Congressman Leo Ryan went to Guyana in 1978 to investigate reports of American cult leader Jim Jones holding hundreds of his ...

The following is a thumbnail history of the Jonestown tragedy on Nov. 18, 1978: What happened? More than 900 Americans died in a South American jungle upon the orders of Rev. Jim Jones ...

When Tim Reiterman set out to tell the story of the 40th anniversary of the Jonestown mass murders and suicides ... or rely solely on his own harrowing experiences in the South American jungle.