Dr. Dante | Episode 7: The Documentary

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Chameleon: Dr. Dante - Dr. Dante | 6. The Troubleshooter

When a local TV news investigative team gets a tip about a fake university, they set out on what becomes a \xa0multi-year pursuit to find the man behind one of the largest degree mills in history.



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Dr. Dante | 6. The Troubleshooter

There's something I haven't told you before.

You're really not very, you know, very, what?

In 1997, when charges were filed by the Central District of California in connection with Permiderm,

Dr. Ronald Dante's lawyer told him that he had two choices.

He could either be arrested or flee the country.

The lawyer told me he said, if I don't want to go to prison, I got to go south through the

So Dante headed south to the other place and crossed the border into Mexico with a bag filled

with gold and cash and set up shop in Ensenada, a laid back port city on the Pacific coast.

And while he could rest assured that he'd be safe from extradition, his lawyer had made it clear.

Step one foot back in the United States and he'd be in the express lane back to prison,

He's especially since he was in the midst of raking it in with his most lucrative pursuit yet,

So he was here in Mexico to set up a new life and run Columbia State from afar,

a correspondence school run by correspondence, you could say.

As for accommodations, Dante stayed in some hotels and Ensenada for a time.

But then he thought this just won't do and decided to invest in some lodging more be fitting

of a fugitive university came in, something with room for his family.

A wellness center some called Miracle Ranch, nestled in the scenic mountains of Southern California, promised a luxurious escape and a path to wellness through clean, alkaline living. Its leader, Dr. Robert O. Young, attracted wealthy clientele with his “groundbreaking” health protocols and friendly, family-man persona. But beneath the serene surface, Miracle Ranch harbored a dark secret. The people who stayed there didn’t get better; they got worse. 

Through legal documents and candid interviews with former patients and employees, law enforcement officials, and affected family members, this series unravels the chilling true story of one man who convinced scores of people that cancer is not a cell but an “acidic, poisonous liquid,” and how his popular “alkaline diet” turned deadly.

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0:00.0	There's something I haven't told you before.
0:02.0	You're really not very, you know, very, what?
0:05.0	Camille, season five, Dr. Dante.
0:09.0	A production of campsite media.
0:11.0	Dr. Dante.
0:13.0	In 1997, when charges were filed by the Central District of California in connection with Permiderm,
0:23.0	Dr. Ronald Dante's lawyer told him that he had two choices.
0:27.0	He could either be arrested or flee the country.
0:30.0	The lawyer told me he said, if I don't want to go to prison, I got to go south through the
0:35.0	north, Canada, or the other place.
0:39.0	So Dante headed south to the other place and crossed the border into Mexico with a bag filled
0:44.6	with gold and cash and set up shop in Ensenada, a laid back port city on the Pacific coast.
0:51.0	And while he could rest assured that he'd be safe from extradition, his lawyer had made it clear.
0:56.0	Step one foot back in the United States and he'd be in the express lane back to prison,
1:01.0	which Dante had no interest in.
1:04.0	He's especially since he was in the midst of raking it in with his most lucrative pursuit yet,
1:09.0	Columbia State University.
1:13.0	So he was here in Mexico to set up a new life and run Columbia State from afar,
1:19.0	a correspondence school run by correspondence, you could say.
1:23.0	As for accommodations, Dante stayed in some hotels and Ensenada for a time.
1:28.0	But then he thought this just won't do and decided to invest in some lodging more be fitting
1:33.0	of a fugitive university came in, something with room for his family.
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