Peoples Temple members congregate during an event in Jonestown, Guyana. (California Historical Society)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_HD_R_16.jpg
Former San Francisco Examiner reporter Tim Reiterman poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_12.jpg
In this behind-the-scenes photo, former San Francisco Examiner reporter Tim Reiterman is pictured during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Laura Spence)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_13.jpg
San Francisco Examiner photographer Greg Robinson was one of the five people killed after an attack by members of the Peoples Temple in Guyana. The journalists were part of the group led by Congressman Leo Ryan to investigate reports of abuse and human rights violations by the Peoples Temple and its leader, Jim Jones.Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_18.jpg
Stephan Jones poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_20.jpg
Jackie Speier, legal aide to Congressman Leo Ryan, is taken from a plane in Georgetown, Washington, D.C., after its arrival from Jonestown, Nov. 19, 1978. Speier was shot five times and Congressman Leo Ryan and four others were ambushed and killed by members of the People's Temple. Congressman Ryan was leading a group that went to Guyana to investigate reports of abuse and human rights violations by the Peoples Temple and its leader, Jim Jones. (Getty Images)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_03.jpg
Former Peoples Temple member Thom Bogue poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_21.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)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_01.jpg
Former Peoples Temple Tim Carter poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." His wife and son died in Jonestown. (National Geographic)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_22.jpg
Former NBC sound recordist Steve Sung poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_09.jpg
In this behind-the-scenes photo, Stephan Jones is pictured during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Laura Spence)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_08.jpg
Jim Jones is pictured in his San Francisco office, July 3, 1976. (Janet Fries/Getty Images)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_06.jpg
Congressman Leo Ryan speaks during a conference in Washington, D.C. Ryan was one of the five people killed at an attack by members of the Peoples Temple in Guyana after he led a group to investigate reports of abuse and human rights violations by the People's Temple and its leader, Jim Jones. (Charles Gory/The Associated Press)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_19.jpg
Former Peoples Temple member Thom Bogue poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_10.jpg
Jim Jones is pictured in his San Francisco office, July 3, 1976. (Janet Fries/Getty Images)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_04.jpg
Jim Jones is pictured in his San Francisco office, July 3, 1976. (Janet Fries/Getty Images)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_05.jpg
Patricia Parks was one of the five people killed after an attack by members of the Peoples Temple in Guyana. A group led by Congressman Leo Ryan went to Jonestown to investigate reports of abuse and human rights violations by the Peoples Temple and its leader, Jim Jones. Parks and other members had decided to leave Jonestown with the group. (California Historical Society)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_HD_R_17.jpg
Jim Jones is pictured speaking on a microphone in Jonestown, Guyana. (California Historical Society)Posted 06/12/24102_HowVeryMuchIveLovedYou_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_HD_R_15.jpg
Former Peoples Temple member Leslie Wagner-Wilson is interviewed for "Cult Massacre: One day in Jonestown." (National Geographic)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_23.jpg
The Peoples Temple compound is seen in aerial view as helicopters approach Jonestown. (National Archives and Records Administration)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_19_R.jpg
Former Peoples Temple member John Cobb is interviewed for "Cult Massacre: One day in Jonestown." (National Geographic)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_22.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)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_01.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)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_12.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)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_02.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)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_11.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)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_03.jpg
Former Peoples Temple member John Cobb poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_06.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)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_04.jpg
A military air traffic controller directs a helicopter landing in Guyana. (National Archives and Records Administration)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_16_R.jpg
Stephan Jones poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic/Xiao Hou)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_08.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)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_20.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)Posted 05/23/24103_ParadiseLost_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_21.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)Posted 05/23/24101_ThePromisedLand_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_03.jpg
Former Peoples Temple member Grace Stoens poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown" in Berkeley, Calif. National Geographic)Posted 05/23/24101_ThePromisedLand_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_22.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)Posted 05/23/24101_ThePromisedLand_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_23.jpg
Jim Jones addresses his congregation from the pulpit in California. (California Historical Society)Posted 05/23/24101_ThePromisedLand_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_HD_20_R.jpg
Former NBC sound recordist Steve Sung poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic)Posted 05/23/24101_ThePromisedLand_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_24.jpg
Former San Francisco Examiner reporter Tim Reiterman poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic)Posted 05/23/24101_ThePromisedLand_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_25.jpg
Former Peoples Temple member Yulanda Williams poses for a portrait during an interview for "Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown." (National Geographic)Posted 05/23/24101_ThePromisedLand_CultMassacre-OneDayInJonestown_UHD_26.jpg
