The imprisonment made Dederich a public martyr. At the same time Pacific Palisades attorney Paul Morantz won a $300,000 judgment against the group on allegations that it had kidnapped, imprisoned and attempted to brainwash a woman on the verge of a psychotic break. (IRS vs. Synanon). Curing dope fiends was what they wanted. 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. Some Trippers began to hallucinate, Dederich having achieved his LSD replicated altered state of consciousness. Fluid leaked into his spine causing a near fatal case of spinal meningitis. Childbirth said Dederich, was no more important than squeezing out a football. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). Their last hope. You can email the site owner to let them know you were blocked. A horrifying newsreel from 1978 shows a frightened young woman telling a reporter that she fled after being punched and beaten as a child, and she saw many other kids being assaulted. Correcting Claire Clarks Recovery Revolution, Book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. The game was eventually used to pressure people to submit to Dederich's will, abort pregnancies, undergo vasectomies, and commit violence. 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. Believed trespassers were taken into the basements of Santa Monica Del Mar building and worked over on directions of Dr. Robson. "It was no secret that Charles Dederich wanted to at least hurt Paul Morantz if not kill him. You may change your value system, notions about life and viewpoints about people. The school attracted lawyers, screenwriters, and business executives, all wanting to educate their children in a progressive environment. [5] Outside of The Game, members were required to act civilly to each other. You will learn more about yourself, your fellow man, the world, the nature of reality in one weekend than you would in four years. He and his family were represented by Paul Morantz and Ed Martin in a civil suit. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. Eartha Kitt, right, giving dancing lessons, donated the proceeds from her classes to the Synanon House, aving an abortion is like squeezing a boil, nothing more. Founded to get people off junk, Synanon was now creating it. (Gerstel, Paradise, Inc.). The cops uncover a group of blind followers willing to do anything at their leader's urging, even murder. For other inquiries, Contact Us. The name was chosen when a member slurred the words 'Symposium' and 'Seminar', explains Paul Morantz, an expert on the cult. A hoop-a-la began (Synanons dance). While he was in a rush one day, he arrived home, "put my Synanon evidence books on the kitchen counter", when he noticed "something dark and elongated through the grill of my mail chute". The 1950s were a time when incarceration was considered the only cure for drug addiction. Inside, Dederich compared Synanon to the mafia (Synanon Think Table Summaries; Dederich, New Religious PostureDont Fuck with Synanon). [36], Synanon struggled to survive without its leader, and also with a severely tarnished reputation. Dederich designed an efficient program of individual emotional breakdowns followed by a mass group euphoria all designed to re-educate individuals into the Synanon II philosophy and lifestyle. Plus, control freak Dederich wanted even more power. TIL In 1978, a dangerous cult called Synanon tried to murder an opponent by placing an de-rattled rattlesnake in his mailbox. Your IP: He aimed to ensnare patients to remain in Synanon forever, and create a utopian society of his own design. [12] (Dave Mitchell, The Light on Synanon; Gerstel, Paradise Inc.: Letter from Dederich to Mike Garrett. These are real threats", he snarled. Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! 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. The police told Synanon the kids were coming with them; the only question was how? [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. People originally inspired by their CEDU experience developed or strongly influenced a significant number of the schools in the therapeutic boarding school industry. Synanon emphasized tough love and a cold turkey approach to rehabilitation for substance abusers. The group said that was a lie, and denied kids were being held prisoner. ; That is the end of that lawyer. You can get killed Dead. A Synanon mob beat Gambini in front of his family. So did Synanon member Steve Simon in his Harvard dissertation (the danger of being a participant observer is that you may be converted). (Dederich, Childbirth Unmasked.) Eventually followers took on the paranoia of its founder, Synanon developed the Imperial Marines and commenced a Holy War against its enemies. It was known for communal living, practices such as group "truth-telling" sessions they called "The Game," requiring married couples to split and take new partners and female members to shave their heads. Dan Garrett ordered a kidnapping and then changed the order to beating the person on the spot. (Dederich, The Graduate Question). Members were taught that if caught on a violent mission to go to jail and to not blame Synanon. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. While in The Game, members criticized each other, but left as friends and supportive community members. He was found passed out on a kitchen floor and was told, "Fatso," if you . Synanons purchase of over $200,000 dollars of weapons from a single gun store also brought media attention. Synanon is a US-founded social organization created by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in 1958 in Santa Monica, California, United States. [43], Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper includes several chapters (21 - 23) about living at Synanon from 1969 - 1971.[44]. 