The Jonestown Dead | Guyana, 1978: The Peoples Temple Catastrophe

What happened on November 18, 1978, when more than 900 people died at an isolated settlement in Guyana, and how did politics, migration, religion, and state failure shape the disaster? Sources: U.S. House of Representatives, Select Committee on Assassinations records; FBI Peoples Temple collection; Guyana National Archives; U.S. Department of State historical records; The Jonestown Institute archival collection