jonestown (guyana)

Tells the story of Jim Jones and People Temple in Guyana and the events that led to the mass suicide of 913 members of People's Temple.

Deborah Layton discusses what it was like to be a member of the Peoples Temple cult in Jonestown, Guyana, and explains how the cult's leader brainwashed the other members into a mass suicide.

Describes the life of Jim Jones and the church he established, supposedly to help people find a better life, and recounts the events that led to the deaths of Jones and his followers at their compound in Guyana in 1978.

Discusses the religious leader who began a cult for the betterment of his hundreds of followers and then was responsible for their deaths.