The Peoples Temple Agricultural Project, better known by its informal name Jonestown, was a remote settlement in Guyana established by the Peoples Temple, an American religious cult under the leadersh
The entrance to Jonestown, 1978
NBC footage taken by Bob Brown, showing gunmen exiting a tractor and trailer at the airstrip
An aerial view of the dead in Jonestown.
Jim Jones, founder of The Peoples Temple
Leo Joseph Ryan Jr. was an American politician and teacher. A member of the Democratic Party, he represented California's 11th congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1973 unt
Ryan in 1977
Official Congressional photo from Ryan's first term as Congressman, 1973