The Cult That Used Rattlesnakes As Revenge | Synanon Documentary
Vložit
- čas přidán 29. 05. 2024
- This is the story of Synanon and the man who survived their secret attack.
Sources:
docs.google.com/document/d/1I...
Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
22:01 Pet Palate Cleanser
Researched & Written By:
Daniel Nunez
Josie Naikoi (NOT THE GOOD GIRL)
Edited By:
Daniel Nunez
Josie Naikoi (NOT THE GOOD GIRL)
Support:
/ notthegoodgirl
Pet Pic Submission:
Email notthegoodpet@gmail.com (animals only) to have your pet featured at the end of one of my videos!
Contact:
josie@josienaikoi.com
Please do not send hate to anyone mentioned in this video.
Thank you for watching!
![[柴犬ASMR]曼玉Manyu&小白Bai 毛发护理Spa asmr](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/0TsXQ7z2Dh4/mqdefault.jpg)
I love the way you portrayed the rattlesnake’s perspective. Like, “yeah, I was perfectly happy living my life and hunting and breeding in the Texas desert before some weird humans put me in a mailbox in California. I don’t even like to bite people, but I will if some guy puts me on top of the cable bill. I’ve been sitting next to the Sears catalog all day and all I’ve learned is that air conditioners are on sale.” 😂
Made my night. 🏆😂
Just letting you know…u made someone audibly laugh today. And that person happens to be me.
Amazing 😂😂
Aww, thanks guys. ❤
Top notch wit right here 😂
Tip: if you've been bitten by a rattlesnake, DON'T RUN. Walk calmly to a phone or to someone who can help.
STAY CALM even though you are inclined to freak out.
Yessss!
Good advice. Difficult to follow.
@@aliasfakename4143😊
This is true of any venom or toxin. Move as little as possible. It's not easy, but it's easier to do if you know ahead of time than fire. Everyone knows "stop, drop and roll," but hardly anyone manages to do it.
Kinda wild how parents just ship their kids off to torture/labor camps over a cigarette.
I can't believe what we've put "Troubled Teenagers" through over the years...
What I've learned about Elan is tragic. I'm cynical but I think those pop psychology, troubled teen places focused on theatrics for the well-off sh*tty parents who warehouse their scapegoat until they can set it loose on a lesser ivy league (whoa, I'm not cynical at all!). Crappy 70s parents would find "confronting" "selfish" teenagers to be satisfying, instead of getting care for neglected teens.
Fair point. Then again, desperate parents do desperate things.
@@elizabethsohler6516 True. I'm not sure I can condemn all parents who've sent their kids to these places. Sometimes you just don't know what to do or how to actually help.
@@Firedeath25 one should have kids if one doesn't know the fuck onet supposed to do when the kid fucks up
The Scientology "camps" for "Troubled Teenagers" were horrific. Turn about Ranch, the camps which Dr. Phil recommended were also horrific.
Charles: "I was inspired to start a cult because of Ralph Waldo Emerson"
Ralph Waldo Emerson: "Babe that's not what I meant"
synanon is the basis for most troubled teen programs, understanding synanon will make it easier to understand any other group utilizing so-called attack therapy. thank you for introducing a new group of people to this history!
As a mh therapist I pray this information is spread. I’ve worked a number of cases in which judges have court ordered children into such programs or, alternatively, programs developed by Scientology/Christianity. It’s horrifying how damaging “interventions” or other over,y confrontational methods can be for treatment. It’s ineffective, damaging, and inexplicably widespread.
As a mh therapist I pray this information is spread. I’ve worked a number of cases in which judges have court ordered children into such programs or, alternatively, programs developed by Scientology/Christianity. It’s horrifying how damaging “interventions” or other over,y confrontational methods can be for treatment. It’s ineffective, damaging, and inexplicably widespread. It’s just traumatized kids getting re-traumatized. PLEASE tell others about synanon. Support rational recovery groups.
You all have no idea
Rename attack therapy to what it really is, abuse.
I was in a clone "drug treatment" cult here in Hawaii called Habilitat. It was modeled specifically and directly after Synanon, including its own charismatic ex-junkie leader. Having been there at 17 years old, I was deeply disturbed by the emotionally damaging so-called therapy of The Game. Habilitat is still around. It is connected to the court and corrections system, along with being the largest Christmas tree vendor in Honolulu. To this day, I am extremely triggered by anyone yelling criticism at me.
