Synanon

The drug rehab/utopian community/violent cult. Shaved heads, The Game, rattlesnakes, and dope fiends!Connect on Facebook or at the Failed Utopia website.Links & ResourcesNational Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 1-800-273-8255Crisis Text Line: text HOME to 741 741Domestic Violence Helpline: 1-800-799-7233VictimConnect, a referral helpline for victims of crime: 1-855-484-2846Make The ConnectionSynanon movie trailer. Skip to 2:23 for the best fight scene of all time.Paul Morantz’s Escape: My Lifelong War Against Cults and From Miracle to Madness: The True Story of Charles Dederich and SynanonPaul Morantz’s website A website run by a former Synanon member with a bunch of pictures. This is probably the worst website I have ever seen, and it’s worth looking at based on that alone. Mikel Jollett’s Hollywood Park An interview with Mikel Jollett on NPR’s All Songs ConsideredClaire Clark’s The Recovery Road: The Battle Over Addiction Treatment in the United StatesRod Janzen’s The Rise and Fall of Synanon: A California UtopiaC.A. Wittman's Synanon KidTHX 1138 EquilibriumWritten and produced by Anna RobertsBurning palm tree artwork by Perry VasquezIntro music by Elliot Middleton