print email comment close Jonestown Massacre: A 'Reason' to Die URL: http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/notorious_murders/mass/jonestown/index_1.html Description: Article about a mass suicide at a village built in the jungle in Northwest Guyana. "The community had come to be known as 'Jonestown.' The dead were all members of a group known as 'The People's Temple' which was led by the Reverend Jim Jones." Includes a bibliography. From truTV. Author: Steel, Fiona Publisher: Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. Extra Keywords religious cult Library of Congress Subject Headings: Cults Jones, Jim, 1931-1978. Jonestown Mass Suicide, Jonestown, Guyana, 1978 People Peoples Temple LII Database Information: Record 9339 created by Maria Brandt on 04/25/2005 Last modification on 11/18/2008 Published: 04/25/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/9339