Mass Suicide at Jonestown: 30 Years Later

Last Words
Many of the Temple members left notes and letters behind. Some Temple members wrote of their desire to leave all their assets to the Soviet Union. One unsigned letter read, "We did not want it this way. When we heard (that Congressman Ryan was killed) we had no choice. We would be taken. We have to go as one, we want to live as Peoples Temple or end it. We have chosen. It is finished."

• Read an interview with author and Jonestown survivor, Tim Reiterman