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Sinisterhood

Episode 286: The Cult of Synanon - Part 2

Sinisterhood

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True Crime, Comedy, Society & Culture

4.86K Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

Charles Dederich’s sanctuary for those fighting drug addiction had morphed in its first decade of existence. It expanded from helping those with substance issues to becoming a utopian community with a growing list of business assets and resources. With its leader running things like a corporation, Synanon residents soon found their every hour accounted for, but they had no idea what was in store for their own futures or the future of their children. This week’s episode is The Cult of Synanon - Part 2.

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0:00.0

Charles Diederick's sanctuary for those fighting drug addiction had morphed in its first decade of existence.

0:05.6

It expanded from helping those with substance issues to becoming a utopian community with a growing list of business assets and resources.

0:14.0

With its leader running things like a corporation,

0:16.0

Synnon residents soon found their every hour accounted for,

0:20.0

but they had no idea what was in store for their own futures or the futures of their children.

0:26.3

This week's episode is The Cult of Synonym Part 2. Up in the night your heart fills with dread, probably a murderer who wants you dead.

0:43.0

It could be a ghost, a demon, or worse.

0:47.0

Perhaps you're the victim of a witch's curse.

0:50.0

It's hopeless, you're doomed.

0:52.0

You'd call a priest if you could.

0:53.7

You'd rather just listen to who? Sinisterhood. I'm going to kill you.

1:06.6

Well, it's part two.

1:09.2

We're back with Chuck.

1:10.7

Chuck E. D. If you thought things were starting to get a little bad last time, well, like with any cults, once you start to unravel the little thread, it all just kind of comes apart pretty quickly

1:26.0

after that.

1:27.0

Oh yeah, well, you know, anything that's tax-free, you start to go, we're, this is, we're

1:32.3

getting a lot of money and we don't have to pay

1:34.0

taxes on it I've been meaning to talk to you about something oh what we start

1:38.2

me out the church church of sinisterhood now we don't have to pay taxes anymore. All of our research. I feel like it's, we've already got a lot of followers.

1:50.7

Yeah. Shout out to everybody.

1:53.0

Y'all want to be a part of this.

1:54.0

Let us know.

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