The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? - Season 1 Episode 4 Strap Yourself to the Mast
Trailer: The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult?
In 1977, the Los Angeles Times reports on the nine-day abduction of Frances Winn by Synanon. Lawyer Paul Morantz wins a settlement case in her favor. With media focus heating up, Chuck spends $62,000 on guns and ammunition, at the time the largest single firearms purchase in California history. Soon thereafter, he allegedly orchestrates an attempt on Morantz’s life. He is sentenced to five years probation. Drinking again and diagnosed with mental illness, Chuck loses everything and dies in a nursing home, leaving a troubled legacy as a creative, but unchecked genius. Many adherents are left to piece together their lives in the aftermath without Synanon.
Runtime: 60:14 Min
Quality: HD
First Air Date: Apr 01, 2024
Last Air Date: Apr 22, 2024
Episode: 4 Episode
Season: 1 Season
Season
Sea1
The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? Season 1
The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? Season 1
HD
IMDb: 10
2024
Release : 2024.04.01
Title : Miniseries
Season : 1
Episode
Eps1
Here Come the Dopefiends
Here Come the Dopefiends
HD
IMDb: 10
2024
Recovering alcoholic Chuck Dederich opens a storefront drug rehabilitation program that gains a following through its confrontational talk-therapy...
Release : 2024.04.01
Title : Here Come the Dopefiends
Season : 1
Eps2
A War on Convention
A War on Convention
HD
IMDb: 0
2024
By the 1970s, Synanon boasts its own farm, a school, and multiple businesses, but Chuck’s utopian vision begins to crack. As members face more...
Release : 2024.04.08
Title : A War on Convention
Season : 1
Eps3
What in the Hell is Happening?
What in the Hell is Happening?
HD
IMDb: 0
2024
Chuck’s behavior becomes more belligerent and abusive. He forms a military-like boot camp for delinquent children where corporal punishment...
Release : 2024.04.15
Title : What in the Hell is Happening?
Season : 1
Eps4
Strap Yourself to the Mast
Strap Yourself to the Mast
HD
IMDb: 0
2024
In 1977, the Los Angeles Times reports on the nine-day abduction of Frances Winn by Synanon. Lawyer Paul Morantz wins a settlement case in her favor....
Release : 2024.04.22
Title : Strap Yourself to the Mast
Season : 1
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