{"id":2308,"date":"2021-07-20T22:06:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-21T05:06:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.breakingcodesilence.org\/?p=2308"},"modified":"2021-07-21T14:33:30","modified_gmt":"2021-07-21T21:33:30","slug":"hollywood-park-a-memoir","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.breakingcodesilence.org\/hollywood-park-a-memoir\/","title":{"rendered":"Hollywood Park: A Memoir"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hollywood Park: A Memoir<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 By Mikel Jollett\u00a0\u2013 His story opens in an experimental commune in California, which later morphed into the Church of Synanon, one of the country\u2019s most infamous and dangerous cults. Per the leader\u2019s mandate, all children, including Jollett and his older brother, were separated from their parents when they were six months old, and handed over to the cult\u2019s \u201cSchool.\u201d After spending years in what was essentially an orphanage, Mikel escaped the cult one morning with his mother and older brother. But in many ways, life outside Synanon was even harder and more erratic.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>