Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown
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![The Peoples Temple compound is seen in aerial view as helicopters approach Jonestown. (National Archives and Records Administration)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/D7/AD/D7ADD4CC-015E-6CFE-16B4-836297BE8D0F/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_19_R-450x0.jpg)
![Former Peoples Temple member John Cobb is interviewed for "Cult Massacre: One day in Jonestown." (National Geographic)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/4E/0E/4E0E816F-26C3-6D92-E05C-DA1A4FC37FA4/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_22-450x0.jpg)
![Former Washington Post reporter Charles Krause poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Jemma Cox)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/58/1C/581C97A7-D742-50CC-15B7-F92F5597E7DD/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_01-450x0.jpg)
![Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones is pictured in a family portrait with his wife, Marceline Jones, their adopted children (behind Jones) and his sister-in-law (right) with her three children, in California, 1976. (Don Hogan Charles/New York Times Co./Getty Images)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/94/FD/94FD8C32-A0F5-1B7B-4128-3ED8B4C89288/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_12-450x0.jpg)
Peoples Temple founder Jim Jones is pictured in a family portrait with his wife, Marceline Jones, their adopted children (behind Jones) and his sister-in-law (right) with her three children, in California, 1976. (Don Hogan Charles/New York Times Co./Getty Images)
Episode: #3 "Paradise Lost"
Air Date 06/17/2024
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![David Netterville poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." Netterville was part of the first US Special Forces team to arrive at Jonestown to investigate the news of the attack to Congressman Ryan and his group. (National Geographic/Brandon Widener)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/EA/92/EA92310A-8F9E-40EA-70BD-688C26095C6D/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_02-450x0.jpg)
David Netterville poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." Netterville was part of the first US Special Forces team to arrive at Jonestown to investigate the news of the attack to Congressman Ryan and his group. (National Geographic/Brandon Widener)
Episode: #3 "Paradise Lost"
Air Date 06/17/2024
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![Washington Post reporter Charles Krause describes what he saw in Jonestown to his editors in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1978. (Frank Johnston/The Washington Post via Getty Images)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/1B/17/1B174103-9CF0-791A-0C00-A03BEF0CD15E/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_11-0x300.jpg)
Washington Post reporter Charles Krause describes what he saw in Jonestown to his editors in Washington, D.C., Nov. 1978. (Frank Johnston/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
Episode: #3 "Paradise Lost"
Air Date 06/17/2024
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![Doug Ellice poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." Ellice was US Embassy Consul in Guyana in 1978, at the time the mass deaths occurred in Jonestown. (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/D7/A4/D7A44779-B2B9-F0C4-42BB-7E4377D2714C/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_03-0x300.jpg)
Doug Ellice poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." Ellice was US Embassy Consul in Guyana in 1978, at the time the mass deaths occurred in Jonestown. (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)
Episode: #3 "Paradise Lost"
Air Date 06/17/2024
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![Former Peoples Temple member John Cobb poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/04/2F/042F32C9-0D4A-8E28-7B35-E2F96F8CB33F/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_06-0x300.jpg)
![Former Legal Aide to Congressman Ryan Jackie Speier poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." She traveled to Jonestown with Congressman Ryan in 1978. (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/89/1C/891C957A-B4AA-3AD7-F1D1-7CA1B736E812/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_04-450x0.jpg)
Former Legal Aide to Congressman Ryan Jackie Speier poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." She traveled to Jonestown with Congressman Ryan in 1978. (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)
Episode: #3 "Paradise Lost"
Air Date 06/17/2024
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![A military air traffic controller directs a helicopter landing in Guyana. (National Archives and Records Administration)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/22/EA/22EA4668-B89F-402B-ADEA-0DF17E4AF19A/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_16_R-450x0.jpg)
![Stephan Jones poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/11/53/11532F8C-4B44-1DF5-6109-12809106B1B0/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_08-0x300.jpg)
![David Netterville is interviewed for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." Netterville was part of the first US Special Forces team to arrive at Jonestown to investigate the news of the attack to Congressman Ryan and his group. (National Geographic)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/DC/DA/DCDADCE4-2E64-5CE8-0EAC-0DD76ABE8D12/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_20-450x0.jpg)
David Netterville is interviewed for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." Netterville was part of the first US Special Forces team to arrive at Jonestown to investigate the news of the attack to Congressman Ryan and his group. (National Geographic)
Episode: #3 "Paradise Lost"
Air Date 06/17/2024
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![Douglas Ellice is interviewed for "Cult Massacre: One day in Jonestown." Ellice was US Embassy Consul in Guyana in 1978, at the time the mass deaths occurred in Jonestown. (National Geographic)](https://www.dgepress.com/storage/uploads/81/D6/81D620CD-E7E6-AC64-B3A0-CF8859515D5D/103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_21-450x0.jpg)
Douglas Ellice is interviewed for "Cult Massacre: One day in Jonestown." Ellice was US Embassy Consul in Guyana in 1978, at the time the mass deaths occurred in Jonestown. (National Geographic)
Episode: #3 "Paradise Lost"
Air Date 06/17/2024
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