In 1974 Synanon declared itself a religion and centered on middle-class searching for utopia rather than addict curing. When all were exhausted Dederich returned and offered forgiveness for surrender. 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. Then it went to war. The imprisonment made Dederich a public martyr. According to Department of Justice records, Dederich discussed the possibility of Morantzs assassination with Synanon Imperial Marines leader Doug Robson. 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). In the 1970s, two men were run off the road near one of their properties. Children were often recruited from the Synaon schools and trained in military techniques with the growing stockpile of munitions Dederich had purchased. His successful prosecution of Synanon led to an attempt against his life, by means of a rattlesnake. "[28] During the investigations researchers also came across multiple lawsuits and arrests against Synanon members. (Freidenber, Nation 1965). ", Los Angeles police officer Richard Grotsley holds the rattlesnake that bit attorney Paul Morantz. As a rule, Synanon wasn't a violent place while my dad was there, but over time, Dederich grew crueler and more deranged. Paddy Wagons awaited Synanon protesters. "He was beaten, he was hit in the head and then socked in the stomach.". [43], Straight Life: The Story of Art Pepper includes several chapters (21 - 23) about living at Synanon from 1969 - 1971.[44]. [31] NBC continued with a series of reports on the Synanon situation on the NBC Nightly News. He remarried, but alcohol did in that marriage, too. Episode 22 of Mannix depicts Synanon members involved with a fictitious 1945 Daily Clarion bombing that killed 14 men. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. 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. Let your ego golet things happen to you. 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 response to these accusations, Dederich declared that Synanon was a tax exempt religious organization, the "Church of 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. 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. The group said that was a lie, and denied kids were being held prisoner. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). These changes led Synanon to its then certain fate. Some laughed, others howled and sobbed. Later the flies (Dederich trained youngsters) took over the attack. Former Synanon President Jack Hurst spoke out against Synanon and found his home door open and his dog hung. (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. ), On March 20, 1978, a former member of Synanon, Tom Cardineau was severely beaten (for being an alleged spy) while tied to a post during his honeymoon when he took his bride to show her where he had once lived on the Walker Creek Ranch. Mitchell developed a deep throat in the Sheriff department, Art Disterheft. It became the format of destructive cults. Physically Dead. Morantzs name was mentioned in the tape along with threats to get the wives and children of adverse lawyers. Did Synanon betray me an wound me? Founder of Synanon House for drug addicts Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich stands by his new wife, Ginny, at Synanon branch in Marshall, California, Founder of Synanon House for drug addicts Charles Dederich (centre) and staff members during rehabilitation session, Drug addicts at Synanon House for rehabilitation, Donald Trump announces enhanced counter-narcotics crackdown on drug cartels amid the coronavirus crisis, Independent Press Standards Organisation (IPSO). In this chapter: After building a small fortune, Synanon's megalomaniac leader turns the revolutionary rehab into a violent cult, with mass sterilization, a paramilitary group and a rattlesnake in a mailbox. Morantz said: I had my first case in court involving them in June 1977. (Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon). [23], Beginning in 1964,[24] the legal authorities began to investigate Synanon's practices. 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. Synanon began as an addiction support group that gathered in a grimy Californian flat in the late 1950s. The police told Synanon the kids were coming with them; the only question was how? Cook, an account of the journalists who exposed the abuses; it starred Paul Michael Glaser, Linda Kelsey, and Barbara Babcock. Fluid leaked into his spine causing a near fatal case of spinal meningitis. decided to create his own program to respond to their needs. He recalled: "Chuck Dederich walked in, and he said 'I'm tired of these guys coming in this place. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). He had been trying to get his child out of the cult, and had gone to the authorities complaining of forced vasectomies in Synanon. The 'marines' retaliated by clubbing him over the head. In June of l978 Ernestine White, a black grandmother was trying to get her three grand kids out. 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 . Outsiders were permitted to attend the "Synanon Game" there as well. Each person stripped and put on white robes. [10][11] Children were reared communally in the Synanon School. 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.). Robert Graeme told reporters that upon arriving, the cult's leader threatened him. (Synanon Holy War file, Robson letters, IRS vs. Synanon). He aimed to ensnare patients to remain in Synanon forever, and create a utopian society of his own design. Teeth were knocked out. 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. [citation needed]. 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 . After several inquiries into their practices and financial holdings, Board of Directors passed declaration which made Synanon . 