The cops uncover a group of blind followers willing to do anything at their leader's urging, even murder. (White vs. Butler, Herb Caen column, Pat Lynch, NBC Synanon segment 3.). According to court records, the group also formed a militant branch, known as the "Imperial Marines," to inflict violence against opponents of the organization - including former Synanon members. (Defendant's Statement of Material Facts at 68-74, 108-09.) Dederich was arrested for operating in Santa Monica without a health license and out of zone. "He was beaten, he was hit in the head and then socked in the stomach.". Dederich experimented with environmental manipulations so as to recreate the heightened awareness and inner discoveries he experienced while taking LSD. The group is featured in the 2021 book Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by American linguist Amanda Montell. Synanon claimed it had cured thousands but by 1967 Dederich turned the organization into a "lifestyle" by recruiting non-addicts ("Squares") and building cities in Marin County, then Tulare County and eventually Lake Havasu. Members were to confess in games and no secrets were allowed. Juveniles in the 70s were often sent to Synanon by juvenile agencies or by courts on juvenile officers recommendation. 'I want you to take these two, I want that one's legs broken, I want this one's legs broken, and I want you to shove him into the back of his car, and run it off the pier'. (West Magazine, l967, Morantz archives on Synanon) Subsequently, Synanon acquired a large industrial building in Oakland, California, transforming it into a residential facility for its members, outsiders were permitted to attend the Game there as well. They are both true. Given its growing popularity, it began to spread throughout California, and Synanon became a counter-culture community by 1964. ( Dederich tapes on Synanon history; Tony Lang, Synanon, Guy Endore, Synanon, Gerstel Paradise, Inc). Though many San Francisco area newspapers and broadcasters covered the Synanon case, they were largely silenced by legal action from Synanon's lawyers[citation needed], who made claims of libel. Those who went to jail for Synanon were treated as heroes. Then it went to war. It was alleged[by whom?] Other journalists who took on Synanon were LA Times reporter Narda Zuchinno and CBSs Connie Chung. CEDU's schools used the confrontation model of Synanon. Brainwashing is powerful enough to cure drug addiction while members remain subject to it. A third defendant, Synanon founder Charles Dederich, earlier was put on . Correcting Claire Clarks Recovery Revolution, Book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. The 1984 TV movie Attack on Fear, directed by Mel Damski, written by T.S. September 21, 1978 ex-member Phil Ritter, was severely beaten by two members, causing him to fall into a coma for a week. View our online Press Pack. Imperial Marines carried an E-11 blaster rifle, a MiniMag shoulder-launched proton torpedo launcher, and multiple thermal . Synanon is a US-founded social organization created by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in 1958 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Bombs, he would say in l978 to news reporter Connie Chung (CBS NEWS l978), could go off in homes of critics (Deposition of Dederich, Synanon vs. Time, Inc.; Synanon vs. ABC). The 1950s were a time when incarceration was considered the only cure for drug addiction. Morantz was bitten and hospitalized for 11 days. Watches were taken as time was no longer important. Synanon members were instructed in writing to physically harm others, take responsibility for it and never reveal Synanons involvement. (Synanon Holy War file, Robson letters, IRS vs. Synanon). For other inquiries, Contact Us. The couple claimed that the wife had been held captive by Synanon and that during her stay, leaders at Synanon had attempted to brainwash her. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. It is also referred to in the song "Opening Doors" from Stephen Sondheim's musical Merrily We Roll Along, which mentions it as a hypothetical song title in a satirical revue of the 1960s. The group attracted thousands of drug addicts and eventually accepted juvenile delinquents who were ordered by the courts to receive Synanon's services - for a fee of course. Founded to get people off junk, Synanon was now creating it. (IRS vs. Synanon). At age 12 his mother remarried and Dederich went on a jealous rage turning to drinking and rebel rousing. (Casriel, So Fair a House, Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon, Columbia Pictures: Synanon). Did Synanon betray me an wound me? Performance & security by Cloudflare. [41], Father William B. O'Brien, the founder of New York's Daytop Village, included Synanon's group encounters and confrontational approach in his research into addiction treatment methods. Synanon A Los Angeles lawyer is attacked by a poisonous rattlesnake leading police to a bizarre cult veiled as a drug and alcohol rehab facility. The concept of "lifetime rehabilitation" did not agree with therapeutic norms, and it was alleged[by whom?] Deborah Swisher, a former Synanon member, recounts her experiences growing up in several Synanon communes in her one-woman show Hundreds of Sisters and One Big Brother.