Death of Allen Ross

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] Following Allen's murder on November 22, 1995, the group disbanded. Prosecutors believe that Linda Greene committed the murder. She died of liver failure in 2002 and was never charged. A cult member, Julia Williams, was found guilty of being an accessory after the fact to murder, by helping to bury the body in the basement. She was sentenced to two years in prison.[3][4]

Ross' remains were found in July 2000 in his Cheyenne, Wyoming home.[5]

Media accounts

Ross' disappearance is depicted in the 2001 documentary, Missing Allen, and in the Dateline NBC episode, "Searching for Allen".[6][7]"The Bad Samaritans", a 2013 episode of Deadly Devotion, which aired on Investigation Discovery, also recounted the story.[8] 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.

References
  1. The Allen Ross Mystery: A Body in the Basement by Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, August 24, 2000
  2. Where on earth is Allen Ross? by Jack Helbig, Chicago Reader, October 15, 1998
  3. Woman gets prison for covering up filmmaker's murder, The Casper Star Tribune, March 12, 2005
  4. Cult member gets jail for hiding man's body, The Chicago Sun-Times, March 12, 2005
  5. Burial Of Filmmaker, Father Ends 5 Years Of Uncertainty by James Janega, Chicago Tribune, November 11, 2000
  6. Movie relives puzzling death of filmmaker by James Janega, Chicago Tribune, March 3, 2002
  7. Searching for Allen: Life-and-death puzzle - Dateline NBC | NBC News
  8. Amazon.com: Deadly Devotion: Season 1, Episode 2 "The Bad Samaritans": Amazon Video
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