Lundgren was fired for embezzling tens of thousands of dollars, which was not out of the ordinary since he had stolen from employers before. The two started personal development workshops called Executive Success Programs. A memo declaring it a religion asked a question that didn't need to be answered: "Who will be God?" They were told they would be doing so in the name of God. WebAppellant is an entity that refers to itself as the Synanon Foundation, Inc. or the Synanon Church (Synanon). 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. I believe force is sometimes necessary to enforce peace; in the sense that police sometimes have to use force on the streets. Upon Synanons disobedience, 13 police vehicles surrounded the building and drew their weapons. The police told Synanon the kids were coming with them; the only question was how? "Containment" was instituted, which meant no contact with the outside world. Synanon became a Third sector within United States borders, seeking to have its Embassy in Washington, D.C. It would eventually invite professionals even non-addicts to join. George Orwells l984 had arrived early. Synanon's ultimate biggest critic was Dederich himself. Kibweteere and Mwerinde said they had been receiving messages directly from the Virgin Mary. Their connection led them to believe they were aliens who took on human bodies as camouflage and were sent to teach people about the afterlife in outer space called the Next Level. The two went by Bo and Peep and spent months on the road looking to bring new followers into their group. When more attention was brought to what was going on in the Children of God in 1986, Berg banned adult/minor sex and ended flirty fishing. Soon the OK on violence would spread to "splitees," suspected thieves and perceived spies and enemies. a Veteran who served during one of the qualifying periods of conflict, was honorably discharged, and died subsequent to their service. But on Oct. 10, 1978, another conflict occupied his thoughts The first game of the World Series, pitting the New York Yankees against the Los Angeles Dodgers. (IRS vs. Synanon) The organization remained in Havasu even without the organizations leader. More than 80 people had been attacked by Synanon, Morantz said. 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). Morantz didnt expect the crowd that awaited him. They have the right to exist. (Dave Mitchell, Light on Synanon; Dave Gerstel, Paradise Inc.; Marin County crime report on Cardineau beating.). Longtime Lake Havasu City residents certainly remember Synanon, the secretive and sometimes violent cult that made Havasu its home base in the. (Robson card, Morantz memorandum). The whole town was there, Morantz said. Mitchell developed a "deep throat" in the Sheriff department, Art Disterheft. LOS ANGELES -- Thirteen past and present members of Synanon, the controversial drug and alcohol rehabilitation organization, surrendered in court Tuesday on It will produce a new breed of human beings with greatly expanded potentials. (Gerstel, Paradise Inc.) Beginning in 1974 the authorities began to question Synanon's promises and practices. I also believe up to 100 [CIA] rendition flights have gone through Shannon. Professionals, even those without drug addictions, were eagerly invited, provided they transferred their assets to the organization. In the summer of 1978 NBC produced a "hard hitting" news segment on Synanon. Since 2001, in excess of 900,000 soldiers have travelled through the airport. A reference point for the rest of your life. The Foundation had the "wire," an internal broadcasting system that played 24 hours with repeated talk of getting the enemies. Since 2001, in excess of 900,000 soldiers have travelled through the airport. Applewhite used the internet to acquire more followers through their Higher Source website and even ads in the newspaper. On the third night, she spoke with Mohave County law enforcement. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack. Learn more about the presence of the Marines around the world, from protecting the Teachers, lawyers, doctors, police, politicians, all got hooked, many forming an allegiance previously not matched in their lives to the group and trainers that trained them. He and his five female followers traveled to Los Angeles, eventually settling in an abandoned film set in Chatsworth as well as a second home in Death Valley. As a result, Santa Monica surrendered and Synanon became untouchable. (Gerstel, Paradise, Inc.). The Associate Press did a study of Synanon's efforts to discourage the press (AP Study on Synanon Retraction Program). WebIt was the heyday of the human-potential movement, when Americans were rushing off to therapists couches, new-age movements like est, religions like the Divine Light Mission, alternative communities like Esalen, and cults like the Peoples Temple and Synanonmany of which began in California. All such "notions" Dederich declared were also a "squeeze" to get rotten fruit out of Synanon (those who will not obey). Eventually followers took on the paranoia of its founder, Synanon developed the Imperial Marines and commenced a Holy War against its enemies. 