Cassidy Arkin interviews Melody Moore, a former Synanon member, in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: CBS/Courtesy of Paramount+
Cassidy Arkin greets her peers and former Synanon members to discuss their shared experience in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: CBS/Courtesy of Paramount+
Melody Moore, former Synanon member, becomes emotional while recounting her experience in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: CBS/Courtesy of Paramount+
Members of Synanon before or after playing “The Game” in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+
Rod Mullen and other demonstrator shaving boys' heads in classroom in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+
Synanon founder Chuck Dederich and his wife Betty at a Western wedding in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+
Men marching in practice for the upcoming Renaissance wedding in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+
Sandra Rodgers-Hare shows her daughter Cassidy the building in Santa Monica where the Synanon infant program was and where Cassidy grew up in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: CBS/Courtesy of Paramount+
(Center, standing) Synanon founder Chuck Dederich and his wife Betty standing among seated women in group on Bald Head Day. The women in group include: Alice Post, Ann Benjamin, Liz Missakian, Lori Jones, Lauren, Jeanine Blessing and Dorothy Salant. Two women hold a banner that reads,"Stew temple" in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+
(L-R): Cassidy at one week old with mother Sandra Rodgers-Hare in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Cassidy Arkin/Courtesy of Paramount+
Cassidy Arkin in the early 2000s setting out to learn the truth about Synanon in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Cassidy Arkin/Courtesy of Paramount+
(L-R): Betty Dederich, wife of Synanon’s founder Chuck, shaving Kathy Sheehan Lewbell's head in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+
Cassidy as a child in Synanon with her head shaved in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Cassidy Arkin/Courtesy of Paramount+
Group of Synanon men standing under sign “Synanon Crushes the Tobacco Habit” in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: Bruce Levine/Courtesy of Paramount+
Cassidy Arkin interviews Gary Williams, former member of Synanon, in Born in Synanon, streaming on Paramount+, 2023. Photo Credit: CBS/Courtesy of Paramount+