Episode
Seconds from Disaster: Jonestown Cult Suicide
Overview
On November 18, 1978, when enigmatic cult leader Reverend Jim Jones calls all his followers together in South America, the resulting tragedy becomes the largest mass murder-suicide of US citizens in history - 909 are dead.
Details
- Series
- Seconds from Disaster
- Season
- Season 6
- Episode
- Episode 2
- Air date
- 2012-11-05
- Runtime
- 45 min
Episode context
Jonestown Cult Suicide is Episode 2 in Season 6 of Seconds from Disaster. It aired on 2012-11-05. The runtime is 45 min.
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