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February 21st, 2022
Be very afraid.
Tags: Donald Trump, Paul Morantz
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October 14th, 2020
Nick@1995
This is another memoir by a former Synanon member. It is not
very good in explaining and understanding why people committed atrocities in Synanon.
The only good memoir is by a former member was Paradise, Inc. by Dave Gerstel.
The authors of the 1960s books, while lacking understanding, were very good in explaining the processes in Synanon. [...]
Tags: Alice Rost, Charles Dederich, Designated Dancers, · Synanon
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June 21st, 2020
1st, let me say, the author is a very good writer and I hope he continues to write, either novels or nonfiction, picking subjects that will be helpful to the readers.
While well-written, this is not a Synanon book. The author left Synanon at age 5. And while he has a strong Memory and writes of [...]
Tags: Hollywood Park, Mikel Jollett, Synanon
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May 31st, 2019
The Cult of Trump
Tags: brainwashing, cults, Donald Trump, Paul Morantz
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February 9th, 2019
my hero
Tags: Ben Parks, Benjamin Harrison Parks, Charles Dederich, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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October 4th, 2018
CRITIQUE OF KENTUCKY U, CLAIRE CLARK’S SPRINGTIME FOR DEDERICH (RECOVERY REVOLUTION) PART II
BY PAUL MORANTZ
© SEPT 2018
This is the 2nd of series on Claire Clark’s apologetic book “Recovery Revolution” which I have fondly entitled “Spring time for Dederich.” If you have found this and are interested in reading it I recommend that you 1st [...]
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October 2nd, 2018
CRITIQUE OF KENTUCKY U, CLAIRE CLARK’S SPRINGTIME FOR DEDERICH (RECOVERY REVOLUTION) PART II
BY PAUL MORANTZ
© SEPT 2018
This is the 2nd of series on Claire Clark’s apologetic book “Recovery Revolution” which I have fondly entitled “Spring time for Dederich.” If you have found this and are interested in reading it I recommend that you 1st [...]
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Charles Manson, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Clair Clark, cults, Kentucky U, Narda Zacchino, Princet0m, totalistic movements
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April 25th, 2018
The Story of This Drug Rehab-Turned-Violent Cult Is Wild, Wild Country-Caliber Bizarre
Tags: Charles Dederich, Claire Clark's Recovery Revolution, Paul Morantz, Rattlesnake, Synanon
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April 24th, 2018
Tags: chuck dederich, Claire Clark, Claire Clark's Recovery Revolution, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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March 15th, 2018
A look back on career
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, Marie Tabela, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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December 11th, 2017
Update to From Miracle to Madness warnings re Claire Clark
Tags: braimwash. From Miracle to Madness, Charles Manson, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Claire Clark, Columbia Press, cults, Paul Morantz, Synanon, University of Kentucky
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October 15th, 2017
Machines and educators that lie
Tags: Charles Dederich, Claire Clark, Claire Clark's Recovery Revolution, Donald Drup. Facebook Bots that lie, FAIR, Paul Morantz, Synanon, Trump Macine, U. of Kentucky. U. of Columbia
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September 29th, 2017
Dederiich's speech to maim and kill Author Claire Clark omitted it and suggest Synanon had to prepare "to battle enemies."
Tags: 2017, Charles Dederich, Claire Clark. Recovery Revolution, Claire Clark. Syanon UCLA, Paul Morantz, Recovery Revolution, Synanon
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September 29th, 2017
1st Fake News – – now Fake History? – – Claire Clark’s book. The Recovery Revolution– – – what the University of Kentucky, Claire Clark and Colombia Press do not want you to know Re Synanon, Seed and Straight.
by
Paul Morantz. Copyright September 2017.
Claire Clark’s Recovery Revolution.
My [...]
Tags: Charles Dederich, Claire Clark, Columbia Press, Synanon, The Recovery Revolution, University of Kentucky Behavioral Department
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May 14th, 2017
DON”T BE “TRUMPED”
doppelgänger s
DON”T BE “TRUMPED” by DOPELGAINGERS
By Paul Morantz
Author: Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults (with Hal Lancaster) and From Miracle to Madness
(c) Paul Morantz 5-26-2017
“A group is extraordinarily credulous and open to influence…anyone who wishes to produce an effect upon it needs no logical arguments; he must paint [...]
