Jonestown: How One Man Convinced 900 People to Die
On November 18, 1978, in a remote jungle clearing in the South American nation of Guyana, 918 people died. Most of them drank cyanide-laced punch willingly. Parents gave it to their children first. Nurses administered it to infants with syringes. People who hesitated were injected by force. A few tried to flee into the jungle and were shot. It was the largest mass death of American civilians in history — a record that stood until September 11, 2001. ...