Death of Allen Ross explained
US filmmaker Allen Ross married Linda Greene and followed her cult, the Samaritan Foundation, based in Guthrie, Oklahoma, US. The couple moved from place to place following her instructions.[1] [2] [3]
Ross' remains were found in July 2000 in his Cheyenne, Wyoming home.[4]
Media accounts
Ross' disappearance is depicted in the 2001 documentary, Missing Allen, and in the Dateline NBC episode, "Searching for Allen".[5] [6] "The Bad Samaritans", a 2013 episode of Deadly Devotion, which aired on Investigation Discovery, also recounted the story.[7] A 2017 episode of Ghost Adventures, entitled "Samaritan Cult House" features an investigation of the former prison building in Guthrie, Oklahoma, in which the cult resided from the 1990s to early 2000s.
Notes and References
- http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/the-allen-ross-mystery-a-body-in-the-basement/Content?oid=903127 The Allen Ross Mystery: A Body in the Basement by Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, August 24, 2000
- http://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/where-on-earth-is-allen-ross/Content?oid=897541 Where on earth is Allen Ross? by Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, October 15, 1998
- http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4155/is_20050312/ai_n13466826 Cult member gets jail for hiding man's body
- http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2000-11-11/news/0011110239_1_art-institute-allen-ross-filmmaking Burial Of Filmmaker, Father Ends 5 Years Of Uncertainty by James Janega, Chicago Tribune, November 11, 2000
- http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-03-03/news/0203030504_1_allen-ross-gene-siskel-film-center-cult Movie relives puzzling death of filmmaker by James Janega, Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2002
- https://web.archive.org/web/20130619044456/http://www.nbcnews.com/id/7026201/ns/dateline_nbc/t/searching-allen#.U0oLqsfgVQY Searching for Allen: Life-and-death puzzle - Dateline NBC | NBC News
- https://www.amazon.com/The-Bad-Samaritans/dp/B00DCNATA8 Amazon.com: Deadly Devotion: Season 1, Episode 2 "The Bad Samaritans": Amazon Video