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Charles Manson, cults, Donald Trump, Jim Jones, Kim John Un, Putin
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April 21st, 2017
Synanon documentary original posted 2009 . For viewing only. Please do not copy. Inviting others to view is ok.
HAD PRIOR over 15,000 hits
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December 4th, 2016
Jerry Brown Jr. fixes Dad's mistake
Tags: Charles Dederich, Govenor Jerry Brown, Govenor Pat Brown, Paul Morantz, Phil Ritter, Synanon
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August 13th, 2016
How 88 attacks occurred. The training of Imperial marines
Tags: Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Dr. Doug Robson, Howard Garfield, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Paul Morantz, Steve Simon, Synanon, Synanon Imerial Marines, totalistic movements
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May 31st, 2016
Was Dederich just another sociopathic cult leader, or was he a true Jedi Knight seduced by the Dark Side?
Book's introduction. Available on Amazon
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, Dan Garrett, Dave Mitchell, Del Mar Club, destructive cults, Dr. Doug Robson, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, Howard Garfield, Jack Hurst, Jady Dederich, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Narda Zacchino, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Phil Ritter, Rattlesnake, Rod Janzen, Ron Cook, Steve Simon, Synanon, thought reform, totalistic movements
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May 31st, 2016
The list of Synanon records used to write From Miracle to Madness: The True Story of Charles Dederich and Synanon.
Tags: Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, Dr. Doug Robson, Elizabeth Missakian, Howard Garfield, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Phil Ritter, Rod Mullen, Ron Cook, Steve Simon, Synanon
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November 25th, 2015
A reader's thoughts
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, destructive cults, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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July 29th, 2015
Play video
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Paul Morantz, SIA, Synanon
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January 27th, 2015
Synanon revival continues
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Matt Novak, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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January 27th, 2015
Point Reyes starts Synanon news revival in 2010
Tags: Charles Dederich, Dave Mitchell, Paul Morantz, Point Reyes Light, Synanon, Tim Hemry
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October 2nd, 2014
Paul Morantz knew Synanon would try to kill him. He just didn't know how or when
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Paul Morantz, Phil Ritter, Synanon
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July 12th, 2014
International Cultic Studies Association (ICSA)
Articles >
Book Review – Escape My Lifelong War Against Cults – it 4.1
It 4.1
Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults
By Paul Morantz with Hal Lancaster[1]
Review by Leona Furnari, MSW
Los Angeles, CA: Figueroa Press, May 18, 2012. ISBN-10: 018213220X; ISBN-13: 978-0182132201 (paperback), $29.95. 310 pages.
Paul Morantz writes in his introduction that his [...]
Tags: brainwashing, destructive cults, Jonestown, Patty Hearst, Synanon, werner Erhard
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March 13th, 2014
This is a timely and valuable book that should be required reading for psychology
students
Tags: cults, destructive cults, Paul Morantz, Synanon, thought reform, totalist movements
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November 1st, 2013
Book Escapes teells 50 years of American history of cults
Tags: brainwashing, Center For Feeling Therapy, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Howard Garfield, Paul Morantz, Synanon, werner Erhard
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October 24th, 2013
Landmark appellate decisions arising out of Synanon litigation
Tags: Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, Dave Mitchell, David Benjamin, Dr. Doug Robson, Howard Garfield, Jady Dederich, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Synanon
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August 26th, 2013
Never too late
Tags: Paul Morantz, Synanon
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June 8th, 2013
Santa Monica Daily Press
Author:
Jack Neworth
I’ve been fortunate in life to have a number of long-term friendships. Paul Morantz, a semi-retired lawyer in Pacific Palisades, is one of them. Paul and I were teammates on Hamilton High School’s “B” basketball team more years ago than I care to admit.
Morantz
Morantz
Given his humor I could have imagined Paul [...]
Tags: Charles Dederich, Synanon
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December 14th, 2012
USC Alumni Association
New Titles
Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults
by Morantz, Paul
USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, 1968, Gould School of Law, JD, 1971
Figueroa Press (2012)
Lancaster, Hal
USC Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism, 1969
Unique in its scope and perspective, the book scrupulously details the origins and activities of nearly every major destructive cult [...]
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December 3rd, 2012
Escape: my life long war against cults--available on Amazon reviewed in TV shown and excerpts in Calif. lawyer mag.
