Host Katie Ring explores the Rajneesh Movement’s descent into criminality under leader Ma Anand Sheela. The episode details internal abuses, including a spy network, medical manipulation via fake AIDS tests, and the "Share-a-Home" voter fraud scheme. It culminates in the 1984 salmonella bioterror attack on The Dalles salad bar poisonings, the largest such incident in US history, aimed at suppressing opposition votes.
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