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. The game took on each unbrokens dirty rotten story with great brutality. He married, but drinking ended it. Brainwashing is powerful enough to cure drug addiction while members remain subject to it. a Veteran who served during one of the qualifying periods of Synanon had a private security force and formed a paramilitary group, the Imperial Marines, that developed its own type of martial arts (syn-do) and by 1978 amassed an arsenal of hundreds of guns. Were concerned about the rising crime rate, a Synanon newsletter explained. If trouble should occur, were prepared to handle it. (Tony Lang, Synanon). It was first offered to the selected few as an honor, but the entire population was eventually targeted. One just had to surrender to Synanon. Another of Thriaults wives, Gabrielle Lavalle, experienced severe abuse; she had lost several limbs, had her head smashed in with an axe and was nearly killed until she fled and contacted the police. 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). Use the 'Report' link on You have permission to edit this article. Manson fit in well with the hippie scene in the city and fed women LSD, asking them to join him. Given its growing popularity, it began to spread throughout California, and Synanon became a counter-culture community by 1964. 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"). Two years later, Synanon facilities stopped accepting children after reports emerged that such children were being subjected to physical abuse. Following its broadcast, executives of the network and its corporate chairman received hundreds of threats from Synanon members and supporters, including letters that said, "Your actions place you in legal and physical peril" and "We are going to teach you a lesson you will never forget.". These changes led Synanon to its then certain fate. The 'marines' retaliated by clubbing him over the head. He flunked out of Notre Dame for lack of effort and worked for the Mellon family. On August 9, 1969, an 8-month pregnant Sharon Tate, Jay Sebring, Abigail Folger, Wojceich Frykowski and Steven Parent were brutally murdered by Manson Family members. He got a job at Hughes Tools. Some rolled up on the floor in fetal positions. They were found all with: buzzed haircuts, a $5 bill and three quarters in their pockets, wearing black uniforms with Nike Decades and arm bands patches that read Heavens Gate Away Team. The Heavens Gate website remains up on the internet. These are armed US troops. Several of the famous jazz musicians credited with cure returned to drugs. Information from former members of the cult quickly identified two of Synanons Imperial Marines as suspects in the snake-attack: Rattlesnake expert Lance Kenton and Vietnam veteran Joseph Musico. At age 12 his mother remarried and Dederich went on a jealous rage turning to drinking and rebel rousing. [The women were later acquitted by a Dublin jury of causing criminal damage.] Synanon mobs attacked teenagers and youngsters who got too close to the property. Let us know in the comments below! But some members were not convinced and the Movement saw a massive decline in payments. Which cult do you find the creepiest? 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. Be Nice. He gathered his own following in AA and after a time of meetings at apartments, they rented a small store in seedy Venice. Synanon emphasized tough love and a cold turkey approach to rehabilitation for substance abusers. WebDeclaring Synanon a religion (shades of L. Ron Hubbard! 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. 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.. He was a cult member and founded the Golden Way Foundation, a way to meet other occultists. Mormon extremist Jeffrey Lundgren claimed he was a prophet and could talk to God. Berg, who preferred to go by Moses David or simply Mo, started spreading the idea of free love. Members were required to pay for initiation fees, gifts for the leaders and tuition. According to court records, the cult formed a militant branch, known as the Imperial Marines, to inflict violence against opponents of the organization. Former Synanon President Jack Hurst spoke out against Synanon and found his home door open and his dog hung. its fangs embedded near his thumb. September 21, 1978 ex-member Phil Ritter, was severely beaten by two members, causing him to fall into a coma for a week. It was founded as a tax-exempt, non-profit organization in 1958 by Charles Dederich for the purpose of rehabilitating drug addicts and engaging in research and public education. Threats of harming another 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. [Last year] between two-thirds and three-quarters of all US troops bound for Iraq and Afghanistan went through Shannon. But there was a catch: new members had to transfer their assets to the organization. The "Game" could be considered a therapeutic tool, likened to group therapy; or a social control, in which members humiliated one another and encouraged the exposure of one's innermost weaknesses, or both. Actress Allison Mack formed a subgroup of NXIVM, Dominus Obsequious Sororium (DOS), that was disguised as an apparent womens empowerment group. He was passed out when he was arrested for the assault and attempted murder of Paul Morantz. The children were told to hide when there were any visitors. It's irresponsibly insecure. 