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References
- 1 2 Havens, Patricia; Appleton, Bill (1997), Simi Valley – A Journey Through Time, Simi Valley Historical Society
- 1 2 3 L.A. Exposed: Strange Myths and Curious Legends in the City of Angels, Paul Young, St. Martin's Griffin, May 3, 2002, ISBN 0-312-20646-1 , p. 181.
- 1 2 "Photos of Early Simi Valley Richly Illustrate History Book", Douglas Clark, Daily News, November 29, 1997.
- ↑ "Cult of the Great Eleven", Samuel Fort, 2014, ASIN B00OALI9O4.
- ↑ "Divine Arm Cult Chief Arraigned: Mrs. Blackburn's Plea Set for Monday on Charges of $28,000 Grand Theft", Los Angeles Times , December 4, 1929.
- 1 2 "California Cults", Time , March 31, 1930, p. 3.
- ↑ "Priestess of Mystic Cult Guilty in $40,000 Swindle: Jury Out Three Days Decides Finally Woman Defrauded Oil Man. Priestess of Cult is Quilty of Fraud", The Washington Post , March 3, 1930, – "Mrs. May Otis Blackburn, high priestess of the mystic cult known as the Divine Order of the Royal Arm of the Great Eleven, was convicted of grand theft today by a jury which began deliberation last Thursday."
- ↑ Ghost Tour Brought to Life After Two Years in Suspended Animation Archived October 19, 2007, at the Wayback Machine , by Angela Randazzo, Simi Valley Acorn, Front Page, October 5, 2007.
- ↑ "Past Presence; Ghost Tour Opens Tonight, Will Bring Simi History to Life", Sylvia L. Oliande, Daily News, October 22, 1999.
- ↑ The Kept Girl website.
- ↑ Fort, Samuel (October 9, 2014). Cult of the Great Eleven (5th ed.). CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform. ISBN 978-150278258-8.
Further reading
- Cult leader May Otis Blackburn and her daughter Ruth Wieland Rizzio in Los Angeles, Calif., 1929. Los Angeles Times photographic archive (photograph). Changing Times: Los Angeles in Photographs, 1920–1990. UCLA Library. 1929.
- Blackburn, May Otis (1936). The Origin of God.
- Baudé, R.J. (2008). The Blackburn Chronicles: A Tale of Murder, Money, and Madness. Lulu.com.