I’m so sorry you were put through that.
I'm so sorry that you had to endure that bullsh*t! I hope you have dealt with it with a safe therapist!
100% chance the judges are secretly on their payroll.
Peace be with you
Man I am so sorry you dealing with that, I hope you heal in due time ❤
Your production skills do not go unnoticed! Your voice....cadence. its all stellar!
You go gurl!!!!
As a victim of the troubled teen industry, so much of this triggered me and reminded me of my time there. I hope you cover it someday.
I'm 48 now & have been sober for almost 15 years. I think the easiest way to show this wasn't helpful to addicts is that he was drunk when they got him, that alone should illustrate that its not a system for staying sober. I also want to say that the laws still suck for helping addicts, today's current rehabs are totally unregulated & anyone with the funds can create one, choose any form of "therapy" they want, typically choosing things they can charge a lot for, & they often have addicts at the helm, but don't hire good professionals as therapists, shrinks, & counselors, so they make a lot of $ & the people who need help don't get any.
I've been in the game for years and years both sides; there's some pretty fckd up counselors , so called, so called healers. Some do way more damage than good..
I worked in a residential men's home for 12 years. Is a racket, maybe a safe spot to sober up and go in debt. Success is rare
Just found the channel and already love it! Almost 7 years sober now and I remember how desperate I was at Rock bottom to get sober. They're a group of people ripe for exploitation by people like this. Thanks for covering them.
When I was a little girl, my church choir went to sing for Synanon in San Francisco. I remember looking around at all the shaved heads and Osh Kosh overalls and thinking, "This place is super weird". We never went back after that.
I've never heard of them before - thanks for teaching me something new once again. You always do such a great job of telling a compelling story, and this is no different. Fantastic documentary!!
@Denisa thank you for the kind words. Happy Halloween! 🎃
Me neither. I am always shocked when it comes to cults and USA is full of them. Wonderful documentary!
@@norah4892 the entire world is full of them unfortunately.
You always manage to tell a story I’ve not heard before…and you tell it with such clarity and professionalism!! Another fantastic documentary🥰
I didn't realize I've heard of this cult before. Thank you Josie for your hard work on these videos. Of course another group has been created. My heart goes out to those in the cultvstilocandand those that were able to get out of the cult. I can't imagine the mental toll this took on everyone involved.
Imagine the poor rattlesnake that goes home after a long day of luncheons with the mice,
and finds a lawyer under his rock! 😱🐍
It's peak dog owner to be like "oh hell no, that snake can kill me but it ain't touching my babies"
Also I hope they weren't a Dodgers fan otherwise their week would have really sucked
Creepy... I was born on Tuesday the 10th of October, 1978 AND I grew up to be an addict! 😝 (4.5 yrs clean now) That phrase, "today is the first day of the rest of your lives" is still used regularly in 12 step groups... Who some people think is a cult in and of itself!
I grew up in a cult and love your cult documentaries. Thanks for doing good work in the world
Charles literally said ‘yep I’ma apply this Cults For Dummies on my crew’ 💀😭😩 he pulled out all the tactics
I lived in Venice, CA back in that Era and Synanon had their new inductees shave their heads. My mother told me she was insulted by a female Manson follower in a supermarket for staring at the swastika on the woman's forehead.
Thank you for featuring my sweet boy Rowland during the pet palate cleanser! We love watching your videos!
Thanks for submitting his pic! He's adorable. 💛
You are AMAZING at making these documentaries. A major content producer like Vice needs to scoop you up and just put you in charge of the whole operation!
Ick! VICE sucks. MSM disguised as an edgy video magazine, fyi.
@Sam3460 agreed.
Awesome documentary, Josie! I’m originally from Toledo, Ohio…never heard of this guy or cult. Just goes to show… no one never really knows what is really going on with people. Wow!!
The scariest part to me is that it seems like it might be human nature to want to follow self righteous individuals.
"today is the first day of the rest of your life" is so interesting how one sentence can mean one thing in this context, this horrible cult, but when I ear this sentence, especially in my birth language, Portuguese, I just think of this amazing song about hope...
