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Both American survivors of the mass suicide and murder and Guyanese have criticized the tour. But defenders say the site ...
Jim Jones, the charismatic preacher who led the People's Temple in San Francisco, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Jonestown. He was 47. Former follower Yulanda Williams is speaking out.
A series about the Rev. Jim Jones, the charismatic cult leader behind the 1978 Jonestown massacre, from Bill Hader and Daniel Zelman is set at HBO. Skip to main content Open Mega Menu ...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (WKRC) - A local government expressed interest in turning the site of the Jonestown massacre, which killed over 900 people, into a tourist destination. The city of Georgetown ...
By the time Jones moved the Peoples Temple to a secluded jungle in Guyana and the U.S. Government began investigating reports of abuse and false imprisonment in Jonestown, it was already too late. On ...
Bill Hader is following up the Emmy Award winning crime-Hollywood satire “Barry” with a HBO series about cult leader Rev. Jim Jones, according to a report.
Jim Jones started the Peoples Temple in Guayana in the 1950s, and by the 1970s, it became known as Jonestown. The settlement gained global attention in 1978 when over 900 people, including Jones ...
Jim Jones led 900 followers to their deaths. A new tour revisits the history. The Jonestown massacre remains ‘a stain’ on Guyana nearly 50 years later, but tourism plans are meeting backlash.
By the time he set up the Jonestown commune in Guyana in 1974, things had very much gone off the rails. Using fear as his primary tactic, he convinced his followers that the U.S. government was ...
Jones founded the Peoples Temple in the 1950s and established what became known as Jonestown in the 1970s in the nation of Guyana. Jonestown came to international attention when over 900 members ...