[45]. Montell's father was a member as a child and spoke freely to Amanda about his experience in Synanon. Much of the violence was carried out by the Imperial Marines. The tiny Point Reyes Light, a weekly newspaper in Marin County, received the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service in 1979 on account of its coverage of Synanon when other news outlets avoided covering the group. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). [36], Synanon struggled to survive without its leader, and also with a severely tarnished reputation. In lessons, children were taught how to fight the Holy War" to defend their leader. Synanon evicted by tossing people and belongings out of apartments (even off a roof). As a condition of probation, he was disallowed from taking part in managing Synanon. Synanon sought religious status in 1974, with Diedrich as its leader. "[28] During the investigations researchers also came across multiple lawsuits and arrests against Synanon members. Synanon was also developing a paramilitary organization that included two police forces (the Imperial Marines and the National Guard). While his associates went to jail, Dederich received probation because his doctors claimed that due to ill health he would most likely die in prison. During summer l978 California congressman, Herschel Rosenthal, a long-time Synanon supporter, attached a rider to a bill that if passed would exempt Synanon from all health licensing laws regardless of condition person taken in. Violence was then permitted upon them, breaking for first time Synanons non violent rule. Children were struck across the face, knocked down, otherwise punished and then gamed. Soon the OK on violence would spread to splitees, suspected thieves and perceived spies and enemies. As the alcoholics had not wanted change, neither did they. At age 4, when his father died in an auto crash, his mother, an accomplished pianist, made him the family male figure and her favorite. Synanon struggled to survive without its leader but with a severely tarnished reputation. In 1974 Synanon declared itself a religion and centered on middle-class searching for utopia rather than addict curing. And Synanon, which is to say Dederich, was not happy about being made to look foolish. He had been trying to get his child out of the cult, and had gone to the authorities complaining of forced vasectomies in Synanon. He feared that Marines otherwise would have to work with untrained and undisciplined . Synanon purchased in 1967 the Club Casa del Mar, a large beach side 1926 hotel in Santa Monica (during WW II it was a military headquarters), and used it as a center and dormitory for drug treatment and business operations. More than 80 people had been attacked by Synanon, Morantz said. XHTML: You can use these tags:

. They survived by begging stale food from catering trucks, hookers doing tricks and donations. (Morantz archives on Synanon, People vs Dederich, IRS vs. Synanon). Teeth were knocked out. Physically Dead. Morantzs name was mentioned in the tape along with threats to get the wives and children of adverse lawyers. The Imperial Marines was Synanon's private fighting force, trained inside the organization and heavily armed. Synanon, is the first ever self helpno doctors drug rehabilitation program, founded by Charles Chuck Dederich Sr. (19131997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. Morantz's website says that babies were taken from their parents and raised in the so-called hatchery., Moms who wanted to spend time with their own kids were callously dubbed head suckers.. (Mitchell, the Light on Synanon). ", Private Investigator Jack Harding said: "They reminded me of a young Gestapo group.". You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. It is claimed that Dederich, after taking LSD,[7] Convicted, rather than move as condition of probation he chose to go to jail. And there was no way that its leader was going to share any of that with the taxman. His life was saved by a neighbor who applied a . Synanon Imperial Marines. [15], Control over members occurred through the "Game". The New York psychiatrist Daniel Casriel M.D. Dederich placed them in a 72 hour game (stew) and harangued them for not seeing his vision. In l977 in Santa Monica, Synanon took in a woman in a pre-psychotic break, and would not return her to her husband and transferred her to Tomales Bay. (Dave Mitchell, The Light on Synanon; Gerstel, Paradise Inc.. Synanon Holy War file memos on beatings, Dr. Doug Robson letters, various police reports). TIL In 1978, a dangerous cult called Synanon tried to murder an opponent by placing an de-rattled rattlesnake in his mailbox. The Foundation had the wire, an internal broadcasting system that played 24 hours with repeated talk of getting the enemies. The former compound of a notorious cult in the foothills of northeastern Tulare County will soon be vacation rentals. Mitchell developed a deep throat in the Sheriff department, Art Disterheft. On Oct. 10, 1978, Morantz was bitten by a rattlesnake left in his Pacific Palisades home mailbox by two members of the Synanon Imperial Marines. Legal problems continued, despite this change. The name was chosen when a member slurred the words 'Symposium' and 'Seminar', explains Paul Morantz, an expert on the cult. