( Dederich tapes on Synanon history; Tony Lang, Synanon, Guy Endore, Synanon, Gerstel Paradise, Inc). In l977 when Dederichs wife Betty died he married a volunteer to be his wife and decided to save others from pain of death or divorce by ordering all married couples to break up every 3 years and take new partners selected by Synanon (love matches). Was it a wonderful place to be? The Associate Press did a study of Synanons efforts to discourage the press (AP Study on Synanon Retraction Program). Dederich also created an armed wing within Synanon called the Imperial Marines, and ordered those within the unit to prevent any of the residents from leaving. (Gerstel, Paradise, Inc.). Childbirth said Dederich, was no more important than squeezing out a football. Dederich declared they were better than the world and through his experimentation Synanon would lead the human race into the 21st Century. [21] Furthermore, for their first ninety days in the community, members were expected to cease contact with outside friends and family. Declaring Synanon a religion (shades of L. Ron Hubbard! We will make the rules. George Orwells l984 had arrived early. Morantz had prepared for that. They are draining lifes blood from us and expecting us to play by their silly rules. This became a successful enterprise that for a time generated roughly $10 million per year.[13]. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). You can get killed dead, literally deadthese are real threats, he snarls. All such notions Dederich declared were also a squeeze to get rotten fruit out of Synanon (those who will not obey). "But it wasn't too long before I knew it was true," Morantz says. This bankrupted Synanon, which formally dissolved in 1991. Beginning in the mid-1970s, women in Synanon were required to shave their heads, and married couples were made to break up and take new partners. In lessons, children were taught how to fight the Holy War" to defend their leader. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 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). [23], Beginning in 1964,[24] the legal authorities began to investigate Synanon's practices. [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. 679215 Registered office: 1 London Bridge Street, London, SE1 9GF. One was four months pregnant. After winning a $300,000 judgment against Synanon, a once respected drug rehab group that had devolved into a paranoid, paramilitary cult, the ice under his feet got even thinner. It left a droopy eye and a facial tick. Sternberg, David. Those who went to jail for Synanon were treated as heroes. (IRS vs. Synanon). The Grand Jury report also rebuked the governmental authorities involved for their lack of oversight, although it stopped short of directly interceding in the Synanon situation. 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. Synanon is a US-founded social organization created by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in 1958 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Morantz did and the bill was defeated by one vote. Cole had received a court order to enroll in Synanon before she disappeared. [25] Initially Synanon did not support violence; Dederich later changed the rules to allow for violence in order to maintain control. (Deposition of Charles Dederich, Morantz vs. Dederich; Morantz vs. Synanon, IRS vs. It will produce a new breed of human beings with greatly expanded potentials. [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. 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). So, Lance Kenton and Joe Musico thought up this plan, and they went and found a rattlesnake," Aron said. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. Publicly one was berated (haircut) for misdeeds and this was designed to carom off and affect behavior of those watching. [citation needed]. This article is about the organization. According to Department of Justice records, Dederich discussed the possibility of Morantzs assassination with Synanon Imperial Marines leader Doug Robson. Synanon is a US-founded social organization created by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in 1958 in Santa Monica, California, United States. 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. Plus, control freak Dederich wanted even more power. You will learn more about yourself, your fellow man, the world, the nature of reality in one weekend than you would in four years. (Mitchell, the Light on Synanon). Physically Dead. Morantzs name was mentioned in the tape along with threats to get the wives and children of adverse lawyers. The 1984 TV movie Attack on Fear, directed by Mel Damski, written by T.S. Daniel Gumbiner refers to this cult in his National Book Award-longlisted, The Boatbuilder. Montell's father was a member as a child and spoke freely to Amanda about his experience in Synanon. Finally, during the third stage, members both worked and lived outside of the community, but still attended regular meetings. There was The Witching Hour which featured a Ouija Board to be operated by Witches, two women in black and white robes. 