where more than 900 followers of cult leader Jim Jones died in a mass murder-suicide in 1978, has now opened up for tours.

Jun 17, 2024 · On Nov. 18, 1978, over 900 Americans were killed after ingesting poison at Jonestown, a religious commune in Guyana, South America led by Jim Jones. The reverend brought thousands of …

Jul 28, 2025 · On Nov. 17, 1978, Ryan went to Jonestown after relatives of people in the settlement reported claims of abuse. The next day, as he and several group members attempted to leave, …