{"podcast":{"title":"Scams, Money, & Murder","slug":"scams-money-murder-7008396","podcast_index_feed_id":7008396,"rss_url":"https://rss.amperwave.net/v2/feed/audacynetwork/moneycrimes","website_url":"https://www.pavestudios.com/crimehouse","image_url":"https://images.castfire.com/image/661/0/0/0/0-8476766.jpg","author":"Crime House","episode_count":216,"summary":"Your daily front-row seat to Crime House. Every day, we bring you episodes covering true crime, scams, cults, conspiracies, and the cases that pull you past the headlines into the darkest corners of greed and deceit. One feed, a new story every day.This is a Crime House Original powered by PAVE Studios. Follow now so you never miss an episode. For ad-free access, subscribe to Crime House+ on Apple Podcasts.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-27T14:19:08.169140+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396"},"episode":{"title":"The Salad Bar That Started a War: The Rajneesh Movement","slug":"the-salad-bar-that-started-a-war-the-rajneesh-movement","published_at":"2026-06-24T07:01:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396/the-salad-bar-that-started-a-war-the-rajneesh-movement","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396","url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8386369/8386369_2026-05-15-215609.256.mp3?rssID=6041","audio_url":"https://serve.castfire.com/audio/8386369/8386369_2026-05-15-215609.256.mp3?rssID=6041","summary":"Led by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), the movement built a utopian commune in Oregon that devolved into bioterrorism, immigration fraud, and assassination plots. In 1984, members carried out the largest bioterror attack in U.S. history by poisoning salad bars to sway a local election. The case shows how charismatic leadership and insular power structures can turn spiritual movements into criminal enterprises. For more, follow Crimes Of wherever you listen to podcasts: https://pod.link/1838511303 Join Crime House+ to binge a special limited series on Murder: True Crime Stories for America’s 250th: The Crimes That Built America. These are the cases that created the FBI, gave us Miranda rights, sparked criminal profiling, and gave us America’s Most Wanted. Join at crimehouseplus.com or if you’re listening on Apple Podcasts, tap “Try Free” at the top of this show’s page. You’ll also get ad-free and early released episodes across the Crime House lineup. 🎧 Need More to Binge?  Listen to other Crime House Originals Clues, Crimes Of…, Crime House 24/7, Serial Killers & Murderous Minds, Murder True Crime Stories, and more wherever you get your podcasts! Follow me on Social Instagram: @Crimehouse TikTok: @Crimehouse Facebook: @crimehousestudios X: @crimehousemedia YouTube: @crimehousestudios","meta_description":"Led by Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (Osho), the movement built a utopian commune in Oregon that devolved into bioterrorism, immigration fraud, and assassination…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":4427,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/scams-money-murder-7008396/episodes/the-salad-bar-that-started-a-war-the-rajneesh-movement/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/scams-money-murder-7008396/the-salad-bar-that-started-a-war-the-rajneesh-movement.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}