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). Paul Robert Morantz (born August 16, 1945) is an American attorney and investigative journalist. Dederich experimented with environmental manipulations so as to recreate the heightened awareness and inner discoveries he experienced while taking LSD. The game was a session during which one member would talk about themselves and then endure intense criticism by their peers. They acted as "the punch" of the Imperial Starfleet. She has not been seen or heard from since. (Dave Mitchell, Light on Synanon; Dave Gerstel, Paradise Inc.; Marin County crime report on Cardineau beating.). The school was headed by Al Bauman, who believed in an innovative philosophy and aimed to teach children in the same manner to think differently. We will make the rules. 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). Though local newspapers and broadcast media covered the case, they were largely silenced by lawsuits from Synanon lawyers charging libel. Synanon instituted containment which was disallowing contact with outsiders. In 1974 Synanon declared itself a religion and centered on middle-class searching for utopia rather than addict curing. Everyone bonded. 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.. (Robson) suggested blowing me away with a shotgun, Morantz said. Addicts behaviors and past lives were attacked viciously in games, members were told their lives depended on staying, contacts with family were prohibited, and a system of rewards and punishments was applied. [7][32][33] This incident, along with the press coverage, prompted an investigation by the police and government into Synanon. Professionals, even those without drug addictions, were eagerly invited to join, provided they transferred their assets to the organization. It will produce a new breed of human beings with greatly expanded potentials. [15], Control over members occurred through the "Game". "It's kind of like saying you can't go to therapy," Nolan told reporters outside the courtroom. After several inquiries into their practices and financial holdings, Board of Directors passed declaration which made Synanon . Synanon Holy War file memos on beating). The concept of "lifetime rehabilitation" did not agree with therapeutic norms, and it was alleged[by whom?] 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. Several weeks after NBC began receiving threats, on October 10, 1978, two Synanon members placed a de-rattled rattlesnake in the mailbox of attorney Paul Morantz of Pacific Palisades, California. Synanon lawyer Howard Garfield ordered Marine head Dr. Douglas Robson to collect all Synanon memos describing their violence and transfer them to legal department so attorney client privilege would attach. Through dissipation, or long hours of activity without very much sleep, we hope to bring about in you a conscious state of inebriation we want to get you loaded without acid. Dederich bought and sold real estate. 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]. Was it a wonderful place to be? He married, but drinking ended it. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. 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. A . At age 8 his youngest brother died of influenza and Dederich felt guilty and responsible. Julie Moncharsh recalled: "One boy, who was mentally retarded, was physically beaten because he did not do the 20 push-ups he was assigned. When the first Tripper, physically and emotionally exhausted, broke and wept it caromed to the others. [37][38][39], Mel Wasserman, influenced by his Synanon experience, founded CEDU Education. By then Synanon's assets, including real estate, ten aircraft, 400 cars, trucks and motorcycles, totaled around $33 million. The Guides, all experienced game players, turned each group from enthusiasm to a depression and defeat, wallowing in its collective shame. (Deposition of Charles Dederich, Morantz vs. Dederich; Morantz vs. Synanon, IRS vs. 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. "Synanon House A Consideration for Its Implications on American Correction". He would never bond with kids again, including his own until they became adults. Convicted, rather than move as condition of probation he chose to go to jail. When they asked for friends they were hugged in mass. He decided to move to Santa Monica and become a beach bum. They are draining lifes blood from us and expecting us to play by their silly rules. Before the incident, Synanon investigator Chris Reynolds wrote a memo on Morantz, giving his home address to Synanon legal department. All Rights Reserved. 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. The program was based on testimony of fellow group members about their tribulations and urges of relapsing, and their journeys to recovery. His success in trapping so many people - at its height the cult had more than 1,300 members - resulting in a healthy bank balance, as its assets totaled about $33 million. Synanon would possess its own fleet of trucks and automobiles, hundreds of motorcycles, a mini-armada of 21 boats, a squadron of ten airplanes and its own airstrip. Remain forever and they could build a Utopian world designed by Dederich. Marino said: "I thought they were going to kill us.". : todayilearned LOS ANGELES -- Thirteen past and present members of Synanon, the controversial drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization, surrendered in court Tuesday on two secret indictments charging them. Ofshe, Richard. The city claimed it owned the beach front and rather than take the issue to court it sent police officers and bulldozers across the sand knocking down cabanas and paved courts. Its members believed in Synanon enemies and encroachment of spies, created their own words (synanese), sought isolation from outside contaminants and committed to its destiny. This bankrupted Synanon, which formally dissolved in 1991. Following this broadcast, several executives of the NBC network and its corporate chairman allegedly received hundreds of threats from Synanon members and supporters. Dederich placed them in a 72 hour game (stew) and harangued them for not seeing his vision. Life Magazine did a 14 page photo spread, which a Congressman called the Miracle on the Beach, and Columbia Pictures made a movie Synanon, starring Edmond OBrien, Chuck Conners and Stella Stevens. It is currently active in Germany. All had pain. 