April 1, 2024 • 1h 1m
Recovering alcoholic Chuck Dederich opens a storefront drug rehabilitation program that gains a following through its confrontatio...Read more
April 8, 2024 • 1h 1m
By the 1970s, Synanon boasts its own farm, a school, and multiple businesses, but Chuck’s utopian vision begins to crack. As membe...Read more
April 15, 2024
Chuck’s behavior becomes more belligerent and abusive. He forms a military-like boot camp for delinquent children where corporal p...Read more
April 22, 2024
In 1977, the Los Angeles Times reports on the nine-day abduction of Frances Winn by Synanon. Lawyer Paul Morantz wins a settlement...Read more