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Jackie speier they had identified people they wanted to kill. We were on top of a powder keg. Craig melvin its almost impossible to fathom even now more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. It was something out of a horror movie. Don harris youre telling me this man said, drink this poison. Yeah. Don harris and they drank it . Thats right. Craig melvin we take you inside the mission that exposed the dangerous truth. Dont you touch my kids Jackie Speier im thinking, oh, my god. Its...

Craig melvin then they found it, the diary he recorded in secret. And the clues came pouring out. Blood in the bushes. This was the hotspot. This was your Crime Scene. Craig melvin a stunner of a surveillance tape. Jeff wilbert a tarp, a rope. Everything you might need for a murder. Exactly. Craig melvin and what just may be the most sinister Mother Daughter Conversation youve ever overheard. These are not the same people that the public thinks that they are. You realize how cold this family is....

and the clues came pouring out. blood in the bushes. this was the hotspot. this was your crime scene. craig melvin: a stunner of a surveillance tape. jeff wilbert: a tarp, a rope. everything you might need for a murder. exactly. craig melvin: and what just may be-- the most sinister mother daughter conversation youve ever overheard. these are not the same people that the public thinks that they are. you realize how cold this family is. its pretty twisted. very twisted. [music playing] ...

jungle. >> while you are running they are still shooting? >> they had identified people they wanted to kill. >> it is almost impossible to fathom, even now, more than 900 americans dead in the jungle at jonestown. >> you are telling me this man says drink this poison and they drink it? thats right. >> we take you inside the mission that observed the dangerous truth. >> the only video camera there to capture it all belonged to nbc news. >> he said i can never put this camera down. >> ra...

On November 18th, 1978, more than 900 members of a religious group called the Peoples Temple died in the South American jungle victims of an infamous and horrific mass murder-suicide. Why did so many voluntarily drink the cyanide-laced punch?