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. A hoop-a-la began (Synanons dance). Synanon, at one point, had $33 million in assets. (Morantz archives on Synanon, Gerstel, Paradise Inc."). Heavens Gate rented a mansion in Rancho Santa Fe to live in until they saw the Hale-Bopp comet, the marker they had been waiting for, to graduate from the Human Evolutionary Level. While the early Synanon has been declared a success by most observers, there were also early critics who claimed the success only applied to those who remained in the environment where no drugs was pushed by peers or in cases of old timers who had reached saturation point. Morantz was bitten and barely survived. 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). The Foundation had the wire, an internal broadcasting system that played 24 hours with repeated talk of getting the enemies. ", Los Angeles police officer Richard Grotsley holds the rattlesnake that bit attorney Paul Morantz. He recruited men and women of all professions and had sex with them. The 1950s were a time when incarceration was considered the only cure for drug addiction. Dederich bought and sold real estate. With the offer of treatment, Synanon facilities began to spread throughout California, and Synanon became a counter-culture community by 1964. This included taking vengeance against former Synanon members. 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. 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. Males were forced in games to have vasectomies performed by Synanon doctors, and a few pregnant women were even required to have an abortion. And then an organization like Synanon comes in I told them, state law says even this group has the right of association. This was the catalyst to an immeasurable amount of sexual and physical abuse among adults and children. Dederich placed them in a 72 hour game ("stew") and harangued them for not seeing his vision. The police investigated the group and the remaining children were taken away. US troops sometimes stay overnight if their plane breaks down. Ireland is in breach of the 1907 Hague Convention on Neutrality. Synanon Holy War file memos on beating). 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. Once they were under his spell, he convinced them to commit witchy crimes for him as acts of devotion. 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. Some Trippers began to hallucinate, Dederich having achieved his LSD replicated altered state of consciousness. At the height of its influence, Synanon was an organization of more than 1,300 members. He grew up to become a self-proclaimed clairvoyant who was seen as a God-like protector by government officials, celebrities and drug dealers. Antonio had named his son Emmanuelle, which Di Mambro did not take lightly since his son was also named Emmanuelle; except his child was god-like. Be Truthful. Hundreds of Havasu residents filled the auditorium. "You will learn more about yourself, your fellow man, the world, the nature of reality in one weekend than you would in four years. No one could leave the commune without permission. This enraged Dederich to the point that he ordered two of his Imperial Marines to place a venomous rattlesnake in Morantz mailbox the following month. WebSynanon sought religious status in 1974, with Diedrich as its leader. You can get killed Dead. He was found passed out on a kitchen floor and was told, "Fatso," if you do not go to Alcoholic Anonymous you will die." Dederich was familiar with "Waldens Pond" and the writings of Ralph Waldo Emerson and B. F. Skinner. To inquire about a licence to reproduce material, visit our Syndication site. She planned to create a master race that would survive the apocalypse and rule the world. Paul Morantz got the court order giving Ms. White custody, but Synanon refused to turn them over. The group acted as a breakaway movement from the Roman Catholic Church. "He was beaten, he was hit in the head and then socked in the stomach.". Dederich said freedom to think a dope addict was like a gun to a baby, and they wash dirty brains. Earlier this month, DREAD released Sacrifice, its second horror movie of 2021! The Trippers, many of whom had been awake for 65 or more hours, were hugged and cheered. Despite the Trip conversion success, the old-timers, the Retired Dope Fiends, aka The Walking Dead, remained a problem. 