Jonestown

Title of Image Jonestown

Image ID # 197_Jonestown

Credit: David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images

Date November 18, 1978

Location Jonestown, Guyana

Over 900 members of the People's Temple Cult led by Reverend Jim Jones died in Jonestown as victims of mass murder and suicide. In the foreground a tub of cyanide-laced punch which was used to assist in the suicides of people in Jonestown. This photo appeared on the cover of Time Magazine.