The Sunshine Place
A podcast by Audacy Studios | Team Downey
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16 Episodes
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Presenting Gone South Season 3: The Sign Cutter
Published: 10/26/2023 -
Introducing Say More with Dr? Sheila
Published: 9/25/2023 -
Introducing: Search Engine
Published: 8/4/2023 -
Introducing: The Set
Published: 6/15/2023 -
A New Case from Fallen Angel Co-Host: The Nxivm Sex Cult on Infamous
Published: 12/29/2022 -
Presenting Gone South Season 2: The Dixie Mafia
Published: 11/2/2022 -
Introducing: Wolves Among Us, Season 1, The Larry Lavin Story
Published: 9/28/2022 -
E8: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life
Published: 9/21/2022 -
E7: The Holy War
Published: 9/14/2022 -
E6: Changing Partners
Published: 9/7/2022 -
E5: The Breeders
Published: 8/31/2022 -
E4: The Punk Squad
Published: 8/24/2022 -
E3: The Trip
Published: 8/17/2022 -
E2: The Miracle on the Beach
Published: 8/10/2022 -
E1: The Kidsnatchers
Published: 8/10/2022 -
Welcome to The Sunshine Place
Published: 7/26/2022
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Once called “the miracle on the beach,” Synanon began in the 1960s as an experimental rehab facility in Santa Monica, California with a radical claim: It could cure heroin addiction. Before long it would make an even bolder claim - it could cure any of your problems, all you had to do was move in. What started in a house on the beach soon spread to compounds across the country. The man who made the miracle happen, Charles E. Dederich, aka “Chuck,” would be the one to destroy it all, along with the lives of many of his followers and millions of dollars in assets. The Sunshine Place tells the mind-blowing, true story of Synanon - one of America’s most cutting edge social experiments turned into one of its most dangerous and violent cults as it’s never been told before: by the people who lived it. Executive Produced by Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Emily Barclay Ford for Team Downey, together with Josh McLaughlin for Wink Pictures. The Sunshine Place is an Audacy original.