II was news that stunned the entire world, this week in 1978. Inspired by a charismatic leader named Jim Jones, more than 900 people, including over 300 children, had committed suicide at he People’s Temple compound in Jonestown Guyana.

In this chilling 1998 interview, one lucky young woman, Deborah Layton, was able to escape Jonestown.

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