Stories
Paul Morantz has authored articles for major publications around the nation. In addition to his own writing, Paul Morantz has been featured in many articles about his work and life. Below are links to a selection of his stories and articles featuring him.
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January 25th, 2012
LOS ANGELES—For nearly 40 years, Paul Morantz has waged an intense war against cults that have used sophisticated brainwashing techniques to induce followers to surrender their assets, their moral compasses and even their lives in exchange for false promises of a better world or some divine reward.
It was a war that nearly cost him his [...]
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December 16th, 2011
Looting the charitable trust becomes the plan and the Imperial Marines go from beatings to attempted murders.
Tags: ADGAP, Adlai Stevenson, Adrian Williams, Al Howenstein, Alvin Gambonini, Art Warfield, Atty. Adrian Williams, Atty. Harold Benjamin, Barbara Boxer, brainwashing, Buddy Jones, Cathy Mitchell, Chairman Leonard Goldenson, Charles B. Weers, Charles Dederich, Charles Manson, Children of God, Christopher M. Brett, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Connie Chung, cults, Dan Garrett, Dan Sorkin, Dana Kenton, Dave Gilmour, Dave Mitchell, Del Mar Club, Denis Rice, destructive cults, District attorney Bruce B. Bales, District Attorney Joseph Freitas, Dorothy Salant, Douglas Chevalier, Dr. Doug Robson, Dr. Frederick Hacker, Dr. Peter Bourne, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, Ed Seigek, Ed Siegel, Elton Rule, Ernestine White, est, Gary T. Giacomini, hare Krishna, Hedley Donovan, Herb Caen, Howard Garfield, Jack Hurst, Jady Dederich, Jan and Dean, Jeanette Prandi, Jim Jones, Joey Butler, Jonestown, Judge Raymond Choate, JudgeLawrence Rittenband, Julie Moncharsh, KGO. ABC, Lake Havesu city, Lance Kenton, Larry Akey, Leon Levy, Louis Mpmtamps, Marin County grand jury, Michelle Albano, Moonies, Narda Zucchino, NBC Pat Lynch, Newsweek, Patty Hearst, Paul Morantz, People's Temple, Peter Dillon, Phil Bourdette, Phil Ritter, Pres. Jimmy Carter, Pst Lynch, r r, R. "Gunny" Richmond, Rattlesnake, Red Williams, Richard H. Breiner, Richard Salant, Robert A., Roumiguiere, San Francisco Examiner, San Francisco Police Chief Charles Gain, Sandie Durgin, Sandy Durgin, Scientology, Sheriff Montanous, Steve Simon, Synanon, Ted Dibble, the counselor magazine, The Specialty Advertiser, The Synanon Story, thought reform, Time Magazine, Tom Cardineau, USC, Walter Lewbel, werner Erhard
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August 18th, 2011
The life and death of Brad Edwards
Tags: American Game Exchange, Brad Edwards, Lewis Morantz, Paul Morantz
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July 25th, 2011
Snake Tales
The woman asked if I could help her daughter back from Synanon. She said she found her 18-year-old smoking marijuana and took her to Synanon. But now they would not let her see her daughter or speak to her. I asked the dates she took her to Synanon
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Tags: Paul Morantz, Rattlesnake, Synanon
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July 25th, 2011
Song girls and 37th street flashbacks.
Tags: 37th Street Elementary School, Celeste Fremon, Claudia Pawlan, Joe Namath, Martin Luther King Jr., Paul Morantz, Pennny Ward, Suzanne Knolles, USC song girls
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April 9th, 2011
Describing her is not difficult. Just think that typical English fair skin not disturbed by harsh California sun, that dark black hair framing large blue eyes only the English have. There was no love affair here either. At least not outwardly. We kept the appropriate distances given the fact she was just 15.
Tags: Arthur Frommer, Isle of Wight 1970 festival, Linda McCarthy, Paul Morantz, Rattlesnake, Synanon
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February 19th, 2011
Google standings on this site stories as of 2-18-2011
bhagwan shree rajneesh thought reform No. 4 and 5
Bhagwan shree Rajneesh brainwashing No. 9 and 11
center for feeling therapy No. 1
Charles Dederich No. 3 and 4
Charles Dederich brainwashing No. 1,2,3,4,6,7
Charles Tex Watson brainwash No.1
Charles Tex Watson thought [...]
Tags: Paul Morantz
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January 2nd, 2011
This entry will be occasionally updated with related stories, some set in full some linked.
1.Ten Years After Jonestown, the Battle Intensifies Over the Influence of ‘Alternative’ Religions
November 17, 1988|BOB SIPCHEN | Times Staff Writer
But the most interesting litigation of late involves either a former member who is suing the organization to which he or she [...]
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August 6th, 2010
Books that mention Paul Morantz
Reader’s digest – Page 64
1981
Another of Dave’s sources was Paul Morantz, a young Los Angeles attorney who’d
handled several suits against Synanon. One case involved a woman who was held
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Pulitzer’s gold: behind the prize for public service journalism [...]
