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A South Carolina family is asking for help in caring for a child whose family members were killed in a shooting two days after Christmas. The violence occurred at about 4:40 p.m., North Charleston ...
The couple claimed the wife had been held captive by Synanon, and during her stay, leaders at Synanon attempted to brainwash her. [22] [23] On October 10, 1978, Morantz was bitten by a rattlesnake placed in his mailbox, at his home in Pacific Palisades. A neighbor applied a tourniquet to save Morantz's life and called paramedics, who
Synanon, originally known as Tender Loving Care, was a new religious movement founded in 1958 by Charles E. "Chuck" Dederich Sr. in Santa Monica, California, United States. Originally established as a drug rehabilitation program, Synanon developed into an alternative community centered on group truth-telling sessions that came to be known as ...
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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.
The Synanon Fix is an American documentary series directed and produced by Rory Kennedy. It explores the rise and fall of Synanon, told through the eyes of former members, into its descent into a cult. It had its world premiere at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival on January 21, 2024. [2] [3] It premiered on April 1, 2024, on HBO. [4]
Lance Kenton grew up in Synanon. He was sent there at 11 by his father, jazz musician Stan Kenton, who was frequently on the road and paid the group $750 a month to take care of his son.
Carol Ann Stuart (née DiMaiti; March 26, 1959 – October 24, 1989) was murdered by her husband, Charles Michael "Chuck" Stuart Jr. (December 18, 1959 – January 4, 1990). Charles Stuart claimed that a Black man had carjacked their car in Boston and shot both his pregnant wife and himself.