918 Americans lost their lives at Jonestown on Nov. 18, 1978. At the time of his death, Jim Jones held such power over his followers that he was able to direct more than 900 of them to participate in ...

Jonestown is seared into the American psyche as one the darkest tragedies of the modern era, where 918 people “drank the Kool Aid” and ended their lives under the command of cult leader Jim Jones.

Of the 918 Americans who died on Nov. 18, 1978, 907 of them ingested poison. Tim Carter was in a state of absolute shock. He had been told to go on an errand in the midst of a big, hastily-called ...