| 1. Ma Anand Sheela enrolled in Montclair State College when she was 18 years old. |
| 2. Sheela was in charge of managing the Rajneeshpuram ashram in Wasco County, Oregon, United States. |
| 3. She purchased 64,000 acres of land in Oregon to develop a recreation center. |
| 4. Sheela organized a meeting with Indira Gandhi to discuss establishing an ashram in India. |
| 5. Sheela orchestrated the most extensive bioterror attack in American history. |
| 6. Convicted in 1986 for attempted murder, assault, arson, and wiretapping related to Rajneeshpuram activities; sentenced to 4.5 years in federal prison, released after 29 months and deported to West Germany. |
| 7. In 1999, convicted by a Swiss court for criminal acts preparatory to murder in a plot against US prosecutor Charles Turner; sentenced to time served. |
| 8. She was introduced to Bhagwan by her parents before leaving for the United States to attend university. |
| 9. Sheela was the only person who regularly conversed with the Bhagwan and directed the commune as its spokesperson to the outside world. |
| 10. She found the architects, urban planners, scientists, accountants, and lawyers who transformed empty Oregon ranchland into the fully functional mini-city of Rajneeshpuram. |
| 11. Sheela fled the commune for Europe on September 13, 1985, and was arrested in West Germany on October 28, 1985. |
| 12. She was extradited to Oregon and sentenced to ten years in federal prison in Pleasanton, California. |
| 13. Authorities discovered wiretapping networks and bio-terror research facilities in Sheela's house. |
| 14. In 1985, Sheela told Australia's 60 Minutes: 'He had the dream, the vision, and I had the ability to put it into practice.' |
| 15. Sheela pleaded guilty to attempted murder and assault for her role in the 1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack, which infected over 750 people with salmonella by contaminating salad bars in local restaurants |
| 16. She was released in December 1988 after serving 29 months of a 20-year sentence for good behavior |
| 17. She lost her US Permanent Resident Card after her conviction |
| 18. Urs Birnstiel, her third husband, died of AIDS in 1992 |
| 19. Sheela appeared in the 2021 Netflix documentary 'Searching for Sheela' |