A video on Sunday? No one loads on Sunday, and I get so lonely 😭
Thank you babe 💜
when Charles said he turn Synanon to a religion, it remind me of scientology. How Ron Hubbard turn it to a religion .
Amazing job Josie, as always..its cool to see u evolve..Im a recovering addict and we've been used for others exploitation and their savior complexes ALWAYS, to this day ESP by pharmaceutical companies..ive seen survivors speak about these "therapies" and how destructive they were. I don't understand why the government allows people to be treated this way by others. It's not necessarily a choice for these people esp when these people are so DESPERATE and vulnerable.. we need the government for shit like this. Esp the CHILD PROGRAMS THAT USE ATTACK THERAPY.. where shitty parents send their kids because they don't feel like parenting.
the the rattlesnake’s perspective sent chills down my spine,.........like what😭😭😭😭😭
These cults are fascinating and terrifying
so crazy! i was a very young child in L.A. at this time and vaguely remember conversation about the rattlesnake incident, but never knew the backstory. thanks for such a compelling video!
I think I said "what." thirteen times out loud while watching this. I suppose I've never heard of Synanon because the Jonestown Massacre was so deadly and it was more well known for that reason.
Yay! I've never heard of this one before. Sunday is saved!
haha Happy Halloween! 🎃
I'm from Berlin/Germany and here is the only Synanon Community in the country as I know. Their Motto is "living without drugs" they help drug addicts, they live and work together, mostly men. I think they're harmless nowadays but still cultish.
Wasn't there a split between the organisation in Germany and the one in the US?
@@sisuguillam5109 I don't know, but perfectly possible.
@@peakmiez7825 kann mich nicht erinnern, welches Video das war, aber ich glaube, der deutsche Zweig hat sich sehr früh auf rechtlich eigene Füße gestellt, um hier überhaupt arbeiten zu dürfen.
Hoffe Du hast einen schönen Abend und wünsche ein frohes, frühes Wochenende!
@@sisuguillam5109 Danke Sisu, das ist echt interessant und gut vorstellbar, ich schau mal was ich dazu finde. Ich wünsche dir auch ein schönes Wochenende!
@@peakmiez7825 🙂
All kinds of messed up things are just somehow allowed to go on around the world separate but so similar my god it's overwhelming :(
I think I've heard about Synanon here and there but never in any detial. Nice to finally have a general idea of what they are.
This is by far the best coverage I have seen on this cult. Great job!
I love your documentaries ❤️ Keep it up!!☺️
Thanks. I'd heard of this cult before but didn't know details. It's horrifying to know that this is the basis of the "troubled teen" industry.
Have you looked into the cult that Tulsi Gabard was associated with while growing up? It's an offshoot of the Hari Krishnas. Unfortunately, I can't remember the name. When I looked for it a few years ago, I could find almost no information.
You said “grew up in Toledo Ohio” and I was like woah no way me too. And then I looked at the screen and was shook because the photo you used is a famous photo of the drug store corner at the end of the street I grew up on. I literally almost dropped my phone 😂 also I have to say this is great video ❤ I just found your channel a few days ago and I really enjoy your content.
Oh yeah mumma! Loving the new upload schedule. Plus I love this story. And I know you're gonna tell it well.
@Karen W thank you for being here!
I used to live about 20 minutes away from a synanon compound in the mountains of California. It was creepy!
Well done you. The reporting on this is spot on. When I was in college, I did a project on cults and I remember covering this group. Until I saw this, I hadn’t thought about it since then. Glad to have found your platform. Looking forward to discovering more great stories.
Synanon still exists here in Germany. It is as cultish as ever. And "the game" where people abuse each other verbally and psychologically is still practiced as well. I have first hand experience but don't want to go into more detail.
And this remind me of a group here in Italy too. I don't know if they are linked. But the tough love methods for sobriety are so so much similar. There is a neflix series about, I don't know if they put it out in other languages, called Sampa, who speak about it. They were cult like. But not exactly like that, I mean they weren't a religious group. But they were religion based, catholic, teorically...
Great videos as always! Love your documentaries about cults.
