Seattle Holy Rollers Killings: The End to an Oregon Love Cult (2003)

Re:Seattle Holy Rollers Killings: The End to an Oregon Love ... by Analemma_ on Monday August 12, 2019 @11:48AM (#20676514)

[1] is a 20-part article about the rise and fall of Rajneeshpuram, a city built in Oregon (why is it always Oregon?) in the 80’s to house the followers of an Indian guru-slash-cult-leader. If you’ve never heard of Rajneespuram, definitely check this out (there are other resources if you don’t have time for the long article, I think 99PI did an episode on it): the story meanders into gold Rolls-Royces, international drug and arms smuggling, and bioweapon terrorist attacks.

[1]: https://longform.org/archive/tags/rajneesh

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Re:Seattle Holy Rollers Killings: The End to an Oregon Love ... by tictoc on Monday August 12, 2019 @03:25PM (#20678951)

Oh this is perfect! I was worried that it was a podcast or a documentary.

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Re:Seattle Holy Rollers Killings: The End to an Oregon Love ... by defen on Monday August 12, 2019 @04:54PM (#20679900)

There is a documentary on Netflix about it called Wild Wild Country that's almost entirely primary-source video (they recorded everything) and modern-day interviews with former members and government officials. It's fascinating.

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