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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 ...
Rory Kennedy and Mark Bailey, the filmmakers behind HBO's docuseries "The Synanon Fix," spoke about the group, its followers and the dangers of blindly following a charismatic leader.
Synanon (a.k.a. Get Off My Back! ) is a 1965 American drama film directed by Richard Quine and starring Chuck Connors , Stella Stevens , Alex Cord , Richard Conte , Eartha Kitt and Edmond O'Brien .
A photo of Chuck Dederich published in the Detroit Free Press on July 27, 1969. ... When members were encouraged to bring their children to live at Synanon's communes, the children of Synanon were ...
CEDU originates from Synanon, [6] [7] a new religious movement founded in Santa Monica, California in 1958 by Charles E. Dederich. [8] Mel Wasserman, the founder of CEDU, was a former Synanon member. [9]
“Born in Synanon” follows Cassidy Arkin, whose parents were prominent members when she was born in 1974, as she tries to make sense of the community that surrounded her for the first six years ...
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 .
Robert Downey Jr. and his wife Susan Downey are boarding the podcasting bus. The duo are moving into the audio medium with an investigative audio series about the Synanon cult. The Sunshine Place ...