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Part Two: Synanon: The Drug Rehab Program That Built Its Own Army

Behind the Bastards

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Sinon On's Big Fuck Up

The attack was so bizarre and extreme that it went in 1970s viral at once. News anchor Walter Cronkite called it bizarre even by cult standards, which is a good tagline for the whole Sinon on story. He's too much of an ego maniac to fully deny an assassination attempt with a rattlesnake. God, this dude, honestly, like he, he's taking all comers. Why is he not a household name? I don't understand.

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