Crimes That Made History (2017)
S01E09 The Jonestown Massacre: An American Apocalypse
Episode Overview
In 1978, Reverend Jim Jones led a doomsday gathering in Guyana, resulting in the tragic deaths of 918 followers of the Peoples Temple, an American cult established in the 1950s. The shocking reports and visuals from Jonestown left the world in disbelief and horror. This heartbreaking event cast a shadow over the aspirations of several small communities and alternative spiritual movements throughout the 1970s.