In all, 918 people died that day, nearly a third of whom were children. By then the church was more like a cult. Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple, poses for a portrait near San Rafael, Calif. Hyacinth soured on it, and on Jones, too. Jonestown, location of the mass murder-suicide of the California-based Peoples Temple cult at the behest of their charismatic but paranoid leader, Jim Jones, in Jonestown agricultural commune, Guyana, on November 18, 1978. In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo, Stephan Jones, son of Rev. A total of 918 members of Jones Peoples Temple in Guyana would die, more than 300 of them children, in the largest ritual mass-murder suicide in history. 40 years after the Jonestown massacre: Jim Jones' surviving sons on what they think of their father, the Peoples Temple today "There's somethings about Jonestown I'm … Jonestown Massacre: Survivors Wrestle With Guilt, Shame Jim Jones of the People's Temple ordered followers to drink poison Kool-Aid.

Kohl was first attracted to the group due to Jones's political and social beliefs. In a new A&E documentary, Leslie Wagner-Wilson tells the story of how she survived the deadly Jonestown cult. The death toll exceeded 900, making it one of the largest mass deaths in American history.

Thirty years ago, more than 900 people died by murder and suicide. ... at the time, the real lessons of Jonestown were very clear. He called it the Peoples Temple. 35 years after Jonestown – two survivors speak out by Audhild Skoglund (This article was originally published on the website www.fritanke.no on 15 November 2013 and has been translated from the Norwegian by Rikke Wettendorff. Soledad O'Brien reports on their untold stories. Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple took 1,000 Americans to Guyana for a utopian society, but the commune became a prison and 919 died, most in the largest mass suicide in U.S. history. ... to the clearing in the jungle that Jones called Jonestown. The following is a thumbnail history of the Jonestown … Only 33 survived. GWINNETT COUNTY, Ga. — Thirty-five years ago Monday, nearly 1,000 Americans died as a part of the infamous Jonestown massacre in Guyana.

In this Nov. 13, 2008 file photo, Stephan Jones, son of Rev. An ambush at the Port Kaituma airstrip, where a handful of Jonestown residents were attempting to escape with visiting U.S. congressman Leo Ryan, ended in five deaths, but fourteen … Dozens of Peoples Temple members in Guyana survived the mass suicides and murders of more than 900 because they had slipped out of Jonestown or happened to be away Nov. 18, 1978. 40 years ago, this journalist survived the Jonestown massacre.

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Jonestown cult survivor recalls horrifying massacre. You know, people focused on … He warns it could happen again. Only 33 cult members survived the mass suicide after escaping, including Laura Johnston Kohl. Sunday 18 November is the 40th anniversary of the notorious Jonestown massacre where more than 900 people died at a settlement run by Christian cult leader Jim Jones. 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 poisoned punch. Dozens of Peoples Temple members in Guyana survived the mass suicides and murders of more than 900 because they had slipped out of Jonestown or happened to be away Nov. 18, 1978. When more than 900 people were killed at Jonestown by consuming punch laced with cyanide on Nov. 18, 1978, Stephan was not at the settlement founded by his father. Sunday 18 November is the 40th anniversary of the notorious Jonestown massacre where more than 900 people died at a settlement run by Christian cult leader Jim Jones.

Only 33 survived. Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple, poses for a portrait near San Rafael, Calif. Of the nearly 1,000 church members who began the day in Jonestown, a cult commune, only 33 survived to see the next day.

... the leader of the People… SUSAN DONALDSON JAMES and CHRISTINA LOPEZ. Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones leads hundreds of his followers in a mass murder-suicide at Jonestown, their agricultural commune in a remote part of the South American nation of Guyana. Soledad O'Brien reports on …



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