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California as a magnet for bizarre lives and crime
AP News features writer SID MOODY surveys California’s allure for outsiders, noting the state's fluid culture, open environments, and prolific fringe groups. Experts describe California as a sprawling outdoor asylum where identity seeking fuels sects and high profile crimes, from cults to bus kidnappings.
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Sid Moody
AP News
San Francisco
California
United States
Dairyland
Charles Manson
Symbionese Liberation Army
Miss Hearst
Juan Corona
Squeaky Fromme
Sarah Jake Moore
Ford
Zodiac
Prof
Joseph Gusfield
University of California At San Diego
Donald Cressey
University of California At
Santa Barbara
Warren Klapp
Gusfield