Jim Jones of the Peoples Temple took 1,000 Americans to Guyana for a utopian society, but the commune became a prison and 919 died, most in the largest mass suicide in U.S. history.

The Peoples Temple drew from socialism, communism, and Christianity to promote equality and attract a multi-racial congregation. Jones proselytized with a showman’s panache and used faith ...

He also remembers having a favorable impression of Peoples Temple members prior to the mass murder-suicide. Like others in Guyana, Duke is not in favor of opening Jonestown to visitors.

Some members of the community, including Peoples Temple survivors, expressed concerns about the idea. "I just missed dying by one day," said Jordan Vilchez, who was 14 years old on the day of the ...

It's easy to look back on the Peoples Temple and the Manson Family and distance it from the now, but Leah Remini's intense documentary about Scientology highlights how real and ongoing cults are ...

We also believe that creeds disappear, hearts remain. That's our motto. And judge not, lest ye be judged," Rick London, the Temple of the People's Guardian in Chief, said.

Elected representatives and devotees rally at Dharmasthala temple to condemn smear campaign, seek justice, and offer prayers.

November 1978 that 919 people, some from the North Bay, were dead in Jones' jungle outpost in Guyana, along with U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan, D-San Mateo.

Philadelphia and Temple University police are investigating an incident where two people posing as ICE agents disrupted a business on campus on Saturday night, according to the school.