The investigation also revealed experimentation at Rajneeshpuram with poisons , chemicals and bacteria which had been carried out during 1984 and 1985 . Dr. Skeels described the scene at the Rajneesh laboratory as " a bacteriological freezer-dryer for large-scale production " of microbes . Investigators found a copy of '' The Anarchist Cookbook '' , and literature on the manufacture and usage of explosives and military bio-warfare . Investigators believed that the commune had previously carried out similar attacks in Salem , Portland , and other cities in Oregon . According to court testimony , the plotters boasted that they had attacked a nursing home and a salad bar at the Mid-Columbia Medical Center , but no such attempts were ever proven in court . As a result of the bioterrorism investigation , law enforcement officials discovered that there had been an aborted plot by Rajneeshees to murder Charles Turner , a former United States Attorney for Oregon
aborted plot
1985 Rajneeshee assassination plot
1984 Rajneeshee bioterror attack