*It seems Mr. Spock wasn't as logical as he wanted us to believe*
this is so well done, thank you for your in depth analysis of this nutty cult !
WOW!! Thanks again for this great video! I so enjoy when your work pops up in my feed!😀❤
Your CZcams videos are among the best! Extremely fun to watch! Keep up the great work
Thank you so much Joesy for this amazing documentary. I need to hire you to make my life documentary next! 😂 I love watching all of your videos. Keep up the great work Joesy. You’re so amazing ❤️
Thank you for another well made documentary. 💕
I was just thinking about you the other day, Josie, wondering if you were working on another video! So glad to see another deep dive, I really like your video style. Take care, sweetheart!
Happy Halloween, Josie! You have definitely found your calling! Keep up the fabulous work, ma'am!
So glad this appeared on my homepage, excellent presentation of a subject I knew nothing about. Thank you from the UK.
i love your documentaries! they are always tremendous..........................you are one of my very favorites on u tube!
Discovered this channel this week! Such well presented, well researched content. I love it.
You are very clear and sucsinct in explaining the story...fantastic work🐥🐤🐣
Jim Jones was called Father as well. Think about it.
Wow, this is the first time I’ve heard of this cult. Great presentation. I was glued!
Love love your work! Another great one you're on fire!
There was a meme on fb the other day that was an old picture of people dancing & gyrating in a crazy looking way. I'd bet money it was a Synanon party after watching this video. Just watched you with Andrew Gold. Great interview & interesting subject.
This is so scary. I’ve never even heard of these groups or cults. Crazy. And very interesting.
Amazing work as always.
Informative, well made, well researched. Intriguing...
Thanks.
Whoa! That’s shocking and jaw dropping. 🤯
Excellence work as usual, Josie!
⤴️
Tell Andrei jikh i referred you, has something to share with you ⤴️👆
First time seeing your channel and I was so impressed by the quality and content of your videos bravo indeed
You are an excellent storyteller i could listen to you all day
You've got some great original content.
Thank you.
I was starting to get a little jaded.
I never heard of this. It’s so bizarre!!! Your documentaries are amazing!
You do such a great job telling stories.
Oh wow, that's terrifying!
Great job once again! You have such a talent..thank you for leaving your MLM job🇨🇦😍
Iwas sent to Synanon by the courts in the 70s! Tomalas bay! They had a youth program! I was 14 and stole a car and escaped back to El Cerrito ca! those people were nuts!
Wooow what a crazy cult story thanks for the insight on this topic!
I dont understand why dont you have like 1M subs by now. Thanks for another great video!!!
Happy Halloween! 🎃 What should I cover next?
Mary Cosby pleeeeease hahaha she is a character on her own
I loved this (the intro! wow!). Great story telling, great editing, great writing. I'm glad to hear that you'll be covering Elan soon. David Sedaris's sister was abused there and she committed suicide at age 50 or so after living in poverty her whole adult life. She blamed Elan.
I think you should cover Alcoholics Anonymous next. They fit Hassan's BITE model to a T. When I learned of Synanon I immediately saw how AA led to it. The verbal abuse, the emotional manipulation, the hacky, outdated approaches to addiction (which have been disproven by science in the past 30 years). Only 3-10% of people who go to AA get sober but many get put into situations where they are preyed upon and abused which leads to relapse and self-blame (because that's what AA promotes) and it becomes a tragic cycle.
About 10 years ago a man was convicted for killing a woman who was 25 years younger than him, they met in AA, her family alleged that AA enabled it and they sure did; several of his AA friends knew that he targeted young women, which many do in AA, and they just watched women be abused and stolen from. There's an episode of 20/20, I think, about the case and that it's not an isolated incident. There's also a documentary, "The 13th Step" all about the sexual abuse and how AA is aware of it and how they DARVO the victims who have been brave enough to come forward. AA's strength is that it's a group of people that can come down hard on one dissenter and they will ostracize and ridicule people who criticize them. These are often unwell people who need psychiatric care, not a support group, and so they bully, stalk, harass, etc. people who have come out against AA. They use the group to control people.
