People's Temple Cult Commits Mass Suicide In Guyana
(EDITORS NOTE: Image depicts death.) JONESTOWN, GUYANA - NOVEMBER 18: (NO U.S. TABLOID SALES) The Reverend Jim Jones' bloated body lies on the ground (on planks) along with his followers after it was hastily sewn together after his autopsy by officials at the compound of the People's Temple cult November 18, 1978 in Jonestown, Guyana. Over 900 members of the cult, commanded by Reverend Jim Jones, died from drinking cyanide-laced Kool Aid November 18, 1978; they were victims of the largest mass suicide in modern history. (Photo by David Hume Kennerly/Getty Images)