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 ...

"There's somethings about Jonestown I'm never going to deal with." It’s been 40 years since Peoples Temple leader Jim Jones led more than 900 of his followers to participate in the mass murder-suicide ...

The Jonestown massacre remains one of the largest mass murders in American history. In a single day, 901 Americans and 8 Guyanese died from Jim Jones’ actions. Met with criticism rather than ...

Specific locations can hold a lot of spiritual weight, depending on what happened there. For example, more than 3 million people visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France each year ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. On a remote airstrip in the South American country of Guyana, Jackie Speier lay gravely wounded behind the wheel of a small plane.

In 1978, cult leader Jim Jones led one of the biggest mass murders in American history David Hume Kennerly/Getty The Jonestown Massacre is one of the largest mass death events in American history. On ...

In 1954, Infamous cult leader Jim Jones established the People’s Temple Full Gospel Church in Indianapolis as a pastor. Known for his charismatic preaching and idealistic views, Jones quickly ...

In the three-part docuseries Cult Massacre: One Day In Jonestown, director Marian Mohamed and producers Dan Lindsay and T.J. Martin dissect the day of the November 18, 1978 Jonestown massacre, where ...

Jonestown, the experimental settlement that existed for four years in Guyana, South America, initially sounded like a utopia, with all medical care, rent, and food taken care of. Instead, it was “a ...

The site of one of the 20th century’s most infamous mass murders may soon become a tourist attraction: Should private tour operators get their way, Jonestown will be open to curious and macabre ...