Series: American Experience
Season: Season 19
Episode Number: 11
Air Date:
Duration: 55 min
Examines the story behind the November 1978 mass murder-suicide in Jonestown, Guyana, where more than 900 people were led to their deaths by cult leader Jim Jones. Included: comments from Jones' son, Jim Jr.; survivor Stanley Clayton; and Hue Fortson, whose wife and child died in the incident.
Jim Jones
Self (archive footage)
Leo J. Ryan
Self (archive footage)