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Through a telehone call to Paul Morantz by the Marin County council, the Supervisors requested Morantz lobby to defeat the bill which was in its last committee for vote. Women removed all makeup and jewelry, a symbolic stripping of past selves. The below Synanon 1, II and III are Synanons own designation of its history (Deposition of Charles Dederich; People vs. Dederich; IRS vs. Synanon, Morantz Synanon archives), Dederich was born in Ohio in 1913. Professionals, even those without drug addictions, were invited to join Synanon. By 1991 the community had essentially folded. [23] Morantz had successfully brought suit on behalf of people who were being held against their will by Synanon. Escape From Cielo Drive (A Tale of Three Charlies) 0 December 26, 2010. Synanon organized groups called the "Imperial Marines" and the "National Guard," and called for "Holy War" against its enemies. Knowing away from the environment people were using, he closed the doors in l967 and ended the idea anyone should ever leave. Dederich and Yablonsky acknowledged that the system was brainwashing (thought reform) as described by Dr. Robert Jay Lifton in Coercive PersuasionThe psychology of Totalism (Yablonski, The Tunnel Back). He gathered his own following in AA and after a time of meetings at apartments, they rented a small store in seedy Venice. Hollywood Park: A Memoir, by Mikel Jollett (founder of The Airborne Toxic Event) was published in May 2020 and describes Jollett's life in, and escape from 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). The Foundation had the wire, an internal broadcasting system that played 24 hours with repeated talk of getting the enemies. Synanon.) His life was saved by a neighbor who applied a . Much of the violence by Synanon had been carried out by a group within Synanon called the "Imperial Marines". 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. He had outsmarted Synanon and its team of lawyers. Synanon is a word of his own invention integrating togetherness (syn) with the unknown (anon). He received an. 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. And Synanon, which is to say Dederich, was not happy about being made to look foolish. Dederich was arrested for operating in Santa Monica without a health license and out of zone. IMPERIAL MARINES, AND DOPE FIENDS by George Pendle, Cabinet Magazine, Winter 2012-2013 . (Dederich tape: The Freebies are Over; Arizona vs. Home Place Inc., Morantz archives on Synanon. Synanon Imperial Marines. You can get killed dead, literally deadthese are real threats, he snarls. Returning to. At eight a.m. Monday hand in hand the Trippers went down the corridor toward the sounds of band music. When California officials set about revoking Synanons charitable trust status, Dederich declared Synanon a religion in 1974. He was found passed out on a kitchen floor and was told, Fatso, if you do not go to Alcoholic Anonymous you will die. (Dr. Dan Casriel, So Fair a House, Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon.). Beatings of opponents, alleged thieves and ex-members ( splittees) occurred across the country. [14][22], The game turned into a 72-hour version and was admitted by Dederich to be brainwashing. "[28] During the investigations researchers also came across multiple lawsuits and arrests against Synanon members. 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. Morantz had successfully brought suit on behalf of a woman abducted by Synanon, winning a $300,000 judgment, obtained release of children, gave information to the press and lobbied (defeating) another Synanon bill written by Herschel Rosenthal. A big shot would advise the Trippers they were not really chosen as an honor, but each was really selected because each was a resister, thinking he or she knew better the direction Synanon should go, part of the dummies that hold Synanon back. Maybe, Dederich said, one day we will just put dingbats like you against the wall and wash them off and bring them back into the human race. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). On remote properties in California such as Tomales Bay in Marin County and Badger, Tulare County, the organization had built un-permitted buildings, a trash dump, and an airstrip. By BRANDON MESSICK Bmessick@havasunews.com Dec 9, 2018 Updated Aug 21, 2022 2 Stay Informed.. In 1959, Synanon moved from their small storefront to an abandoned armory on the beach. The snake bit Morantz but did not kill him. The games turned on one than another. [citation needed]. Web. 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). Given its growing popularity, it began to spread throughout California, and Synanon became a counter-culture community by 1964. Aired: 06/14/2020 TV-14 | 2 years left Season 2 - Episodes 43:49 S2 - E1 Spiritual Warriors 43:49 Much of the violence by Synanon had been carried out by a group within Synanon called the "Imperial Marines". Dederich said freedom to think to a dope addict was like a gun to a baby, and they wash dirty brains. visited in 1962, lived there in 1963 and wrote a book about his experiences. He is considered an expert on these subjects. (People vs. Dederich, Synanon memos on incident). 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. Dederich would elsewhere declare that if you kept people up long enough you can make them believe anything (Deposition of Charles Dederich, Morantz vs Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon. Originally established as a drug rehabilitation program, by the early 1960s, Synanon became an alternative community centered on group truth-telling sessions that came to be known as the "Synanon Game," a form of attack therapy. The 'marines' retaliated by clubbing him over the head. Juveniles in the 70s were often sent to Synanon by juvenile agencies or by courts on juvenile officers recommendation. In 1977, a group of Synanon thugs pistol-whipped a truck driver who had cut off their vehicle on a highway. Synanon evicted by tossing people and belongings out of apartments (even off a roof). A third defendant, Synanon founder Charles Dederich, earlier was put on . He was saved from meningitis in the l940s by the discovery of penicillin. 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. 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