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. One was four months pregnant. "They are draining life's blood from us, and expecting us to play by their silly rules. Dederich was familiar with Waldens Pond and the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and B. F. Skinner. Finally, during the third stage, members both worked and lived outside of the community, but still attended regular meetings. Synanon emphasized tough love and a cold turkey approach to rehabilitation for substance abusers. Synanon was a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center and movement-turned-cult in California that existed from 1958 to 1991. Synanon organized groups called the "Imperial Marines" and the "National Guard," and called for "Holy War" against its enemies. Read More. The husband hired attorney Paul Morantz, who had recently finished a case against persons who had kidnapped skid row alcoholics and kept them on thorazine in nursing homes in order to bill the State. Was it a wonderful place to be? Sitting in comfortable green armchairs, they made the dope fiends tell their tales of drugs, rape, crime and beatings. In its 21-year history, Synanon's reputation has seesawed from selflessly charitable to kooky and even depraved Dederich founded the group in Los Angeles in 1958, after "trying to take control of his Alcoholics Anonymous chapter and failing." Mitchell related. The games turned on one than another. For a shower, a hose ran through a window (Casriel, So Fair a House, Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon). He is considered an expert on these subjects. Synanon is a word of his own invention integrating togetherness (syn) with the unknown (anon). [14] It would grow to become a well-funded utopian society throughout the late '60s and early '70s, before declaring itself a religion in 1974. . (Dederich, The Graduate Question). [40] The CEDU model was widely influential on the development of parent-choice, private-pay residential programs. 40 years ago, Synanon, a cult with a violent past, moved into Havasu. The psychotic leader of Synanon, Charles Dederich, features in a new series of Oxygens Deadly Cults which examines how this tyrant wielded so much deadly power over his many besotted followers. I am quite willing to break some lawyer's legs, and next break his wife's legs, and threaten to cut their child's arm off. You may change your value system, notions about life and viewpoints about people. Synanon enterprises would run gas stations, pottery making, apartment buildings and other income businesses without having to pay workers or taxes. With its sudden fame, by early 1964 Synanon had also become an alternative community, attracting people with its emphasis on living a self-examined life, as aided by group truth-telling sessions known as the Synanon Game. With its new wealth, they started building its first city in Marin County (Tomales Bay). Women removed all makeup and jewelry, a symbolic stripping of past selves. Beatings occurred in Synanon basements. They also beat a neighboring rancher, Gamboninni, who was helping children run away from Synanon and return to their parents (Light on Synanon; Dave Gerstel, Paradise Inc.; Marin County crime report on Gambinini beating, Synanon memos describing incident. In 1967, Synanon purchased the Club Casa del Mar, a large beachside hotel in Santa Monica, as its headquarters and a dormitory for those undergoing treatment for drug addiction. To keep people in, he posted and announced as a warning all reports of anyone who left and returned to drugs. Synanon began as an addiction support group that gathered in a grimy Californian flat in the late 1950s. Originally a nonviolent group, Diedrich created the "Imperial Marines" to maintain orderwithin and outside of the community. Morantz did and the bill was defeated by one vote. Former Synanon President Jack Hurst spoke out against Synanon and found his home door open and his dog hung. Two other Synanon residents, Joe Musico and Lance Kenton (son of the musician Stan Kenton) were also arrested and pleaded "no contest" to charges of assault and conspiracy to commit murder. The game took on each unbrokens dirty rotten story with great brutality. He remarried, but alcohol did in that marriage, too. The Synanon organization also developed a business that sold promotional items. (Dave Mitchell, The Light on Synanon; Gerstel, Paradise Inc.: Letter from Dederich to Mike Garrett. After the rattlesnake incident, Mary Robson, wife of Imperial Marine leader Dr. Douglas Robson, went to a neighbor of Paul Morantzs mother and left her card so Morantz would know Synanon knew where his mother was. The "Game" was presented as a therapeutic tool, and likened to a form of group therapy; but it has been criticized as a form of a "social control", in which members humiliated one another and encouraged the exposure of one another's innermost weaknesses. The Trippers, many of whom had been awake for 65 or more hours, were hugged and cheered. