Hello Cult Babes! This week we’re talking all about Synanon, not to be confused with cinnamon. Listen in on how cult leader Charles Dederich took the principles of a 12 Step program and created a rehab from hell. We’ve got shaved heads, rattlesnakes, and a whole lotta bullshit. 

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Sources: 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Synanon

https://gizmodo.com/synanons-sober-utopia-how-a-drug-rehab-program-became-1562665776

http://www.paulmorantz.com/the_synanon_story/the-birth-of-charles-dederich-and-synanon-foundation-inc/

http://www.paulmorantz.com/the_synanon_story/the-true-history-of-synanon-violence-and-how-it-started/

https://www.nytimes.com/1997/03/04/us/charles-dederich-83-synanon-founder-dies.html

https://www.thetrevorproject.org

https://charleyproject.org/case/rose-lena-cole

https://www.healthline.com/health/what-is-benzedrine

https://www.ptreyeslight.com/article/doris-gambonini-ranch-woman-who-comforted-synanon-refugees-dies-80

Rachael’s podcast: 

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pride-synanon/id1515042150?i=1000507519656

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