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. Brainwashing is powerful enough to cure drug addiction while members remain subject to it. To see all content on The Sun, please use the Site Map. You can get killed Dead. [21] After Synanon's transition into an alternate society in 1968, this program changed to a "lifetime rehabilitation" program, with the premise that drug addicts would never truly be well enough to return to society. His life was saved by a neighbor who applied a . We will make the rules. [14], During its first decade, Synanon members entered into a 12-year program in three stages aimed at preparing members to reenter greater society. Synanon was also developing a paramilitary organization that included two police forces (the Imperial Marines and the National Guard). But in fact Robson had failed and the violence memos, including the Garfield-Robson letters were scatter in the Synanon San Franciso warehouse which was opened for copying to the law firm of Lillick, Mchose and Charles (to avoid discovery sanctions) who then found them (Synanon vs. ABC; IRS vs. Synanon). [19] Robert Altman hired members of Synanon to be extras for the gambling scenes in his movie California Split. Soon, Synanon owned properties across America; at Tomales Bay, it had a fleet of ships, and at the Badger property hundreds of motorbikes and trucks, not to mention an airstrip and a private plane. Dederich became an AA favorite speaker and went to an AA meeting every day. But it was something much deadlier - the rattlesnake lashed out too quickly for Morantz to react, and its fangs sank into his wrist. (Synanon board minutesJady Dederich, Wendall Stamps Imperial Marine diary, People vs. Dederich, IRS vs, Synanon). By 1991 the community had essentially folded. It was just weeks after Morantz had won a $300,000 judgment against Synanon, a shady drug rehab facility that opened in Santa Monica in 1958. The concept of lifetime rehabilitation did not agree with therapeutic norms, and eventually in l977 attorney Paul Morantz would bring to the Health Depts attention that the group was running an unauthorized medical clinic and taking in people with medical needs Synanon had no license to treat. [34][35] Dederich died on 28 February 1997, at age 83, after a series of strokes; the cause of death was cardiorespiratory failure. Children were reared communally in the Synanon School. (Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon). 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. Did Synanon betray me an wound me? [32] The snake bit him, and he was hospitalized for six days. Synanon instituted containment which was disallowing contact with outsiders. He remarried, but alcohol did in that marriage, too. [27] People who left the organization were at risk of physical violence for being a "splittee"; one ex-member, Phil Ritter, was beaten so severely that his skull was fractured and he subsequently fell into a coma with a near-fatal case of bacterial meningitis.[28][29][30]. Was he an unreconstructed, imperial colonial racist who had the worst possible views on, not just people of color, but people who were not aristocrats? Philip K. Dick makes several references to Synanon in his 1977 novel A Scanner Darkly and 1981 novel VALIS. (Eidson v. Robson, Synanon; Synanon memos describing incident). "The Social Development of the Synanon Cult". He was passed out when he was arrested for the assault and attempted murder of Paul Morantz. Taxation issues also arose. (Synanon Punk Squad Files; Deposition of Synanon school master, Morantz vs. Synanon, IRS vs. Synanon), Dederich was ahead of times in ordering aerobics, running, diets and non smoking. (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. He and his family were represented by Paul Morantz and Ed Martin in a civil suit. 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. Children who had been assigned to Synanon began running away, and an "underground railroad" had been created in the area that sought to help them return to their parents. 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. 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. This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Yes, it is all true. Tax issues arose. Professionals, even those without drug addictions, were invited to join Synanon. He is considered an expert on these subjects. While in The Game, members criticized each other, but left as friends and supportive community members. (White vs. Butler, Herb Caen column, Pat Lynch, NBC Synanon segment 3.). (Dederich tape: The Freebies are Over; Arizona vs. Home Place Inc., Morantz archives on Synanon. Ten years after its founding,. 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." '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'. Ultimately, it purchased an arsenal of high-powered weapons, developed its own security force and in an isolated concealed valley across its airfield called Depot Flats, it set up camp to train the Imperial Marines. And Synanon, which is to say Dederich, was not happy about being made to look foolish. He gathered his own following in AA and after a time of meetings at apartments, they rented a small store in seedy Venice. 