They enable members to exploit, abuse, traffic, sexually assault, and steal from members without being charged with any crimes because "it's the best that we've seen to cure something incurable". Their answer to the allegations that members have been raped, trafficked and even murdered is that AA is the best solution to alcoholism and addiction, so they're saying, "Take the good (3-10% success rate) with the bad (trafficking, theft, physical abuse, emotional manipulation, etc.)".
It would look bad to attack AA because the public's perception is that it helps addicts. They aren't effective and they enable life-altering abuse among its members. The abuse often creates a pattern where the victim relapses, comes back, is targeted again, and so on. And according to AA/ NA it's the addict's fault, always, for relapsing. No matter what they went through, no matter if another member targeted them and abused them. AA either turns a blind eye or enables it.
I have seen trusted AA members give away phone numbers and email of new women to the men in groups, without their consent. Then the guys start following them on social media. Under the guise of welcoming someone in they will offer rides home, will perhaps buy them some groceries or just offer an ear, and that's how they get more info on their victims. It's a haven for predators and traffickers because they know they will never be reported or even made to leave the group.
Nothing keeps anyone from being an AA member. There aren't meetings just for sex offenders for example. A new member may be told by her sponsor (who a member must take direction from or she will be ostracized) to share that she was SA'd as a teenager and a convicted rapist or pedophile can be sitting right next to her taking notes.
I know this became super long but AA is a cult and they have literally gotten away with murder.
@@kiskakuznetsova503 thanks for sharing. I hadn't heard of The 13th Step. Going to watch it now in my PJs with my coffee, lol. Happy Halloween! 🎃
Waldorf schools/Anthroposophy! You're in for a wild ride with those
Omg if you find Synanon interesting, you should really look into Community Recovery Los Angeles, and Christopher Bathum. He built an entire rehab cult, based on similar theory, I actually worked there. And was a client there.
He's currently in prison for $178 million fraud case in California, scamming insurance companies, all types of fraud, and inappropriate behavior, all kinds of things. The feds literally busted in all 30 facilities in like 2016. Like our version of the game was called "cohort" - It was a wild modern day cult for addicts.
Love ur vids xx
Have I heard of them before? Nope.
Am I going to tell everyone I know now to watch this video? DEFINATELY!
Seriously interesting!! Never heard of them 🤯
The Sunshine Place podcast (Team Downey) on Spotify was where I learned about Synanon, but this was the first time seeing footage of the cult. Crazy stuff!
must check out podcast Sounds like a Cult! they covered the troubled teen industry, mega churches, and all other groups that blur the cult line. Good work as always Josie!!!
Another informative story!
This was a wild ride. What an unhinged group of people.
Very interesting, thank you! It's really so hard to understand how people can buy into the craziness of cult teachings and requirements. I'd never heard of this one despite being a teen in the 70s.
Thank you for these, hopefully you will save some folks.
I’m surprised that a year ago, someone still knew what synanon was!!!!!
. I visited a Chicago outpost in 1979 as part of my graduate work in psychology. I saw “ the wire” ( the national intercom system) and by then the members were all donning crew cuts “ because Chuck wore it that way”. It was a bizarre few hours.
Also I interviewed Joe Pass for a radio show I had ( jazz guitar impresario and Synonon devotee). When the interview bogged down and he started to get critical ( and began “gaming” ) me and my partner, I popped a question about his experience in the program. That changed the tone……lol…
It should be noted that they did some real good for a bunch of people until they started the “ community model”. Then youth programs modeled themselves after them ( like Elan School).
Very nice job.
This was so well done ! I learned so much ! This shits a whole thing wow !❤
Wow
They got away for so long
Loved the video!
How the cult got started reminded me of the movie Fight club
I really liked the millionaire preacher video you did is there any more like that you can cover please and thanks for your channel x
@Kimberley I may have some more bad pastor videos coming soon. 😉 hehe Thank you for watching.
"Today is the first day of the rest of your life"? Tyler Durden totally ripped this guy off lol
This sounds SO MUCH like scientology, right down to the "attack squads" to go after critics …
that intro was so wild i was shook D:
As usual, Josie slays!
loved the intro!
Excellent reporting and presentation
Great once again ! 🙏🏼🤗🇧🇷
Ty! Very very very interesting!
You can make a follow-up video about Elan School, which had a program based on Synanon and, surprise surprise, whose founder actually was part of Synanon.