Peoples Temple Part One: Jim Jones

Published: Feb. 8, 2022, 4 p.m.

On November 18th, 1978, Jim Jones conducted a mass suicide ritual for his Peoples Temple cult in Jonestown, Guyana, killing over 900 people. Shortly before that, his members massacred a congressman and TV crew trying to leave. \n\nBut how did a supposedly well-intentioned individual utilize the backbone of religion and socialism to result in such a tragedy?