Quick Links The Synanon Program Was a Prison for Teens Synanon Practices and Repercussions Synanon was a harmful cult disguised as a therapy center that brainwashed and abused troubled teens. The Program on Netflix exposed the dark truth behind organizations like Synanon that traumatized many. Teens were kidnapped and manipulated, and parents brainwashed, in a multi-million-dollar industry of destructive cults.

While there are, of course, numerous cults in the world, each with its own erroneous beliefs, they are seldom brought to light. These are not the ones we see in films like Wrong Turn, which brutally slaughter people but rather erode society from within. The new Netflix documentary The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping offered an insightful take on one of the world's most detrimental establishments.

In the documentary, Synanon was described as a religious movement that helped troubled teens through therapy sessions, but in reality, they were forced to leave their homes,...