40 years ago, Synanon, a cult with a violent past, moved into Havasu. Her daughter died in Synanon and the husband split. He received an. The Guides, all experienced game players, turned each group from enthusiasm to a depression and defeat, wallowing in its collective shame. [17][18], The film director George Lucas needed a large group of people with shaved heads for the filming of his movie THX 1138 and hired some of his extras from Synanon. [23] Morantz had successfully brought suit on behalf of people who were being held against their will by Synanon. At age 12 his mother remarried and Dederich went on a jealous rage turning to drinking and rebel rousing. Abused Children assigned to Synanon began running away, helped by an underground railroad, led by neighboring rancher Alvin Gambonini, who sought to return them to their parents. Some believe Bettys Death unleashed Dederichs fury. 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 cops uncover a group of blind followers willing to do anything at their leader's urging, even murder. They acted as "the punch" of the Imperial Starfleet. In the 1970s, two men were run off the road near one of their properties. Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! Dederich was arrested for operating in Santa Monica without a health license and out of zone. 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). According to court records, the cult formed a militant branch, known as the "Imperial Marines," to inflict violence against opponents of the organization. (Robson letters, crime reports, Synanon memos on each event, Synanon Holy War file, Depostions of ex-Synanon member, Morantz vs. Synanon; IRS vs. Synanon). All thought the experience was beautiful. 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. Click to reveal Both were members of Synanon's 'Imperial Marines,' a security group within the drug and alcohol rehabilition organization. Its ultimate doom came when Dederich and members tried to kill by means of a de-rattled rattlesnake in the mailbox, Pacific Palisades lawyer Paul Morantz who was battling Synanon in the court and trying to expose the Foundation for criminal conspiracies. The Story of This Drug Rehab-Turned-Violent Cult Is Wild, Wild Country-Caliber Bizarre . Synanon members were instructed in writing to physically harm others, take responsibility for it and never reveal Synanons involvement. [9] (Berkeley Gazette l978, Mitchell, Light on Synanon). Casriel went on to found Day Top in New York and thus came the birth of modern day drug rehabs (Casriel, So Fair a House). Ex-Synanon members heard from members inside Synanon, that they had Morantzs address and that he was next, While Morantz was meeting with the California terrorist unit and LAPDID (intelligence) for protection on October 10, 2008, Synanon Marines Joe Musico and Lance Kenton, son of band leader Stan Kenton, as part of conspiracy with Dederich and other top officials, placed a 4-foot rattle snake sans rattles in Morantzs mailbox. (See id. Social scientists flocked to see for themselves, while Hollywood came out with the film Synanon in 1965, starring Edmond O'Brien as Charles and Eartha Kitt as Betty. When the first Tripper, physically and emotionally exhausted, broke and wept it caromed to the others. Dederich said: At the end of this rainbow, there will be a pot of gold. [22] The Game served not only as Synanon's most prominent form of therapy and personal change, but also worked as a way for leaders to collect the opinions of community members. CEDU's schools used the confrontation model of Synanon. "[7][8], Charles Dederich, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA), was known to speak for hours uninterrupted at AA meetings. September 21, 1978 ex-member Phil Ritter, was severely beaten by two members, causing him to fall into a coma for a week. The medical board was to establish rules for Synanon but never did. Before the snake in the mailbox, Dederich, to escape a warrant for his arrest in Washington, D.C. fled to Europe where he returned to alcohol drinking. 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. "[28] During the investigations researchers also came across multiple lawsuits and arrests against Synanon members. These are real threats", he snarled. Synanon was a drug and alcohol rehabilitation center and movement-turned-cult in California that existed from 1958 to 1991. A Los Angeles District Attorney search warrant led to a discovery of an audio tape wherein Dederich bragged of beatings that had occurred, the Imperial Marine training, and said one day the message would be delivered to everyone Dont mess with Synanon. That is the end of that lawyer. At its Aug. 12 meeting, the Tulare County Planning Commission approved a final site plan for the Sequoia Resort, which will house 67 vacation rental units on a 71-acre property formerly owned by Synanon, a drug rehabilitation turned religious cult that operated a commune on the . 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. Members were brainwashed, tortured mentally and barred from leaving the communityescaped members were subject to beatings. [36], Synanon struggled to survive without its leader, and also with a severely tarnished reputation. 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 was beaten, he was hit in the head and then socked in the stomach.". It no longer obeyed zoning rules, sympathetic donations reheated and Synanon soon became Santa Monicas largest land owner. Synanon pressured old club members to leave and complaints led to the city taking a wrongful action that may have changed Synanons course in history. Lance Kenton was sentenced to a year in prison. 