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The Sunshine Place

By Audacy Studios | Team Downey

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Subscribers: 590
Reviews: 5
Episodes: 10

Rebecca
Jan 22, 2024
Absolutely fascinating podcast! I'd never heard of Synanon before and it's interesting to hear first hand experiences from people who lived in that cult. I recommend it!

2bepainted
Dec 26, 2023
Very interesting to hear from the perspective of the people living it.

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Description

Once called “the miracle on the beach,” Synanon began in the 1960s as an experimental rehab facility in Santa Monica, California with a radical claim: It could cure heroin addiction. Before long it would make an even bolder claim - it could cure any of your problems, all you had to do was move in. What started in a house on the beach soon spread to compounds across the country. The man who made the miracle happen, Charles E. Dederich, aka “Chuck,” would be the one to destroy it all, along with the lives of many of his followers and millions of dollars in assets. The Sunshine Place tells the mind-blowing, true story of Synanon - one of America’s most cutting edge social experiments turned into one of its most dangerous and violent cults as it’s never been told before: by the people who lived it. Executive Produced by Robert Downey Jr., Susan Downey, and Emily Barclay Ford for Team Downey, together with Josh McLaughlin for Wink Pictures. The Sunshine Place is an Audacy original.

Episode	Date
Presenting Gone South Season 3: The Sign Cutter Read the full episode description	Oct 26, 2023
E8: The First Day of the Rest of Your Life Read the full episode description	Sep 21, 2022
E7: The Holy War Read the full episode description	Sep 14, 2022
E6: Changing Partners Read the full episode description	Sep 07, 2022
E5: The Breeders Read the full episode description	Aug 31, 2022
E4: The Punk Squad Read the full episode description	Aug 24, 2022
E3: The Trip Read the full episode description	Aug 17, 2022
E2: The Miracle on the Beach Read the full episode description	Aug 10, 2022
E1: The Kidsnatchers Read the full episode description	Aug 10, 2022
Welcome to The Sunshine Place Read the full episode description	Jul 26, 2022