Father William H. Dubay enters Synanon House in Santa Monica Credit: Art Worden/Herald Examiner Collection/Los Angeles Public Library The final episode of the gripping documentary series The Synanon ...

A new Paramount+ docuseries, “Born in Synanon,” investigates the California cult’s history of abuse, sexual coercion, and murder-for-hire plots. Entertainment Critic Born in Synanon is the story of ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. During the 1950s, Detroit, like other urban cities, had startling numbers of residents suffering from drug abuse and the city ...

Since Synanon House set itself up in Santa Monica four and a half years ago as a mutual self-help cure station for drug addicts, it has seen its fame spread across the country. And for good reason.

Four months after Born In Synanon debuted on Paramount+, Synanon is getting the HBO documentary treatment with The Synanon Fix. The four-part docuseries covers a lot of the same ground, but all the ...

Close to 90% of drug addicts at federal hospitals suffer relapses once they are released. At Synanon, a privately run California halfway house for narcotics users, a combination of selfhelp, trust and ...

During the 1950s, Detroit, like other urban cities, had startling numbers of residents suffering from drug abuse and the city became the ideal starting ground for the country's first drug ...