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Chameleon: Dr. Dante - Dr. Dante | 7. The Documentary

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Dr. Dante | 7. The Documentary

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

After decades of hopscotching from scam to scam,

and reinventing himself a truly exhausting amount of times,

or old dude, as he preferred to be called,

stuck on the inside with nothing to keep him warm,

but memories of the neon glow of his show business heyday.

This prison term had all the makings of an ending for our anti-hero.

And it's quite possible that prison would have been Dante's final act.

Had he languished in his cell or disappeared into obscurity upon release,

his bizarrely complex legacy left behind in the 20th century,

it probably would have been the end if it wasn't for a documentary filmmaker in Texas,

So as living in Austin, I just finished a series called Roar Girls

and was about to start a documentary for HBO,

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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From Campside Media and Sony Music Entertainment, this is Season 8 of Chameleon: Dr. Miracle. 

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0:00.0	There's something I haven't told you before.
0:02.0	What very, what 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	5, 4, 3, 2, 1, happy 2000.
0:22.0	When the clock struck midnight on Y2K,
0:25.0	Ronald Dante was in a prison cell.
0:28.0	After decades of hopscotching from scam to scam,
0:31.0	and reinventing himself a truly exhausting amount of times,
0:35.0	here he was, a bonafide old man,
0:39.0	or old dude, as he preferred to be called,
0:42.0	stuck on the inside with nothing to keep him warm,
0:46.0	but memories of the neon glow of his show business heyday.
0:50.0	This prison term had all the makings of an ending for our anti-hero.
0:56.0	And it's quite possible that prison would have been Dante's final act.
1:00.0	Had he languished in his cell or disappeared into obscurity upon release,
1:05.0	his bizarrely complex legacy left behind in the 20th century,
1:10.0	it probably would have been the end if it wasn't for a documentary filmmaker in Texas,
1:16.0	named Bradley Beasley.
1:18.0	So as living in Austin, I just finished a series called Roar Girls
1:23.0	and was about to start a documentary for HBO,
	...

Dr. Dante | 7. The Documentary

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