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Publicly, Dederich warned that people should not mess with Synanon because the organization could not control its members. Simon, not heeding what he wrote, later went to prison for destroying evidence unfavorable to Synanon (People vs. Simon). [citation needed]. [47] Throughout the series, one of the show's hosts, Brace Belden, talks about his childhood experience in a correctional, co-ed private facility called the Monarch School, which has been closed due to allegations of widespread abuse under the watch of its founder, Patrick McKenna, a Synanon disciple. Plus, control freak Dederich wanted even more power. . It was read on the Synanon wire while Dederich would bellow when will one of you have the guts to go to LA and do something about him, break his knees. Web. Several weeks later, October 10, 1978, two Synanon members placed a de-rattled rattlesnake in the mailbox of attorney Paul Morantz in Pacific Palisades, California. But he nearly lost his life as a result of his investigation into Synanon. Paddy Wagons awaited Synanon protesters. Control over members occurred through the Synanon Game. The Game could be considered a therapeutic tool, likened to group therapy; or a social control, in which members humiliated one another and encouraged the exposure of ones innermost weaknesses, or both. It will produce a new breed of human beings with greatly expanded potentials. I really do want an ear in a glass of alcohol on my desk.[3]. [12], One of the most distinguishing practices of the Synanon community was a therapeutic practice commonly referred to as "The Game." Their last hope. 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For further details of our complaints policy and to make a complaint please click this link: thesun.co.uk/editorial-complaints/, In 1975-Oakland, CA- more than 500 women from Synanon communities throughout California shaved their heads, Members of Synanon have their head shaved in 1969, Synanon, poster: Richard Conte (cigarette left), Edmond O'Brien (top head), Alex Cord (arm outstretched), Stella Stevens (bare shoulder), Eartha Kitt (bottom right), 1965, Synanon founder Charles Dederich was arrested in Arizona on a California warrant charging suspicion of conspiracy and solicitation to commit murder in the rattlesnake attack of a Los Angles lawyer, The name was chosen when a member slurred the words 'Symposium' and 'Seminar', explains, Members of Synanon at the North Beach branch have a party to celebrate the 1,000 live-in member, April 4, 1968. spread throughout California, and Synanon became a counter-culture community by 1964. more than 1,300 members - resulting in a healthy bank balance, as its assets totaled about $33 million. After his small group, called "Tender Loving Care", gained a significant following, Dederich incorporated the organization into the Synanon Foundation in 1958. IMPERIAL MARINES, AND DOPE FIENDS by George Pendle, Cabinet Magazine, Winter 2012-2013 . But, a Synanon mob brutally beat Gambini in front of his family, Morantz writes. It was also there that a luxurious complex known as the Homeplace was being constructed. If you do your best, you cant fail. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). That is the end of that lawyer. But there was a catch: new members had to transfer their assets to the organization. that on remote properties in California such as at Marshall in Marin County and in Badger, Tulare County, Synanon had erected buildings without the legally-required permits, had created a trash dump, and built an airstrip. "It was no secret that Charles Dederich wanted to at least hurt Paul Morantz if not kill him. The squares were pushed to confess their prior loneliness and despair. In September 26, 2022, the TrueAnon podcast also released a 5-part series on the history of Synanon called The Game. The Imperial Marines was Synanon's private fighting force, trained inside the organization and heavily armed. All Rights Reserved. Morantz had prepared for that. ), he cut himself off from society, and instead of sending rehabilitated junkies back into the world, they were to stay in Synanon forever. (Dederich, Childbirth Unmasked.) As a result of its poor conduct, Santa Monica surrendered and Synanon became untouchable. He received an. By the late 1970s, he'd formed a small army called the Imperial Marines, which committed dozens of heinous crimes, like mass beatings against defectors, whom Dederich called "splittees." This included taking vengeance against former Synanon members. Morantz spent six days in a hospital, news of which made national headlines. Only the threat of violence was prohibited. Eventually, on September 21, 2008 the Marines tried to murder ex-member Phil Ritter, who was trying to get his child out and had gone to the authorities complaining of forced vasectomies in Synanon, by clubbing him over the head (Berkely Gazette September 1978; Mitchell, the Light on Synanon). (Reynolds memo, People vs. Dederich; IRS vs. Synanon). That is the end of that lawyer. Neighbors complained fearing Synanon would unleash non-recovered addicts into Santa Monica who came from other areas. The organization developed a business that sold promotional items, a successful enterprise that eventually generated roughly $10 million per year of revenue. A Synanon mob beat Gambini in front of his family. Synanon became a Third sector within United States borders, seeking to have its Embassy in Washington, D.C. Unsurprisingly, abused kids began running away, helped by an 'underground railroad', led by neighboring rancher Alvin Gambonini, who tried to reunite them with their parents. Synanon fought and lost the action on summary judgment based on their own admissions in their internal records. In October 1977, attorney Paul Morantz was embroiled in a civil suit against the cult when he