In the early 1980s, the movement snapped up the 64,200-acre Big Muddy Ranch, near the town of Antelope in Oregon for $5.75 million (£4.5m) – between $18 million and $20 million in today's money. The Encyclopedia Britannica states that Osho invited his orange and red pink-clad followers from all over the world to join him in a model community taking shape there. The Rajneeshees wasted no time constructing their desert utopia, working 24-7 to build homes, a shopping mall, hotel, restaurants and other impressive amenities, including a vast meditation hall.

Cult compounds from Waco to the Wild Wild Country commune