Tags: brainwashing, california lawayer magazine, Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, destructive cults, Dr. Doug Robson, Escape: my life long war against cults, est, John Gottuso, Jonestown, Molko, Moonies, Paul Morantz, Rattlesnake, Scientology, Synanon, thought reform, Tom Cruise
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November 25th, 2012
Synanon clones continue the nightmare
Tags: A. Orange, Adam Cohen, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, Dan Garrett, Dr. Doug Robson, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, drug addiction rehabs, Escape: my life long war against cults, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Maia Szalavitz, Paul Morantz, Richard Offshe, Synanon, teen-age rehabs, thought reform
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November 16th, 2012
Palisades Post Book Review on new book by Paul Morantz
Tags: Charles Dederich, Charles Manson, cults, destructive cults, Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults, Pacific Palisades Post, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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November 4th, 2012
Santa Monica attacks
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October 5th, 2012
Legacy of he Hatchery
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Manson, cults, Dan Garrett, denise Patton, destructive cults, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, Jeannette Pran, Julie Moncharsh, Lew Yablonsky, Paul Morantz, Phil Ritter, Rod Janzen, Synanon, thought reform, Tom Quinn
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July 25th, 2012
Dot Parks was a friend I wish I never lost
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June 20th, 2012
INTRODUCTION
by Paul Morantz
(c) Sept. 2010
[...]
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June 19th, 2012
Clarion Review
HISTORY
Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults
Paul Morantz
Hal Lancaster
Cresta Publications
978-0-615-84869-3
Four Stars (out of Five)
An outline of techniques used by cult leaders vibrantly and cleverly offers insight into
human nature.
Attorney Paul Morantz’s second edition of Escape: My Life Long War Against Cults is a
fascinating distillation of forty years of tangling with off-kilter charismatic leaders, viperwielding [...]
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, destructive cults, Paul Morantz, Synanon, thought reform
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April 26th, 2012
Synanon had bigotry; but it wasn't racial.
Tags: Carina Ray, Charles Dederich, Joe Musico, Synanon, thought reform
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January 22nd, 2012
the final path to Synanon's end, reflection back and what it all means
Tags: Abraham Maslow, ADGAP, Bette Fleischman, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, David Benjamin, destructive cults, Elizabeth Missakian, George Farnsworth, Howard Garfield, Jady Dederich, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Rod Janzen, Steve Simon, Synanon, thought reform
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January 16th, 2012
Steve Simon evidence destruction program backfires
Tags: Abraham Maslow, Bernard Kolb, Bette Fleishman, Bill Crawford, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Chris Haberman, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Clifford Zipppari, Dan Garrett, Dan Sorkin, destructive cults, George Farnsworth, Howard Garfield, Irving Goldworm, Jady Dederich, Joe Musico, Judge Charles Richey, Judge Leonard Braman, Lance Kenton, Larry Akey, Michelle Albano, Miriam Bourdette, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Phil Ritter, Rattlesnake, Steve Simon, Stuart Bernstein, Synanon, Ted Dibble, The Boston House, the Dinuba punks, thought reform, Tom Cardeneau, Walter Luebel
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December 20th, 2011
Chuck, Lance and Joe plead; but its the IRS that comes to the rescue
Tags: ABC, ADGAP, Adrian Williams, Andre Weil, Bernie Kolb, brainwashing, Butler, Cesar Chavez, Charles Dederich, Charlie Just, Chris Benton, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, cults, Dan Garrett, Dave Mitchell, David Benjain, David Detch, destructive cults, Dr. Doug Robson, Frank Hertz, George Deukmejian, Ginny Schorin, Howard Garfield, Jady Dederich, Jeannette Prandi, Joanne Bagge, Joe Musico, John McCarthy, Lake Havesu, Lance Kenton, Mary Robson, Narda Zacchino, Nick Petris, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Rattlesnake, Red Williams, Sandie Durgin, Sandy Durgin, Steve Simon, Synanon, Tom Lawler
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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 Zachcino, 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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November 22nd, 2011
A guide on how to read chronological
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November 22nd, 2011
Dederich takes a stranger for a wife, so everyone must do the same. The media takes notice.
