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Outraged Jonestown survivors — who didn’t drink the cyanide-laced fruit punch that was fatally served to more than 900 ...
FILE - An aerial view of the Peoples Temple compound, after the bodies of the U.S. Rev. Jim Jones and more than 900 of his followers were removed, in Jonestown, Guyana, November 1978.
It was the site of the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, in which more than 900 people, including hundreds of children, died after Jones ordered them to drink cyanide mixed with a fruit-flavored beverage.
First, there was a plot point on The Studio about the Jonestown Massacre -- which you can watch with an Apple TV+ subscription, by the way. Then, an announcement that SNL vet Bill Hader is ...
GEORGETOWN, Guyana (WKRC) - A local government expressed interest in turning the site of the Jonestown massacre, which killed over 900 people, into a tourist destination.
A tour operator is planning to turn Jonestown, a remote area in Guyana surrounded by jungle where more than 900 people died under the direction of cult leader Jim Jones, into a tourist destination.
The Jonestown massacre in 1978 left more than 900 dead in Guyana, a country in South America. Now, that country is considering turning that site into a tourist attraction.
The narrative of Jonestown is inextricably linked to themes of racial inequality, social justice and the exploitation of marginalized communities — themes that continue to resonate deeply today.
Nearly 50 years after the massacre at Jonestown, the South American country of Guyana is considering opening up the site for tourism. Former Bay Area Congresswoman Jackie Speier, who was shot five ...