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.

Jim Jones was a complex man ... been building since 1974 in the South American nation of Guyana. He named it Jonestown. Occupying nearly 4000 acres of jungle, Jonestown had poor soil and limited ...

Subsequently, Jim Jones told everyone to be a part of the cult murder and gave them cyanide. The Jonestown Massacre death toll went up with each minute passing. Per ABC News, 907 out of 918 people ...

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 ...

Jim Jones appeared to be the leader that we needed ... "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." It details the final harrowing hours "leading up to one of America’s darkest chapters." ...

Cult leader and the man behind the infamous Jonestown massacre Jim Jones was born in rural Indiana in 1931. As a young boy Jones was said to be obsessed with religion where he focused on the works ...

But over time, Jim started behaving strangely ... The Jonestown massacre, hundreds poisoned with cyanide concoction Back at Jonestown, Jones informed parishioners of the congressman’s ...

open image in gallery Cult leader Jim Jones in Jonestown in 1978, the year he would cause the deaths of nearly a thousand (AP) As the film shows, the roots of the tragedy date back to 1955 when ...

An obvious attraction is Jonestown, argued Astill Paul ... "We should reconstruct the home of Jim Jones, the main pavilion and other buildings that were there." Today, all that is left is bits ...