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. Without continued peer pressure, most ex-addicts reverted on leaving, as did the Korean prisoners of War (giving up Communism) in 90-days. (Reynolds memo, People vs. Dederich; IRS vs. Synanon). This service is provided on News Group Newspapers' Limited's Standard Terms and Conditions in accordance with our Privacy & Cookie Policy. Theres a recording that outlines the entire conspiracy. The Marin County Supervisors, including Barbara Boxer and Diane Feinstein did not want to take a public position against Synanon as it was a constituent. Joseph Di Mambro was a devoted Catholic until he discovered occultism in his twenties. WebMuch of the violence was carried out by a group within Synanon called the "Imperial Marines." Another great article. The tax assessment due to the violence conspiracy led the properties to be confiscated and/or sold. If they did not hide, they were threatened to be beaten, tortured and killed. (Freidenber, Nation 1965). The medical board was to establish rules for Synanon but never did. Concerns by California officials created the potential for Synanons charitable trust status to be revoked, Morantz said. WebArrested were Charles (Chuck) Dederich, 67, founder of the Synanon Foundation, and two of his "Imperial Marines," Lance Kenton, 22 (son of Bandleader Stan Kenton), and Joseph Musico, 30. 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". 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. According to Morantz, Synanons weapon of choice was a matter of cost. He was also fined $10,000, and forbidden from having any affiliation with Synanon. (White vs. Butler, Herb Caen column, Pat Lynch, NBC Synanon segment 3.). They and their followers believed the apocalypse would occur in the mid 90s. The broken joined the attack. ), he cut himself off from society, and instead of sending rehabilitated junkies back into the world, they were to stay in Synanon forever. ( Dederich tapes on Synanon history; Tony Lang, Synanon, Guy Endore, Synanon, Gerstel Paradise, Inc). (Robson) suggested blowing me away with a shotgun, Morantz said. All three minors were then returned to Ms. White. The church caught fire; windows and doors were boarded up, many were stabbed and poisoned. A horrifying newsreel from 1978 shows a frightened young woman telling a reporter that she fled after being punched and beaten as a child, and she saw many other kids being assaulted. I really do want an ear in a glass of alcohol on my desk."[3]. Mitchell had tried to warn authorities, without success, that Synanon was going to try to kill Morantz. Here they find themselves caught in a nightmare as an ancient evil awakens to claim a birthright of its own. Shannon is a potential target. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on Synanon). The organization spread, but Dederich wasnt satisfied. His following grew as he drugged and sexually violated female followers. Morantzs name was mentioned in the tape along with threats to get the wives and children of adverse lawyers. 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. She also encouraged followers to commit fraud, forgeries, spousal swaps and scam adoptions to bring more children to the Lake Eildon property. Keep it Clean. A tourniquet applied by a The rattlesnake lashed out too quickly for Morantz to react. (Tony Lang, Synanon, Morantz archives on 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. He also forced members to break their legs with sledgehammers, shoot one anothers shoulders and eat their own feces. Synanon was a potential threat to their newfound home that residents could not ignore. DOS was really a master-slave sex ring where women recruited other women to make a lifelong vow of obedience to Raniere. 2019 TIME USA, LLC. He also sexually exploited them to recruit male followers. With its new wealth, they started building its first "city" in Marin County (Tomales Bay). 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). When they became free from The Familys shackles, they went to the authorities to tell them of the horrors at the house. Slasher: Ripper Star Eric McCormack On Playing A Diabolical Character In The Shudder Series, Invoking Yell: Black Metal Meets Queer Women In New Chilean Found Footage [Unnamed Footage Festival 2023 Review], Stalker Star Stuart Brennan On The Claustrophobic New Thriller, This #1 Thriller Series Netflix Has Viewers Fired Up: Cancel the plans and press play, All The Horror Films Coming to Monsters & Nightmares in April 2023, The Artifice Girl Trailer: A New Twist On AI Horror, The Movement for the Restoration of the Ten Commandments of God. Only the threat of violence was prohibited. Dederich preached "Act as If" which meant do not try to reason as to what Synanon asks they do; as thinking got them there, just trust what they were told and act as if it is right. (Dr. Dan Casriel, So Fair a House, Yablonski, The Tunnel Back: Guy Endore, Synanon; Charles Dederich tapes on history of Synanon.). The inmate said he killed Thriault because he didnt like the crimes he committed against children and women. After losing his job, he started