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. California donated a block long building in San Francisco. Later the flies (Dederich trained youngsters) took over the attack. Synanon Holy War file memos on beating). Increasingly-wacko Dederich also created his own "Imperial Marines," while hundreds of his cult followers were ordered to get vasectomies and divorces! Teeth were knocked out. The snake did bite Attorney Paul Morantz, but he survived and went on to prosecute Synanon, as well as Church of Scientology, Hare Krishnas, and more. In June of l978 Ernestine White, a black grandmother was trying to get her three grand kids out. Synanon expanded an old Trans-Pacific Marconi RCA radio station in Tomales Bay now Marconi Conference Center State Historical Park. 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. When one woman successfully fled and managed to get a lawyer to aid her legal case against the organization, that lawyer found himself the victim of a rattlesnake that had been placed in . "By July and August, I realized what Id stepped into, but it was too late to get out of it.. I really do want an ear in a glass of alcohol on my desk. (People vs. Dederich; Arrest report on Charles Dederich; IRS vs. Synanon). Remarkably, the authorities refused to intercede. Restaurants near Hotel Imperial, Amsterdam on Tripadvisor: Find traveler reviews and candid photos of dining near Hotel Imperial in Amsterdam, North Holland Province. Everyone was to cop-out (confess to past sins). When they asked for friends they were hugged in mass. While his associates went to jail, Dederich avoided imprisonment by pleading no contest to conspiracy to commit murder, agreeing as part of probation to formally step down as Chairman of Synanon and agreed to have nothing to do with running Synanon. It was a game because one being gamed could turn the game on another. Correcting Claire Clarks Recovery Revolution, Book Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults. (Morantz archives on Synanon, People vs Dederich, IRS vs. Synanon). 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). (Robson) suggested blowing me away with a shotgun, Morantz said. This made him a public hero and Governor Edmund Brown, Sr. signed a save Synanon bill giving Synanon an exemption from Health licensing laws. These changes led Synanon to its then certain fate. Before the incident, Synanon investigator Chris Reynolds wrote a memo on Morantz, giving his home address to Synanon legal department. Yet the Imperial Marines were named officially Her Majestys Imperial Marines, and she was often at their training and spoke of a militant Synanon (Wendell Stamps Imperial Marine diary). Some Trippers began to hallucinate, Dederich having achieved his LSD replicated altered state of consciousness. TIL In 1978, a dangerous cult called Synanon tried to murder an opponent by placing an de-rattled rattlesnake in his mailbox. Journal of Humanistic Psychology 18.3 (1978): 320. He got a job at Hughes Tools. Synanon began as an addiction support group that gathered in a grimy Californian flat in the late 1950s. Founded to get people off junk, Synanon was now creating it. He volunteered for a Dr. Keith Ditman LSD experiment and felt he had a cathartic break through and now understood the world and that good and bad were the same. 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. A . Several of the famous jazz musicians credited with cure returned to drugs. But he nearly lost his life as a result of his investigation into Synanon. 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. During a bout of paranoia where he would not leave his room, he read Emersons Self Reliance and using it as a bible he quit his job to devout full time to cleaning up other Alcoholics. [7] A state Grand Jury in Marin County issued a scathing report in 1978 that attacked Synanon for the very strong evidence of its child abuse, and also for the monetary profits that flowed to Dederich. The 1950s were a time when incarceration was considered the only cure for drug addiction. (Dave Mitchell, The Light on Synanon; Gerstel, Paradise Inc.. Synanon Holy War file memos on beatings, Dr. Doug Robson letters, various police reports). The police told Synanon the kids were coming with them; the only question was how? The group said that was a lie, and denied kids were being held prisoner. A Synanon mob beat Gambini in front of his family. Inside, Dederich compared Synanon to the mafia (Synanon Think Table Summaries; Dederich, New Religious PostureDont Fuck with Synanon). The concept of "lifetime rehabilitation" did not agree with therapeutic norms, and it was alleged[by whom?] But, a Synanon mob brutally beat Gambini in front of his family, Morantz writes. Get this The Hanford Sentinel page for free from Thursday, August 9, 1979 ,Aug. 9, 1979 JWork jkn&ul upi Photo Synanon Imperial Marine Lance Kenton runs down the stairs at Superior Court after his . On June 13, 1977 it was decided that the Imperial Marines would help teach doctors martial arts. 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.. It was alleged[by whom?] Synanon.) Mr. Dederich even kept an elite squad of enforcers that he called the Imperial Marines. [5] Outside of The Game, members were required to act civilly to each other. At age 8 his youngest brother died of influenza and Dederich felt guilty and responsible. 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. 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