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. Beatings of Synanon's opponents and its ex-members, "splittees", occurred across California. (Dave Mitchell, The Light on Synanon; Gerstel, Paradise Inc.: Letter from Dederich to Mike Garrett. A third defendant, Synanon founder Charles Dederich, earlier was put on . He studied on his own in a library and his AA speeches changed from typical religious overtones to a psychological/philosophy slant. Dig Deeper Listen: The American Rehab podcast series Read: Reveal's reporting on All Work, No Pay. All had pain. He existed on a $35 unemployment check and charity from others. Synanon Imperial Marines. [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. 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. Though local newspapers and broadcast media covered the case, they were largely silenced by lawsuits from Synanon lawyers charging libel. 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). During the first stage, members did community and housekeeping labor. 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. "The Sun", "Sun", "Sun Online" are registered trademarks or trade names of News Group Newspapers Limited. (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). It no longer obeyed zoning rules, sympathetic donations reheated and Synanon soon became Santa Monicas largest land owner. The games turned on one than another. Copyright Paul Morantz. He would never bond with kids again, including his own until they became adults. The Marines were led by Dr. Douglas Robson who would eventually flee in fear of arrest and set up practice in Seattle. (Berkeley Gazette l978, Mitchell, Light on Synanon). Members were taught that if caught on a violent mission to go to jail and to not blame Synanon. The group is featured in the 2021 book Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism by American linguist Amanda Montell. Paul Morantz got the court order giving Ms. White custody, but Synanon refused to turn them over. 40 years ago, Synanon, a cult with a violent past, moved into Havasu. he rattlesnake lashed out too quickly for Morantz to react, and its fangs sank into his wrist. 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). 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. 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. Upon Synanons disobedience, 13 police vehicles surrounded the building and drew their weapons. 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The broken joined the attack. People originally inspired by their CEDU experience developed or strongly influenced a significant number of the schools in the therapeutic boarding school industry. (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. Was it a wonderful place to be? It is claimed that Dederich, after taking LSD,[7] Everyone bonded. 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. Start the ball rolling by posting a comment on this article! Dederich is credited with coining the phrase Today is the First Day of the Rest of Your Life. (Casriel, So Fair a House, Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon). 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. Some cried for their mothers. Synanon is purported[by whom?] Beatings of opponents, alleged thieves and ex-members ( splittees) occurred across the country. In mid-1978, the NBC Nightly News produced a news segment on the controversies surrounding Synanon. Ron Eidson, after a road skirmish, and refusing Dr. Robsons demand for apology, was pistol whipped and hospitalized while shotguns were held on his watching family. Dederich experimented with environmental manipulations so as to recreate the heightened awareness and inner discoveries he experienced while taking LSD. It can also make dangerous criminals out of good people, also subject to it. (Deposition of Paul Morantz, Morantz vs. Synanon; People vs. Dederich; IRS vs. Synanon. (Dave Mitchell, The Light on Synanon; Gerstel, Paradise Inc.. Synanon Holy War file memos on beatings, Dr. Doug Robson letters, various police reports). 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). 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 . 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. Those who went to jail for Synanon were treated as heroes. The game was eventually used to pressure people to submit to Dederich's will, abort pregnancies, undergo vasectomies, and commit violence. A reference point for the rest of your life. Much of the violence by Synanon had been carried out by a group within Synanon called the "Imperial Marines". Tax issues arose. Paul Morantz, an American attorney and investigative journalist has written substantially about the cult - as he delves into brainwashing cases for victims. put my Synanon evidence books on the kitchen counter", when he noticed "something dark and elongated through the grill of my mail chute". Baby among 6 festival-goers sliced to death by glass-encrusted kite strings, BBC1's live FA Cup coverage hit by porn noises from mobile hidden by prankster, Three major energy suppliers paying you to turn off appliances tonight, Putin to make very important announcement on Ukraine war today', News Group Newspapers Limited in England No. (Dederich, Childbirth Unmasked.) It was a game because one being gamed could turn the game on another. [23] Morantz had successfully brought suit on behalf of people who were being held against their will by Synanon. [12] In 1959, Synanon moved from their small storefront to an abandoned armory on the beach. It was alleged[by whom?] Ten years after its founding,. All three minors were then returned to Ms. White. Dederich was arrested while drunk on December 2, 1978. [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. Dederich called it an insight producing experience. 