The Cult That Shocked America In March 1997, police entered a luxurious mansion in Rancho Santa Fe, California, and uncovered a scene that would haunt America for decades: 39 people lying peacefully in bunk beds, covered with purple shrouds, all dressed identically in black shirts, sweatpants, and brand-new Nike Decades sneakers. Each of them had […]
Introduction On November 18, 1978, the world was stunned by a harrowing tragedy in the jungles of Guyana—the Jonestown Massacre. Over 900 members of the Peoples Temple, a religious organization led by the charismatic yet controversial figure Jim Jones, lost their lives in an event that would become synonymous with cult indoctrination, mass suicide, and […]