Tags: ADGAP, Al Bauman, Benjamine Parks, Bill Crawford, Bill Dederich, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jr., Connie Chung, Dan Ross, Dan Sorkin, Dave Mitchell, Dottie Parks, Doug Brew, George Nevin, Ginny Schorin, huck Dederich, Jady Dederich, Jerry Newmark, Larry Akey, Lou Delgado, Macyl Burke, Marion Ross, Paul Morantz, Ron Cook, Synanon, thought reform, Time Magazine
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November 22nd, 2011
Distribution network, Imperial Marines, Betty dies, I and Time Magazine enter and the Holy War explodes
Tags: Anthony Beilenson, Assemblyman Herschel Rosenthal, Bernie Kolb, Betty Dederich, Bill Crawford, Bobby Kohl, brainwashing, Changing Partners, Charles Dederich, Chris Benton, Chris Haberman, Chuck Dederch, cults, D.D. Harvey, Dan Garrett, Delancy Street Foundation, destructive cults, Don Cohen, Doug Robson, Father Principle, George Moscone, George Nevin, Governor Jerry Brown, Howard Garfield, Izzy Cohen, Jady Dederic. George Nevins, Jady Dederich, Jan and Dean, John Maher, Jr., Lance Kenton, Liz Missakian, Mattt Rand, Mayor Tom Bradley, Mike Kaiser, Narda Zucchino, Paul Morantz, Phil Ritter, Pres. Carter, Rod Mullen, Ron Cook, Sandie Durgin, Senator Alan Sieroty, Senator Nick Petris, Skip Ferdeberg, Slug Camp, State Sen. Nicholas Petris, Steve Simon, Synanon, thought reform
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November 4th, 2011
Dederich save a life sales pitch keeps donations coming while the elite scam to transfer non-profit payments to their back pockets.
Tags: Alvin Gambonini, At Warfield, Bill Crawford, Bill Dederich, Bob Pitzele, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jr., cults, Dan Garrett, Dan Sorkin, David Gilmour, destructive cults, Ed Siegel, Gil Faucette, Govenor Jerry Brown, Howard Garfield, Jack Hurst, Jady Dederich, Jeanette Prandi, Linda Ronstedt, Lou Delgado, Love Match, Pacific Sun, Reliable Mortgage, Ron Cook, Ron Eschenaur, Sandy Sturgess, sheriff lou Montanos, Sherrif Louis Montanos, Synanon Eviction Co., Ted Lukjancyk
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October 9th, 2011
To cut cost, become rich and return to controversy, Dederich outlaws child birth and directs abortions and vasectomies.
Tags: abortions, brainwashing, Brooks Carder, Charles Dederich, childlilness, cults, Jady Dederich, Liz Missakian, Oedipus complex, Paul Morantz, Phil Ritter, Synanon, The Cult Expert, The Synanon Story, thought reform, vasectomies
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October 6th, 2011
Dederich builds a Roman culture in Badger Mountains served by newcomer slaves and Synanon money.
Tags: Alvin Gambonini, Badger Mountains, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, destructive cults, Dorothy Garrett, George Lucas, Gil Faucette, Howard Garfield, Kenneth Blair, Lance Kenton, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Punk Squad, Ron Cook, Steve Simon, Sue Lyons, Synanon, Ted Lukjanczyk, The Synanon Story, thought reform, tulare county, Visalia
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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
[...]
Tags: Paul Morantz, Rattlesnake, Synanon
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July 19th, 2011
The Story of how CED corrupted the UFW
Tags: brainwashing, Cesar Chavez, Charles Dederich, Paul Morantz, Synanon, United Farm Workers
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July 17th, 2011
I liked him, and done with questioning I set out to see if I could deprogram him
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, destructive cults, Lake havasu, Paul Morantz, Rod Mullen, Synanon, thought reform
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May 5th, 2011
Seeking tax avoidance Synanon III, the new religion, grows.
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, destructive cults, Paul Morantz, Steve Trott, T.B. Renfroe, Tom Patterson
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May 5th, 2011
To avoid taxes, CED becomes a deity.
