Web. [10][11] Local authorities refused to investigate after the Gran Jury report issued and this caught the attention of Dave Mitchell who ran a small weekly, The Point Reyes Light. Mitchell found the report rejection was led by Sheriff Lou Montanos who turned out to have been nominated for Sherriff with Synanon help and who had given gun permits to Dederich and second in command Dan Garrett. 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. Did Synanon save my life? [21] Furthermore, for their first ninety days in the community, members were expected to cease contact with outside friends and family. This bankrupted Synanon, which formally dissolved in 1991. [32] The snake bit him, and he was hospitalized for six days. Dederich said: At the end of this rainbow, there will be a pot of gold. Did Synanon betray me an wound me? 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. The influence and culture of the Synanon organization, which was founded by Charles Dederich Sr., started as a drug rehabilitation program in the late 1950's. . 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. [5] Outside of The Game, members were required to act civilly to each other. Cloudflare Ray ID: 78b89606dbb5b76a Synanon was initially a drug rehabilitation program founded by Charles "Chuck" Dederich Sr. ( 1913 - 1997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. Women removed all makeup and jewelry, a symbolic stripping of past selves. Both were members of Synanon's 'Imperial Marines,' a security group within the drug and alcohol rehabilition organization. [12] Mitchell developed a deep throat in the Sheriff department, Art Disterheft. (Mitchell, Light on Synanon. (Freidenber, Nation 1965). This made him a public hero and Governor Edmund Brown, Sr. signed a save Synanon bill giving Synanon an exemption from Health licensing laws. He was found passed out on a kitchen floor and was told, "Fatso," if you . 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. Simon, not heeding what he wrote, later went to prison for destroying evidence unfavorable to Synanon (People vs. Simon). They survived by begging stale food from catering trucks, hookers doing tricks and donations. 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. As a rule, Synanon wasn't a violent place while my dad was there, but over time, Dederich grew crueler and more deranged. When all were exhausted Dederich returned and offered forgiveness for surrender. Synanons ultimate biggest critic was Dederich himself. The squares were pushed to confess their prior loneliness and despair. Paul Robert Morantz (born August 16, 1945) is an American attorney and investigative journalist. When California officials set about revoking Synanons charitable trust status, Dederich declared Synanon a religion in 1974. Most of his remaining time he was segregated in Synanon, as the foundation tried to revert back to early images and goals. (IRS vs. Synanon) Before the attack on Morantz, Synanon had opened a new private corporation city in Lake Havasu which was a plan to send Synanon money to the private corporation and then into the hands of Synanon leaders through salaries. The program was based on testimony of fellow group members about their tribulations and urges of relapsing, and their journeys to recovery. Beatings occurred in Synanon basements. Brainwashing is powerful enough to cure drug addiction while members remain subject to it. 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. All three minors were then returned to Ms. White. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. Synanon, is the first ever self helpno doctors drug rehabilitation program, founded by Charles Chuck Dederich Sr. (19131997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. Each person stripped and put on white robes. that the Synanon group was running an unauthorized medical clinic. Joe Musico proposed to the Board that at its June 26 meeting it reconsider the idea of an additional Synanon National Guard and place him in charge of training it. (Dederich, The Graduate Question). [23] Morantz had successfully brought suit on behalf of people who were being held against their will by Synanon. Inside were Synanon members and Imperial Marines Joe Musico and Lance Kenton, and they were held on suspicion of involvement in the rattlesnake attack. 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. 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.). It is currently active in Germany. Watches were taken as time was no longer important. Synanons purchase of over $200,000 dollars of weapons from a single gun store also brought media attention. Yes. (Dederich, Childbirth Unmasked.) In another terrifying experience, a former junkie wanted to visit the cult, but he took a personal security man, Jack Harding, in case things turned nasty. 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. "[28] During the investigations researchers also came across multiple lawsuits and arrests against Synanon members. According to court records, the cult formed a militant branch, known as the "Imperial Marines," to inflict violence against opponents of the organization. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). 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. That is a very satisfactory, humane way of transmitting information. Deadly Cults is back for a chilling second season, starting Sunday, April 26 at 7pm ET/PT on Oxygen. Many young teenagers who got too close to Synanon property were beaten brutally by Synanon mobs. (Eidson v. Robson, Synanon; Synanon memos describing incident). 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. The former compound of a notorious cult in the foothills of northeastern Tulare County will soon be vacation rentals. [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. A Shepherd led them through candle-lit and incense-burning corridors to a locker room filled with rows of Army cots with name cards. When the first Tripper, physically and emotionally exhausted, broke and wept it caromed to the others. The concept of "lifetime rehabilitation" did not agree with therapeutic norms, and it was alleged[by whom?] He recalled: "Chuck Dederich walked in, and he said 'I'm tired of these guys coming in this place. Skip to content It's Time for Morning Meeting Sharing our Synanon Stories Menu About Stories Contact Kids Places Faces Philosophy The End Early Days Work Play 'imperial marines 1978' Leave a Reply Cancel reply Each Tripper was to write a paper on some feeling or admission. Despite the Trip conversion success, the old-timers, the Retired Dope Fiends, aka The Walking Dead, remained a problem. 