The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? Miniseries Episode 4 Strap Yourself to the Mast ( Air Date 2024-04-22 ) Genre Documentary category. Overview "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.".
The Synanon Fix: Did the Cure Become a Cult? Miniseries Episode 4 Strap Yourself to the Mast
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Ivan Bess, Rory Kennedy, Phil Joncas, Veronica Pinkham, Mark Bailey, Keven McAlester, Gillian McCarthy, Alexandra Korba, Lincoln Else, Randall Poster, Lisa Heller, Meghan Currier, Tina Nguyen, Jeff Swimmer, Nancy Abraham, Rory Kennedy, Judy Korin, Nathan Larson