was introduced to Synanon's violent side the so-called Synanon Imperial Marines. Synanon was allowed to have members kick addiction cold turkey without drugs. A Grand Jury in Marin County, pushed by Paul Morantz, issued a scathing report in March of 1978 attacking Synanon for its child abuse and for the profits that flowed to Dederich, weapons, threat and also attacking authorities for their lack of oversight. Morantz said: I had my first case in court involving them in June 1977. Upon Synanons disobedience, 13 police vehicles surrounded the building and drew their weapons. After litigation over the tax assessment, which in the end it could not pay, Synanon doors finally closed for good in 1991. The founder, Charles Dederich, a recovering alcoholic. Knowing away from the environment people were using, he closed the doors in l967 and ended the idea anyone should ever leave. He had outsmarted Synanon and its team of lawyers. Believed trespassers were taken into the basements of Santa Monica Del Mar building and worked over on directions of Dr. Robson. Synanon, is the first ever self help-no doctors- drug rehabilitation program, founded by Charles "Chuck" Dederich Sr. (1913-1997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. Restaurants near Hotel Imperial, Amsterdam on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews and candid photos of dining near Hotel Imperial in Amsterdam, North Holland Province. These are real threats", he snarled. Yes. I see nothing frightening about it I am quite willing to break some lawyers legs and next break his wifes legs and threaten to cut their childs arm off. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). Inside, Dederich compared Synanon to the mafia (Synanon Think Table Summaries; Dederich, New Religious PostureDont Fuck with Synanon). This made him a public hero and Governor Edmund Brown, Sr. signed a save Synanon bill giving Synanon an exemption from Health licensing laws. It no longer obeyed zoning rules, sympathetic donations reheated and Synanon soon became Santa Monicas largest land owner. Dederich and his wife sat on thrones and often wore robs. [14][22], The game turned into a 72-hour version and was admitted by Dederich to be brainwashing. put my Synanon evidence books on the kitchen counter", when he noticed "something dark and elongated through the grill of my mail chute". (See id. Did Synanon save my life? Before the incident, Synanon investigator Chris Reynolds wrote a memo on Morantz, giving his home address to Synanon legal department. The 1965 Columbia Pictures movie Synanon, directed by Richard Quine, was set at (and filmed in) Synanon; it starred Edmond O'Brien as Chuck Dederich, as well as Chuck Connors, Stella Stevens, Richard Conte, and Eartha Kitt. Julie Moncharsh recalled: "One boy, who was mentally retarded, was physically beaten because he did not do the 20 push-ups he was assigned. The Marines were led by Dr. Douglas Robson who would eventually flee in fear of arrest and set up practice in Seattle. by | May 25, 2022 | why does kelly wearstler wear a brace | diy nacho cheese dispenser | May 25, 2022 | why does kelly wearstler wear a brace | diy nacho cheese dispenser (Robert J. Lifton, Coercive Persuasion, The Psychology of Totalism; Dr. Edgar Friedman, The Nation 1965, a review of Yablonskis the Tunnel back The author fails to see the inhumanity he observesSynanon is a trade of one addiction for another..one day there will be a Synanon state of Mind more important than the club itself). Publicly one was berated (haircut) for misdeeds and this was designed to carom off and affect behavior of those watching. Dederich called it an insight producing experience. (People vs. Dederich; Arrest report on Charles Dederich; IRS vs. Synanon). (Eidson v. Robson, Synanon; Synanon memos describing incident). You can get killed dead, literally deadthese are real threats, he snarls. This included taking vengeance against. Synanon.) We will make the rules. The Imperial Marines had caught and caged rattlesnakes in training (Wendall Stamps, Imperial Marine diary) and the snake was from Visalia (expert testimony, People vs. Dederich). (Dave Mitchell, Light on Synanon; Dave Gerstel, Paradise Inc.; Marin County crime report on Cardineau beating.). Vile Dederich declared that, "having an abortion is like squeezing a boil, nothing more.". Paul Morantz, an American attorney and investigative journalist has written substantially about the cult - as he delves into brainwashing cases for victims. Marino said: "I thought they were going to kill us.". Dederich declared when he moved to The Home Place in Badger he did not want ex dope fiends around him (Gerstel, Paradise Inc.). In not too long of a time, Synanon commenced training the Imperial Marines in Depot Flats in the Badger Mountains and then attacked over 40 people (some attacks were before Marines trainedDederich, New Religious Posture, Dont Fuck with Synanon. But Synanon still remains the Granddaddy of all drug rehabs, the failure that launched an industry, its failure teaching us more than whatever its success had (Richard Ofshe, The Failure that spurned an Industry). Because there was no hierarchy in The Game, members could freely criticize Synanon's highest leadership, who would then take member concerns into consideration when deciding policy. 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