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). Six weeks later the Los Angeles Police Department performed a search of the ranch in Badger that turned up a recorded speech by Dederich in which he said, Were not going to mess with the old-time, turn-the-other-cheek religious postures our religious posture is: Dont mess with us. Before the incident, Synanon investigator Chris Reynolds wrote a memo on Morantz, giving his home address to Synanon legal department. "Synanon: Toward Building a Humanistic Organization". 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. (Robson letters, crime reports, Synanon memos on each event, Synanon Holy War file, Depostions of ex-Synanon member, Morantz vs. Synanon; IRS vs. Synanon). Beatings occurred in Synanon basements. Containment was instituted, which meant no contact with the outside world. As a result of its poor conduct, Santa Monica surrendered and Synanon became untouchable. 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. This included taking vengeance against former Synanon members. Carom shots now involved public beatings and getting enemies on missions that went coast to coast. One was four months pregnant. 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. 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). They are draining lifes blood from us and expecting us to play by their silly rules. The program was based on testimony of fellow group members about their tribulations and urges of relapsing, and their journeys to recovery. [14] Upon their arrival, those newcomers were forced to quit using drugs cold turkey, going through withdrawal for the first few days in the program. Several of the famous jazz musicians credited with cure returned to drugs. In response to these accusations, Dederich declared in l974 that Synanon was a tax exempt religious organization, the Church of Synanon. A memo declaring it a religion asked a question that didnt need to be answered: Who will be God? (Gerstel, Paradise Inc.; Morantz vs. Synanon, IRS vs. Synanon) Dederich declared no more children (1976) as they take time away from Synanon goals. [20], Entrance into the Synanon community required a strong initial commitment. Imperial Marines carried an E-11 blaster rifle, a MiniMag shoulder-launched proton torpedo launcher, and multiple thermal . As these juveniles did not want to be there, Synanon methods failed. In 1974 Synanon declared itself a religion and centered on middle-class searching for utopia rather than addict curing. Synanon is a US-founded social organization created by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in 1958 in Santa Monica, California, United States. Convicted, rather than move as condition of probation he chose to go to jail. They survived by begging stale food from catering trucks, hookers doing tricks and donations. Curing dope fiends was what they wanted. synanon imperial marines. At age 8 his youngest brother died of influenza and Dederich felt guilty and responsible. Despite the Trip conversion success, the old-timers, the Retired Dope Fiends, aka The Walking Dead, remained a problem. 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. 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). 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. He was saved from meningitis in the l940s by the discovery of penicillin. Paul Robert Morantz (born August 16, 1945) is an American attorney and investigative journalist. 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. "It's kind of like saying you can't go to therapy," Nolan told reporters outside the courtroom. (Mitchell, the Light on Synanon). Synanon sought religious status in 1974, with Diedrich as its leader. Synanon, is the first ever self helpno doctors drug rehabilitation program, founded by Charles Chuck Dederich Sr. (19131997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. The name was chosen when a member slurred the words "Symposium" and "Seminar." One of its early cardinal rules was "no violence" or threat of same. Following this broadcast, several executives of the NBC network and its corporate chairman allegedly received hundreds of threats from Synanon members and supporters. It was first offered to the selected few as an honor, but the entire population was eventually targeted. 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. 81.169.224.1 This website is using a security service to protect itself from online attacks. [42], The author, journalist and activist Maia Szalavitz claims to chart the influence of Synanon in other programs including Phoenix House, Straight, Incorporated and Boot Camps in addition to those mentioned above. While in The Game, members criticized each other, but left as friends and supportive community members. The school attracted lawyers, screenwriters, and business executives, all wanting to educate their children in a progressive environment. Synanon is mentioned in Joan Didion's 1979 essay The White Album. This bankrupted Synanon, which formally dissolved in 1991. On the wall was a lifesaver called the U.S. By BRANDON MESSICK Bmessick@havasunews.com Dec 9, 2018 Updated Aug 21, 2022 2 Stay Informed.. In 1977, a group of Synanon thugs pistol-whipped a truck driver who had cut off their vehicle on a highway. Synanon Holy War file memos on beating). "By July and August, I realized what Id stepped into, but it was too late to get out of it.. You can get killed Dead. Dederich said: At the end of this rainbow, there will be a pot of gold. 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. Synanon was initially a drug rehabilitation program founded by Charles "Chuck" Dederich Sr. ( 1913 - 1997) in 1958 in Santa Monica, California. 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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