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May 5th, 2011
The taboo against violence is broken
Tags: brainwashing, cults, Dan Garrett, destructive cults, Narda Zacchino, Paul Morantz, Synanon, thought reform
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May 5th, 2011
Lifestyling at the Ranch
Tags: Adrain Wiliams, Barry Orringer, brainwashing, Brooks Carder. B.F. Skinner, Bruce Bales, Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, destructive cults, Gil faucettte, John van de Kamp, Kimi Peck, Lance Kenton, Linda Hager, Louis Montanos, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Robert Talcott, Steve Trott, Synanon, The Synanon Story, thought reform
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May 5th, 2011
The building of Synanon II
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, destructive cults, Irwin Yalom, Lance Kenton, Lance Kentong, Paul Morantz, Synanon, thought reform
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May 5th, 2011
Synanon II--The new society--grows
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, destructive cults, Elizabeth Missakian, Linda Burke, Paul Morantz, Synanon, Ted Dibble, The Synanon Story, thought reform
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May 5th, 2011
Dederic is surrounded by yes men, all afraid of the open manhole
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, destructive cults, Paul Morantz, Synanon, thought reform
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May 4th, 2011
Synanon buys Del Mar and Santa Monica attacks
Tags: Ben Gazzara, Bernie Kolb, bill crawfrd, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, cults, Del Mar Club, destructive cults, Jack Hurst, Janice Rule, Leonard Nimoy, Mayor Sam Yorty, Paul Morantz, Peter Collier, Synanon, The Cult Expert, thought reform, USC
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April 29th, 2011
Synanon separates from the world
Tags: Alex de Tocqueville, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, Paul Morantz, Synanon, Third Sector, thought reform
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April 28th, 2011
Squares were still entertained at the Saturday Night Party. This weekly event had become so popular with the public, as many as 200 attending, that reservations were required do to the limited space. A charge of $10 a month was made to regulars. Well dressed [...]
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Gil Faucette, Jack Hurst, Jesse Pratt, Leonard Nimoy, Paul Morantz, Reid Kimball, Synanon, thought reform
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April 28th, 2011
Dederich closes off Synanon from the world condemning Synanon to a now unavoidable tragedy.
Tags: Al Bauman. Abraham Maslow, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, destructive cults, Emerson, Paul Morantz, Synanon, Thoreau
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April 28th, 2011
Dederich asks for obedience based on trust, not reason
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, destructive cults, Paul Morantz, Synanon, thought reform
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April 28th, 2011
Hollywood makes Dederich a hero and the cash comes pouring in
Tags: Alex Cord, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Charlie Hamer, Chuck Conners, cults, destructive cults, Emund O'Brien, Ertha Kitt, Mike Kaiser, Paul Morantz, Ralph Story, Reid Kimball, Richard Conte, Richard Quinn, Synanon, The Cult Expert, The Synanon Story, thought reform
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April 28th, 2011
With a view developing of a new society Synanon I battles to expand
Tags: Arnold Ross, Bill Crawford, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, Dan Garrett, destructive cults, Jack Hurst, Jimmy Middelton, Jimmy the Greek, John Ciampa, Paul Morantz, Reid Kimball, Robert Driver, Synanon, Ted Dibble, The Cult Expert, The Synanon Story, thought reform
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April 28th, 2011
Synanon wins war with Santa Monica while Dederich's marriage highlights the age of civil rights.
Tags: Ben Gazarra, Bill Crawford, Charles Dederich, Charlton Heston, cults, Del Mar Club, Fred Nicholas, Izzy Cohen, James Mason, James Whitmore, Janice Rule, John H. Larson, Leonard Nimoy, Milton Berle, Natalie Wood, Paul Morantz, Ray Bradbury, Richard Nixon, rita Moreno, Robert Cockins, rod Serling, Steve Allen, Synanon, The Cult Expert, thought reform
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April 28th, 2011
"I believe there is a Miracle of the Beach--Senator Todd
Tags: Arnold Ross, Betty Coleman, Bill Crawford, brainwashing, Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, cults, Daniel Casriel, Del Mar Club, destructive cults, Donald Cressey, Jeanne Camano, Joseph Ball, l, Lew Yablonsky, Nicholas Petris, Nick Petris, Paul Morantz, Reid Kimball, Reverend C. Mason Harvey, Ricky Volkman, Robert Kenny, Ted Scofield, The Cult Expert, thought reform, U.S. Hang Tough
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December 26th, 2010
Point Reyes looks back on story that won it Pulitzer Prize
Tags: brainwashing, Charles Dederich, cults, Dave Mitchell, Lance Kenton, Paul Morantz, Phil Ritter, Point Reyes Light. Tim Henry, Rattlesnake, Synanon
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December 26th, 2010
The strange tale of Charlies Manson, Charles Watson and the suggested unknown forewarnings of an eventual murder attempt on my life through similar circumstance.
