Cult Massacre: One Day in Jonestown

Jim Jones sets out to establish a utopian community in Guyana, but what begins as a peaceful movement ultimately spirals into a mass casualty event that leaves 918 people dead.

Nat Geo TV · Documentary · Streaming on Disney+ · 3 episodes

Episodes: S1 E3 Paradise Lost — Shocking news of the mass murder-suicide surfaces. Dispatched U.S. Special Forces uncover the unimaginable horror. The search for survivors begins.; S1 E2 How Very Much I've Loved You — After Rep. Ryan’s attack, tensions surge in Jonestown. Fifteen cult defectors flee to seek safety, unaware of Jim Jones’s sinister plans.; S1 E1 The Promised Land — Jim Jones gains a major following in California and enacts a radical plan: a new society in the jungle. Soon, abuse rumors prompt an investigation.