Jim Jones founded People's Temple in the '50s and promised his followers "paradise" if they lived in the cult's community in Guyana, which was also known as Jonestown. Cult members endured things like behavioral modifications and mind control techniques, but it all came to a tragic end in 1978 when US Congressman Leo Ryan led an investigation into Jonestown after it was reported human rights were being violated. Ryan was murdered before he was able to leave Jonestown, and Jones then led more than 900 of his followers, including children, to their deaths through forced suicide by making them drink grape Kool-Aid laced with cyanide. Jones was found with a single bullet wound to his head, but it's still unclear whether he shot himself or had one of his followers do it for him.
