The site of one of the 20th century’s most infamous mass murders may soon become a tourist attraction: Should private tour operators get their way, Jonestown will be open to curious and macabre ...

A spacious house located at 12 Darkes Road in Jonestown has new owners. The 2,175-square-foot property, built in 1946, was sold on Nov. 29, 2024, for $297,000, or $137 per square foot. This single ...

It was in May this year that Wanderlust Tours first announced its intention of mounting overnight tours to the Jonestown site. At the time the report slid by largely unremarked, but in the ...

A South American tour group is turning Jonestown, Guyana, into a travel destination over four decades after it was the scene of the most notorious mass suicide and murder in modern history.

A tour operator is planning to turn Jonestown, a remote area in Guyana surrounded by jungle where more than 900 people died under the direction of cult leader Jim Jones, into a tourist destination.

It was the site of the 1978 Jonestown Massacre, in which more than 900 people, including hundreds of children, died after Jones ordered them to drink cyanide mixed with a fruit-flavored beverage.

So former US Congresswoman, Jackie Speier, who survived the 1978 Jonestown attack that killed Congressman Leo Ryan, prior to the mass cyanide suicide of over 900 Americans, disagree with the plan ...

“I just missed dying by one day,” she recalled. Vilchez, 67, said Guyana has every right to profit from any plans related to Jonestown. “Then on the other hand, I just feel like any ...

The Guyanese government’s consideration of transforming Jonestown into a tourist attraction represents a significant shift in how the nation views its relationship with this dark chapter of history.

SAN MATEO, Calif. - It's a dark chapter in history. The Jonestown massacre in 1978 left more than 900 dead in Guyana, a country in South America. Now, that country is considering turning that site ...