Holiday Bonus- Synanon: Drug Rehab Turned Dangerous Cult
That's So Fcked Up
Ashley Love Richards
4.5 • 541 Ratings
🗓️ 21 December 2022
⏱️ 95 minutes
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Summary
We had originally planned for our third season of TSFU Presents to be centered around cults that originated in California, but then we took some interesting turns to Gruesome Gals and Feisty Festivals instead!In this special, and only, episode of TSFU Presents: Culty California, Ash is joined by badass survivor Jen Carole, whose parents were murdered by Josef DeAngelo aka the Golden State Killer. Jen grew up during the 60s and 70s in Southern California, when are where Synanon began. Synanon started out as an alternative to AA, a rehab program for "dope fiends", but quickly turned into a sinister and deadly cult. Synanon was also the basis for many of the programs that we see today in the TTI (troubled teen industry).
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| 0:00.0 | They put a four and a half foot rattlesnake in his fucking mailbox. |
| 0:07.4 | They even removed the rattler to keep it quiet. |
| 0:11.1 | Four and a half fucking feet. |
| 0:13.3 | These things are very deadly. |
| 0:15.4 | It bit him and put him in the hospital for 11 days, |
| 0:19.5 | and he has since suffered lifelong complications from the venom |
| 0:23.5 | poisoning requiring monthly blood transfusions. |
| 0:27.7 | They're like fucked him up for life. |
| 0:29.4 | That's so fucked up presents. |
| 0:32.4 | That's so fucked up. |
| 0:35.6 | So fused. So fucked up presents. The so fucked up, two hosts, two hosts, |
| 0:38.1 | That's so fucked up presents. Ashley Richards. This is an episode that I recorded |
| 0:57.0 | with the amazing Jen Carroll quite a few months ago when we were still planning on doing a season |
| 1:04.0 | of That So Fucked Up Presents called Colty California. Now we're not sure when or if that season will come out, so we didn't want |
| 1:13.5 | this collecting dust on the shelves any longer. So please enjoy probably the only episode ever |
| 1:21.0 | of That So Fucked Up Presents Colty California. Today we're talking about the synon Colt, and I'm joined by my co-host, |
| 1:31.2 | who is a survivor, a comedian, at least in my opinion, writer, coach, and crafter, Jen Carroll. |
| 1:41.4 | Hi, Jen. Hey, Ashley. Thank you for having me. I'm looking forward to talking with you today. |
| 1:47.0 | Thank you for coming on. I had so much fun interviewing you over on our TSFU Patreon exclusive |
| 1:54.1 | interview where we got to chat with you. I was like, I need to ask Jen back on because I think we |
| 2:00.4 | would have a really fun time talking about a cult and Jen, you live in California. |
| 2:06.1 | So that was apropos as well. |
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