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. put my Synanon evidence books on the kitchen counter", when he noticed "something dark and elongated through the grill of my mail chute". 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. Dederich was arrested for operating in Santa Monica without a health license and out of zone. This included taking vengeance against former Synanon members. (Robert Jay Lifton, Coercive Persuasion, the Psychology of Totalism). 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. They would adopt the Synanon family, said the board, or the fifth circle in Dantes hell, where tormented souls are terrorized and torn, awaited them. [citation needed]. (Dederich, Act as If). In 1962 Dederich moved to an empty National Guard building on the beach in Santa Monica. Synanon disbanded in 1991[6] due to members being convicted of criminal activities (including attempted murder) and retroactive loss of its tax-exempt status with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) due to financial misdeeds, destruction of evidence, and terrorism. The game was a session during which one member would talk about themselves and then endure intense criticism by their peers. Several of the famous jazz musicians credited with cure returned to drugs. Mitchell had tried to warn authorities, without success, that Synanon was going to try to kill Morantz. His life was saved by a neighbor who applied a . He remarried, but alcohol did in that marriage, too. Synanon is mentioned in Joan Didion's 1979 essay The White Album. The game was eventually used to pressure people to submit to Dederich's will, abort pregnancies, undergo vasectomies, and commit violence. 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. Please include what you were doing when this page came up and the Cloudflare Ray ID found at the bottom of this page. The Trippers, many of whom had been awake for 65 or more hours, were hugged and cheered. [23], Beginning in 1964,[24] the legal authorities began to investigate Synanon's practices. Children were reared communally in the Synanon School. The action you just performed triggered the security solution. 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". Synanon fought and lost the action on summary judgment based on their own admissions in their internal records. AN ULTRA-violent cult brainwashed addicts into shaving their heads, and enforced mass sterilizations in "Gestapo-like" demands. Synanons goal, Dederich said, was to lead the world into the 21st Century and anything less than changing the world is Mickey Mouse. (Morantz archives on Synanon, Gerstel, Paradise Inc.). She has not been seen or heard from since. [20], Entrance into the Synanon community required a strong initial commitment. TIL In 1978, a dangerous cult called Synanon tried to murder an opponent by placing an de-rattled rattlesnake in his mailbox. Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! Read More. Members were to confess in games and no secrets were allowed. 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. As full recovery for graduates was not happening sufficiently, Dederich proclaimed no one should ever graduate. (Deposition of Charles Dederich, Morantz vs. Dederich; Morantz vs. Synanon, IRS vs. All had pain. 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. After his small group, called "Tender Loving Care", gained a significant following, Dederich incorporated the organization into the Synanon Foundation in 1958. visited in 1962, lived there in 1963 and wrote a book about his experiences. Dederich appeared at a press conference and declared the city had fallen into the hands of Mad Dogs and Synanon would sue them all. Synanon wanted the kids to try to keep their tax free status and placed them in a militaristic Punk Squad (forerunner of Scared Straight and other failed camp programs). (Synanon vs. KGO, Los Angeles Times archives, CBS News archives)/ Law suits brought by Morantz, and ones by Synanon against ABC and Time Magazine ultimately turned out to be Synanons undoing, giving through legal investigation journalists access to some internal documents on violence. Publicly one was berated (haircut) for misdeeds and this was designed to carom off and affect behavior of those watching. In June of l978 Ernestine White, a black grandmother was trying to get her three grand kids out. On September 21, 2008, the Marines tried to murder ex-member Phil Ritter. During the second stage, members worked outside of the community but still resided within the community. 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. A . He is considered an expert on these subjects. When they asked for friends they were hugged in mass. Legal problems continued, despite this change. The game took on each unbrokens dirty rotten story with great brutality. 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]. 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. These lawsuits ultimately turned out to be a large part of Synanon's undoing, by giving journalists access to Synanon's own internal documents. Synanon was allowed to have members kick addiction cold turkey without drugs. The cult required mandatory abortions and vasectomies for its members, and married couples would accept new partners selected by Synanon every three years. He married, but drinking ended it. Synanon leaders and members have been linked with a large number of beatings and other acts of physical violence, and some have been convicted. 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. [5] The group ultimately became a cult called the Church of Synanon in the 1970s. (Robson letters, crime reports, Synanon memos on each event, Synanon Holy War file, Depostions of ex-Synanon member, Morantz vs. Synanon; IRS vs. Synanon). [12], One of the most distinguishing practices of the Synanon community was a therapeutic practice commonly referred to as "The Game." He existed on a $35 unemployment check and charity from others. September 21, 1978 ex-member Phil Ritter, was severely beaten by two members, causing him to fall into a coma for a week. Hang Tough and Dederich pulled on everyone to stay, promising that a great future would emerge. When members kicked and their shakes disappeared many were told their problems were they still loved their mothers and were given suggested mates for holding power. Carom shots now involved public beatings and getting enemies on missions that went coast to coast. The Conductor made it clear this was the resisters last chance. As these juveniles did not want to be there, Synanon methods failed. After several inquiries into their practices and financial holdings, Board of Directors passed declaration which made Synanon . 