Now, many were quick to explain what the drink is, but things took a darker turn when explaining the origin of the ‘don’t ...

Guyana is revisiting a dark chapter in its history, nearly 50 years after cult leader Jim Jones and ... telling his followers to drink poisoned Kool-Aid, the proposal is stirring up old wounds.

On Nov. 18, 1978, 909 members of the Peoples Temple cult, led by Reverend Jim Jones, committed mass suicide at Jonestown ... drank cyanide-laced Flavor Aid, as directed by Jones, and participated ...

where American cult leader Jim Jones forced his followers and their children to drink cyanide-laced Flavor Aid. “Jonestown remains a tragic part of Guyana’s history, but it is also an event of ...

which led to my writing Cult City: Jim Jones, Harvey Milk, and 10 Days That Shook San Francisco. This revelation, particularly shocking in light of the fate of his tenants in Jonestown ...

Have you ever heard the saying "don't drink the Kool-Aid?" While it ... later referred to as the Jonestown Massacre. The victims were members of a California-based cult called the Peoples Temple ...

Drinking the Kool-Aid' has become a common ... origin with roots in a violent cult and mass murder. The phrase originated from a tragedy that occurred in Jonestown, Guyana, where more than ...