Syringes surround one of the vats used to mix up the poisoned drink used in the Jonestown mass suicide, as seen in this Nov. 26, 1978, photo. Bottles of poison belonging to members of the Peoples ...

These survivors, due to happenstance or their own efforts, were all away from the Jonestown community in Guyana when Jones ordered his followers – starting with the young children – to drink flavored ...