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. Monetary donations came in from the rich and Hollywood, as guys like Robert Wagner, Leonard Nimoy and Ben Gazzra came to Synanon to play the game with ex-addicts and ex-hookers. It was a game because one being gamed could turn the game on another. Babies were taken from the parents and raised in the Hatchery. Mothers who wanted to see their kids too much were called head suckers. Children were reared communally in the Synanon School where eventually they wrote essays on Dederich telling everyone what to do, Syndo (karate) changing partners, childliness, and fighting the Holy War. (Casriel, So Fair a House, Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon; Dederich, Childiness; Time Magazine l977). Founded to get people off junk, Synanon was now creating it. But he nearly lost his life as a result of his investigation into Synanon. In the 1970s, two men were run off the road near one of their properties. He wasn't wearing his contact lenses, so wandered over to inspect the "mystery" object, assuming it was a scarf. According to Department of Justice records, Dederich discussed the possibility of Morantzs assassination with Synanon Imperial Marines leader Doug Robson. [citation needed]. ", Los Angeles police officer Richard Grotsley holds the rattlesnake that bit attorney Paul Morantz. Their armed security was known as the Imperial Marines. Daniel Gumbiner refers to this cult in his National Book Award-longlisted, The Boatbuilder. 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). Aids, who did their homework, provided ammunition to the Conductors on each Tripper. 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. (IRS vs. Synanon). The Internal Revenue Service revoked the organization's tax-exempt status and ordered them to pay $17 million in back taxes. 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). Tax issues arose. Remarkably, the authorities refused to intercede. Dederich experimented with environmental manipulations so as to recreate the heightened awareness and inner discoveries he experienced while taking LSD. The Sun website is regulated by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO), Our journalists strive for accuracy but on occasion we make mistakes. Some rolled up on the floor in fetal positions. Dederich was arrested while drunk on December 2, 1978. Paul Morantz got the court order giving Ms. White custody, but Synanon refused to turn them over. Dederich was familiar with Waldens Pond and the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and B. F. Skinner. The Imperial Marines was Synanon's private fighting force, trained inside the organization and heavily armed. George Orwells l984 had arrived early. (Tony Lang, Synanon). Synanon evicted by tossing people and belongings out of apartments (even off a roof). Members were brainwashed, tortured mentally and barred from leaving the communityescaped members were subject to beatings. During the first stage, members did community and housekeeping labor. Paddy Wagons awaited Synanon protesters. Originally a nonviolent group, Diedrich created the "Imperial Marines" to maintain orderwithin and outside of the community. Members were taught that if caught on a violent mission to go to jail and to not blame Synanon. Their last hope. According to court records, the cult formed a militant branch, known as the Imperial Marines, to inflict violence against opponents of the organization. Synanon organized groups called the "Imperial Marines" and the "National Guard," and called for "Holy War" against its enemies. Former Synanon President Jack Hurst spoke out against Synanon and found his home door open and his dog hung. Its a feeling of closeness to each other we are after, the death of the ego. 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 concept was based on law that even charities are taxed if they commit acts against public policy. 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. One, Richard Marino, said they were handcuffed and beaten, and their heads were shaved. The police told Synanon the kids were coming with them; the only question was how? Drug users started coming, and the alcoholics objected, and since there was already AA Dederich tossed out the drunks and kept the dope fiends. A members sluring the words symposium and seminar led to name Synanon. The Synanon organization also developed a business that sold promotional items. ; The Guides, all experienced game players, turned each group from enthusiasm to a depression and defeat, wallowing in its collective shame. Synanon struggled to survive without its leader but with a severely tarnished reputation. In mid-1978, the NBC Nightly News produced a news segment on the controversies surrounding Synanon. He decided to move to Santa Monica and become a beach bum. Lance Kenton was sentenced to a year in prison. Dederich placed them in a 72 hour game (stew) and harangued them for not seeing his vision. (Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon). The tax assessment due to the violence conspiracy led the properties to be confiscated and/or sold. Outsiders were permitted to attend the "Synanon Game" there as well. For other inquiries, Contact Us. 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. 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." Synanon was also developing a paramilitary organization that included two police forces (the Imperial Marines and the National Guard). , without success, that Synanon was allowed to have members kick addiction cold turkey without drugs experimented environmental. On this article intense criticism by their peers the investigations researchers also came across multiple and! 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