his own church with members who felt the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints was becoming too inclusive to women and the LGBT community. It left a droopy eye and a facial tick. Shoko Asahara was a partially blind former yoga instructor who had an apocalyptic obsession and proclaimed to be the first enlightened one since Buddha. After Dederichs arrest, the Internal Revenue Service revoked Synanons tax-exempt status and ordered the organization to pay $17 million in back taxes. Lundgren members rented a farmhouse for his followers to live in, which would of course come at a price. Fluid leaked into his spine causing a near fatal case of spinal meningitis. Beatings of opponents, alleged thieves and ex-members ( "splittees") occurred across the country. Di Mambro and 12 high ranking members recreated the Last Supper just days before they carried out the first mass suicide. "By July and August, I realized what Id stepped into, but it was too late to get out of it.. Dederich officially declared it a "Holy War." 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). Everyone was to cop-out (confess to past sins). According to Masden, such calls began to come every few hours. Many young teenagers who got too close to Synanon property were beaten brutally by Synanon mobs. Later the "flies" (Dederich trained youngsters) took over the attack. Get an email notification whenever someone contributes to the discussion. Plenty of sunshine. ( snnn) n. (Psychology) a method of psychotherapy for treating drug addicts, originally practised in the drug rehabilitation centres of the Synanon organization, founded Women removed all makeup and jewelry, a symbolic stripping of past selves. Websynanon. (Dederich, "Childbirth Unmasked.) However, the psychological problems the children faced as a result of their abusive environment led to some getting kicked out and others escaping as they grew older. Asahara believed the end of the world would happen in 1996 or 1999-2003 and that the only ones who would survive would be his followers. Morantz said: I had my first case in court involving them in June 1977. Police raided the Lake Eildon property and removed the children from the area in 1987. Most of his remaining time he was segregated in Synanon, as the foundation tried to revert back to early images and goals. For more information, please visit TIME's Privacy Policy. Members attempted to release hydrogen cyanide at several other stations months following the attack. In lessons, children were taught how to fight the Holy War" to defend their leader. He was sentenced to death in 2004 and died on July 6, 2018. About 60 percent of us thought they were bad news, Langerveld said. Susan Atkins, Leslie Van Houten and Patricia Krenwinkle were also convicted; Van Houten is the last surviving and remains in prison. NXIVM was founded by Keith Raniere and Nancy Salzman as a so-called multilevel marketing company. Vile Dederich declared that, "having an abortion is like squeezing a boil, nothing more.". 1:30 Exclusive Christopher Turgeon Isolates The Gatekeepers. He read Emersons "Self Reliance" and using it as a bible he quit his job to devout full time to cleaning up other Alcoholics. Lundgren was found near the Mexican border shortly after the bodies were discovered. 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). When what they thought would be the end of the world didnt happen, leaders claimed it would happen on March 17, 2000 and that the Virgin Mary would take members into heaven. But three declarations, written in 1983 by three Synanon officials in exchange for immunity from prosecution, stated that Imperial Marines prepared a hit list of Synanon enemies that was approved by Dederichs assistant, Walter Lewbel. Thriault thought they worked together like ants, coining the cult name, The Ant Hill Kids. He married his followers to each other to eventually void them and later began having sex with his followers. 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 Morantz's mailbox. There, he met Luc Jouret, a man who gave up becoming a doctor to pursue spiritual healing. Hamilton-Byrne claimed to be all 28 childrens biological mother. One, Richard Marino, said they were handcuffed and beaten, and their heads were shaved. The Gardai [police] should have been obliged to arrest them. 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." Constanzo became known as the El Padrino or the godfather. He didnt know what he wanted, so he told the proprietor what he needed: Something that could stop three to five guys if they crashed through my door.. I tried to calm them.. Tax issues arose. Kibweteere and Mwerinde were said to have died on March 17, 2000, however, the Ugandan government issued warrants for their arrest since it was unclear whether they actually died in the fire or fled the scene. Synanon enterprises would run gas stations, pottery making, apartment buildings and other income businesses without having to pay workers or taxes. 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