Tags: Abigail Folger, Alvin Karpis, Anthony Hopkins, Barbi Benton, Beach boys, Beatles, Bobby Beausoleil, Bollinger Dr., Bonanza, brainwashing, Brian Wilson, Bruce Davis, Candice Bergen, Cary Grant, Charles "Tex" Watson, Charles Dederich, Charles Manson, Charles Watson, China Town, Chinatown, Cielo Dr., Cielo Drive, Contessa Creations, cults, Dale Carnegie, David Karesh, Deadman’s Curve, Dean Torrence, Dennis Wilson, Donald Shea, Donna Maltese, Doris Tate, Duel in the Sun, Edgar Schein, Esalen, Frank Sinatra, Freddie Kruger, George Peppard, Haight-Ashbury, Helter Skelter, Hugh Hefner, Human Potential movement, Jan and Dean, Jan Berry, Jay Sebring, Jim Jones, Jim O'Rourke, Jonestown, Kristin Joan Svege, Lance Kenton, Leo LaBianco, Leslie Van Houten, Ma Barker gang, Maureen Donaldson, Patricia Krenwinkel, Paul Morantz, Paul Newman, Paul Ravere and the Raiders, Paul Watkins, Peter Lawford, Rattlesnake, Richard Corriere, Rocky Racoon, Roman Polanski, Rose Bowl Flea Market, Rosemary LaBianca, Rosemary's baby, Samantha Eggar, Scientology, Sharon tate, Spahn Ranch, Squeeky Fromme, Steve Grogan, Steve McQueen, Steve Parent, Susan LaBerge, Susie Atkins, Synanon, Synanon Imperial Marines, Tate-LaBianca murders, Terry Me;cher. Doris Day, Tex Watson, The Pianists, the Process, thought reform, Tom Mix and Mack Brown once made movies and The Outlaw, USC, Vincent Bugliosi. Helter Skelter, Voytek Frykowski, Wallace Beery, White Album
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November 26th, 2010
Time Magazine account of the arrest of Charles Dederich
Tags: Charles Dederich, Jady Dederich, Karen Jackovich, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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November 1st, 2010
This is obit on Bernie Kolb who was saved by Synanon and then had to stop the terror the organization became.
Tags: Bernie Kolb, brainwashing, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, Paul Morantz, Rachel Kolb, Synanon, thought reform
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October 18th, 2010
The skid row alcoholic who started it all.
Tags: Baxter Ward, Bonnie Lockrem, Brian Piccolo, Brian's Song, Chuck Weldon, Dave Mitchell, Dr. Keith Ditman, Dr. Lee Coleman, Emannuel David, Emanual David, Emanuel David, Frederick Seitz, Gayle Sayers, Golden State Manor, John Lauteman, Lance Brisson, Louise Jones, Mary Williams, mighty mouse, Narda Zacchino, Paul Morantz, Rick Walker, Rosalind Russell, Sanford Gage, Scientology, Stephen Cooper, Synanon, T.B. Renfroe
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October 11th, 2010
The hunt for the key witness who put's case together.
Tags: Black Datsun 280Z, California Highway Patrolman Donald Growe, Charles Dederich, Det. Jerry Rogers, Det. Marv Enquist, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Mike Carroll, Officer David Ybarro, Officer Richard Blue, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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October 10th, 2010
The little paper that dared.
Tags: Cathy Mitchell, Dave Mitchell, Paul Morantz, Point Reyes Light, Synanon
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October 2nd, 2010
The Los Angeles District Attorney's office and Chance meetings that came to haunt Synanon
Tags: Bonnie Burke, Cesar Chavez, Charles Dederich, Charles Manson, Dave Mitchell, Del Mar Club, Douglas Dalton, Ginny Schorin, Joe Musico, John van de Kamp, Judge John Watson, Judge Willam Hogoboom, Lance Kenton, Los Angeles Deputy District Attorney Mike Caroll, Paul Morantz, Roman Polanski, Ronald H. Caroll, Stephen Trott, Synanon, The Highwaymen
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September 24th, 2010
Charles Dederich tells the hows and whys it all happened
Tags: Alvin Gambonini, Ben Parks, Bill Crawford, Charles Dederich, Connie Chung, Dan Garrett, Dr. Doug Robson, Paul Morantz, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Rod Janzen, Ron Eidson, Steve Simon, Synanon, The Rise and Fall of Synanon
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September 8th, 2010
A short statement telling what Synanon was and why its story us so important
Tags: Charles Dederich, Edmund Burke, Paul Morantz, Synanon, The Cult Expert
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September 4th, 2010
Landmark legal decisions involving Synanon
Tags: Bette Fleishman, Cathy Mitchell, Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Dan Garrett, Dave Mitchell, David Benjamin, Ed Siegel, George Farnsworth, Gil Faucette, Judge Charles Richey, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Reader's Digest, Staley Fleishman, Stanley Fleishman, Steve Simon, Stuart Bernstein
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September 3rd, 2010
The IRS tells of Synanon tax case
Tags: Department of Justice, IRS, New Reliegious Posture, Paul Morantz, Rattlesnake, Synanon Church
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September 3rd, 2010
Dedicated to Dept. of Justice lawyers Thomas Lawler and Frank Hertz-- two attorneys who took over and ended Synanon, which, like Al Capone, succumbed to taxes.