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April 8th, 2010
The sad tale of Judge Noel Cannon...pretty in pink, she wasn't
Tags: Gordon Jacobson, Judge Leland Gieler, Judge Noel Cannon, Kent Richland, Los Angeles Police Chief Edward Davis, Malcom Mackey, Paul James, Paul Morantz, Rebecca Sandborn, Tod Ridgeway
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April 8th, 2010
by Paul Morantz, copyright 2010
I was camped in Androssen, Scotland, 1970, watching the sun set from the beach sand. I had no idea how cold the winds would get and by late night I would be inside the public bathroom for warmth. Like a homeless man I had to awake occasionally to the noises and [...]
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April 7th, 2010
by Paul Morantz as appeared in Rolling Stone Magazine
September 12th, 1974 together with intermittent comments by Jan and Dean fans who together retyped it onto the internet in 2006
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In 2006, 32 years after its appearance in Rolling Stone some Jan and Dean fans each took sections of my story on Jan and Dean “Road [...]
Tags: Arnie Ginzberg, Beach boys, Brian Wilson, Davy Jones, Dean Torrence, Frank Sinatra kidnapping, Heb Alpert, Jan and Dean, Jan and Dean Rolling Stone Magazine, Jan Berry, Jill Gibson, Joni Jacobs, Lou Adler, Mike Barry, Pam MacGregor, Paul Morantz, Road back from Deadman's Curve, Roy Whitlow, Vivian Sheehan
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January 20th, 2010
Jul 9, 1972 – In April, David Vinje, a respected member of the county public defender’s office, was murdered during a holdup in a Sherman Oaks bar called Lola’s Place. When another public defender, Paul Morantz, showed up at work the next morn he decided to write the story.
From ABOUT THIS ISSUE ($$) – Related [...]
Tags: Charles Dederich, Rattlesnake, The Synanon Story
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January 20th, 2010
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January 20th, 2010
Synanon legal Department and Paul Morantz
Tags: Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, Howard Garfield, Paul Morantz, The Synanon Story
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January 20th, 2010
This 1978 article explores Synanon, an organization that tried to murder Paul Morantz to keep him from pursuing legal judgment against them. At the time Synanon had become a major non profit corporation based on the ideals of creating a new society with its own private army, the Imperial Marines.
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, Howard Garfield, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Paul Morantz, Synanon, The Synanon Story, thought reform
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January 11th, 2010
He would not have hesitated. There would be no going back for bullet-proof vests, better weapons, waiting for SWAT or following police protocol. Two shooters were in a Columbine school building and every second lost could also mean a child lost. He would take the risk of entering. Risking his life to save others was [...]
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January 11th, 2010
The biography of Paul Morantz mixed with the history of USC football.
Tags: Allan Carter, Anne Southrend, Anthony Davis, Ara Parseghian, Aum Shinrikyo, Bob Fremlin, Branch Davidans, Center For Feeling Therapy, Chales White, Charles Dederich, Charles Phillips, Charlie Manson, Chris Brown. Sharon Gribow, Cinque DeFreeze, Connie Chung, cults. Tex Watson, Dean Torrence, Del Mar Club, Dr. Doug Robson, est, Heaven's Gate, Imperial Marines, J.K. McKay, Jan and Dean, Jan Berry, Jenni Alpert, Jim Jones, Joe hart, Joe Musico, John McKay, Lance Kenton, Lance Spiegel, Leo Ryan, Leslie Van Houten, Marcus Allen, Marshall Applewhite, Matt Lienart, Miracle on Ice, Parlier, pat Haden, Patty Hearst, Paul McDonald, Paul Morantz, People's Temple, Phil Ritter, Police Chief Bill Gates, Rattlesnake, Reggie Bush, Richard Corriere, Rise and Fall of Synanon, Rod Janzen, Ron Eisdon, Ronie Lott, Sam Dickerson, Shawn DeMille, SLA, Steve Brandt, Synanon, T.B. Renfroe, T.J. Renfoe, Terrell Ray, Trudy McLean, USC football, Wally Rosevall, werner Erhard
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August 2nd, 2008
Having taken on Synanon almost single handedly in court cases from the late 1970's thru the 80's, Paul Morantz is the pre-eminent scholar on the rise and fall of Synanon and it's founder, Charles Dederich.
Tags: B. F. Skinner, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Connie Chung, Dan Garrett, Dave Mitchell, destructive cults, Ernestine White, Herschel Rosenthal, Howard Garfield, Jady Dederich, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Narda Zuchinno, Paul Morantz, Phil Ritter, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Synanon, thought reform, Tony Lang
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May 11th, 2007
Two of my life’s best friends met for the first time this July 4th-- Nicky and Nikki. Having the same names phonetically was not a coincidence.
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January 11th, 2002
John Walker Lindh is perhaps the most famous political prisoner of George W. Bush's War on Terror. This article explores brainwashing techniques to understand how John Walker Lindh was coerced into betraying his own country.
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Manson, cults, cults thought reform, Edgar Schein, est, John Walker Lindh, Mao Tse Young, Paul Morantz, Robert J. Lifton, Synanon, totalistic movements, Waco
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