Jonestown is told through the point of view of Jim Jones's chief lieutenant of the People's Temple, Samuel Foreman, working backwards from that infamous day in 1978 when Jones instructed his congregation to drink a cyanide laced fruit punch. Foreman, being the only survivor, retells a tale of murder, mayhem and mass suicide that is so unbelievable and ridiculous that it could only be true. Through multiple musical genres (vaudeville, Americana, gospel, circus, et al), Jonestown examines the era that made it possible for a megalomaniac like Jim Jones to attract so many loyal followers, as well as the machinations of how cults work.

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