Jim Jones led his followers to the remote jungle commune at Jonestown, Guyana, isolated from any other society. However, this false utopia turned into a living hell. California’s Rep. Leo Ryan, reporters and others concerned for the well-being of those…[Continue Reading...]
Specific locations can hold a lot of spiritual weight, depending on what happened there. For example, more than 3 million people visit the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes in southern France each year looking for a miracle, per CBS…[Continue Reading...]
This week National Geographic is set to launch their chilling series Cult Massacre: One Day In Jonestown and we’ve got an exclusive clip featuring a survivor of the actual event at the center of the story. The three-part series tells…[Continue Reading...]
From the outside looking in, we oftentimes wonder, “How do people find themselves involved in a cult?” Whether it’s the teachings of Marshall Applewhite in Heaven’s Gate or Charles Manson’s wild ramblings to the Family, there has to be something…[Continue Reading...]
Revisit the tragic and infamous Jonestown massacre in the new trailer for an upcoming docuseries that examines the final hours of Jim Jones’ cult in Guyana. Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown — the latest installment in Nat Geo and…[Continue Reading...]
Joseph Gordon-Levitt is attached to star in a new film titled White Night, which will recount the famed 1978 Jonestown massacre in Guyana. Gordon-Levitt, 40, will embody cult leader Jim Jones, who as the head of the Peoples Temple led…[Continue Reading...]
Leonardo DiCaprio will soon be playing Jim Jones in an upcoming biopic about the cult leader's life. MGM secured the deal for the feature film project entitled “Jim Jones,” Deadline reported on Monday. In addition to playing the cult leader,…[Continue Reading...]
At the end of the 1960s, the counterculture started to become more dangerous by the day. As much as artists wanted to believe in freedom of expression, the heinous acts of people like Charles Manson cast a dark shroud over…[Continue Reading...]
The radio crackled to life with static, and a voice emerged from the jungle. “We choose as our model not those who marched submissively into gas ovens but the valiant heroes who resisted in the Warsaw Ghetto. Patrick Henry captured…[Continue Reading...]
TAMPA, Fla. - Nov. 18 is always a dark day on Olga Booker's calendar. "Nov. 18, 1978, they all committed suicide with the Kool-Aid lacing," recalled Booker. They, meaning the 900 followers of the People's Temple, led by the smooth-talking…[Continue Reading...]
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