Tags: Beryl Buck Trust, Bette Fleishman, Boston House, Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, Del Mar Hotel and Restaurant, est, Francis Hertz, George Farnsworth, Ginny Schorin, Joe Musico, Judge Leonard Braman, Judge William S. Thompson, Lance Kenton, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Phil Ritter, Pritikin, Richard Ofshe, Steve Simon, Stuart Bernstein, Synanon, Tomas Lawler, werner Erhard
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September 1st, 2010
Three books written by Synanon supporters in 1960; an admission of brainwashing, and warnings of the sad end to come.
Tags: Al Bauman, Charles Dederich, dave Deitch, Dede harvey, Dr. Dan Casriel, Dr. Frederich Hacker, Dr. George Bach, Dr. Marshall Cherkas, Guy Endore, Lewis Yabonski, Paul Morantz, Ricky Volkman, Skip Ferdeber, Synanon
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September 1st, 2010
Garfield Graduated No. 1 Harvard Law; Garrett No.1 at Hastings. Together they made a mistake assisting the conviction of Charles Dederich
Tags: Dan Garrett, Howard Garfield, Paul Morantz, Phil Bourdette, Synanon
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September 1st, 2010
Dedicated to Bob Fremlin and Chris Brown-- the story of the Garfield-Robson blunder that led to discovery of Synanon memos directing terrorism
Tags: Bob Fremlin, Chris Brown, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Dr. Doug Robson, Howard Garfield, IRS, Rise and Fall of Synanon, Rod Janzen
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August 3rd, 2010
The story of two attempts to rescue a teen-ager and a child that led to the start of the media looking at Synanon
Tags: Charles Dederich, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, Narda Zacchino, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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August 3rd, 2010
Mayor George Moscone and Harvey Milk
by Paul Morantz
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Tags: Ben Parks, Dan White, Dave Mitchell, Ernestine White, George Moscone, Harvey Milk, Herb Caen. Art Disterheft, Paul Morantz, Synanon
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July 18th, 2010
It started with a telephone call from a man who said Synanon would not let him talk to his wife
Tags: Charles Dederich, Dan Garrett, Dean Torrence, Del Mar Club, Howard Garfield, Jan and Dean, Jerry Newark, Judge Lauence Rittenband, Judge Raymond Choate, Keith Ditman, Larry Bradley, Paul Morantz, Synanon, Venice family clinic, Venice Family Plannng Clinic
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January 22nd, 2010
He was born March 22, l913 in a small middle American town of Toledo, Ohio, marked and parted by the flowing Maumee River, the largest river feeding into the Great Lakes, and parked at the southwest extremity of Lake Erie...
Tags: Abraham Maslow, Agnes Countz, Alan Watts, Alcoholics Anonymous, Alexander Graham Bell, B. F. Skinner, Bill Wilson, brainwashing, Camelot, Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Curtiss-Wright, destructive cults, Dr. Keith Ditman, Dr. Robert Smith, Dr. Sidney Cohen, Emerson, Freud, Gray Thompson, Jim Kemper, Lao Tse, Noel Coward, Ralph Waldo Emerson, St. Thomas, Stan Kenton, Synanon, The Synanon Story, Thoreau, thought reform, Timothy Leary, Whitey Walker
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January 22nd, 2010
It was the eve of the Beatles invasion. When Happy Days was life, not a TV show. My high school senior class gathered on a Santa Monica beach--celebrating graduation and friendships we had no doubt would extend long beyond our current 17 years of existence.
Tags: Charlie Wynne, Dale Hollis, David Ybarro, Donald Growe, Dr. Josephine Bufalino, Edie Ditmars, Irv Moskowitz, Jerry Rodgers, Joe Musico, Lance Kenton, Los Angeles Police, Lou Delgado, Lynne Cottle, Marv Enquist, Namoi McFarlin, Narda Zacchino, Paul Morantz, Phil Ritter, Rattlesnake, Richard Blue, Synanon, The Synanon Story
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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
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 12th, 2010
How Synanon converted from a drug rehab program into a cradle to grave society and became a thought reform machine.
Tags: Abraham Maslow, ADGAP, Betty Dederich, Bill Crawford, brainwashing, Buckminster Fuller, Charles Dederich, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Dana Kenton, Dr. Robert Jay Lifton, Edgar Schein, est, Govenor Pat Brown, Lance Kenton, Paul Morantz, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Sr., Stan Kenton, Steve Simon, Synanon, Synanon Trip, thought reform, Werne Erhard
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January 12th, 2010
The origins of Synanon, an organization that began with the best interest of recovering addicts in mind that later twisted into a powerful cult of personality led by Charles Dederich whose own interests were served.
Tags: Adaline Ainlay, Arnold Ross, Art Berman, Betty Dederich, Bill Crawford, Charles Dederich, Charlie Hamer, Dan Garrett, Dave Allen, Dr. Bernard Casselman, Fred Nicholas, George the Turk, Gray Thompson, Howard Garfield, Jack Hurst, Jake the snake Ross, Jesse Pratt, Jimmy the Greek Goergelas, Joe Pass, Lew Yablonski, Mort Sahl, Paul Morantz, Reid Kimball, Robert Cockins, Stee Allen, Steve Allen, Synanon, Synanon Philosophy, Synanon Prayer, The Night of The Great Cop-out, Vincent Cavenaugh, Walker Winslow, Whitey Walker
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January 12th, 2010
In began with Punks, then escalated against the world
Tags: Adlai Stevenson, Alan Cayo, Alvin Gambonni, Art Warfield, Athur Grellis, Barry Levine, Ben Parks, Bernie Kolb, Bill Crawford, Bob Ptizle, Buddy Jones, Carl Anderson, Charles Dederich, Chris Benton, Chris Brown, Chris Haberman, Christopher Brett, Chuck Dederich Jade Dederich, Connie Chung, Dan Garrett, Dan Ross, Dan Sorkin, Dave Fagel, Dave Gerstel, Dave Gilmore, Dave Mitchell, David Benjamin, David Ross, Dede Derich, Del Mar Club, Depot Flats, destructive cults, Dorothy Salant Garrett, Doug Cameron, Douglas Chevalier, Dr. David Schwartz, Dr. Doug Robson, Dr. Frederick Hacker, Dr. Harvey Hecht, Dr. Peter Bourne, Dr. Sid finkelsten, Ed Seigel, Edgar Schein, Elizabeth Missakian, Elton H. Rule, Floyd Egan, Gerri Straatemeier, Ginny Schorin, Govenor Jerry Brown, Harvey Litwin, Hedley Donovan, Howard Garfield, Howard Silber, Ivan Ujueta, Jack Harrison, Jack Hurst, Jay Becker, Jay Dederich, Jay Powell, Jesse Marlow, Joe Musico, John Bradford, Julian Kaiser, Ken Schiff, Kim Meyers, Lance Kenton, Lary Akey, Leon Levy, Leonard H. Goldenson, Lisa Wehmeyer. Slvia Heath, Lou Delgado, Lou Mantanos, Louis Montanos, Macyl Burke, Mary Inskip, Matt Rand, Mike Garrett, Norma Fisher, Pat Lynch, Paul Morantz, Percy Tickles, Phil Black, Phil Bourdette, Phil Ritter, President Jimmy Carter, Punk Squad, Reliable Mortgage, Rhonda Marks, Robbert Fremlin, Rod Janzen, Rod Mullen, Ron Cook, Ron Eidson, Ron Escheanuer, Russ Mumford, Sid Finlestein, Skip Ferdeber, Steve Simon, Synanon, Ted Dibble, Ted Lukjancyk, The Rise and Fall of Synanon, Tom Cardineau, Walter Lewbell, Wendall Stamps, William Olin
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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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