Raiders’ Warren Wells: Did a scary cult derail his career?

Whatever happened to Warren Wells?

That question haunted Oakland Raiders fans throughout the 1970s, after the dynamic wide receiver wowed everyone with his electrifying talent, only to vanish from sight. It wasn’t until last month, when Wells died at the age of 76 in his hometown of Beaumont, Texas, that his name sadly resurfaced in national headlines.

“Split End: The Curious Case of Warren Wells” is a revelatory — and heartbreaking — new documentary that attempts to answer the nagging question, but raises even more. It premieres at 7 p.m. Saturday on NBC Bay Area (Channel 11) and will have an encore airing at 8:30 p.m. Jan. 24 on NBC Sports Bay Area. (Visit NBCSportsBayArea.com for additional air dates and times).

Produced and written by Ted Griggs, the hour-long film alleges that Wells, who had troubles with alcohol, began a downward spiral after being assigned by a judge in 1972 to a now-defunct facility called Synanon. Heralded as a new-age rehabilitation center, Synanon was actually a dangerous cult run by a violent con man.

It was there, we’re told, that Wells was exposed to various forms of brainwashing and thought control. Though he spent only six months at Synanon, by the time Wells returned to the Raiders training camp, he was a drastically different man. The speed and slick moves that had made him one of the most dangerous deep threats in the waning years of the American Football League were no longer evident.

https://www.chicoer.com/2019/01/11/raiders-warren-wells-recalled-in-heart-wrenching-new-film/

>>4728658 Leading cancer expert, 67, dies suddenly after a routine yellow fever vaccination

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that this vaccine related death is even being reposted

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>>4728566

Interesting that someone named "Wasserman" who worked with troubled teens was associated with it.

Wonder if he was related to DWS?

Mel Wasserman (1930 – April 29, 2002)[1] was a businessman, entrepreneur and founder of CEDU Education.[2] He was a pioneer in the unaccredited Therapeutic Boarding School industry who used cult doctrines as their philosophical base.[3]

Wasserman participated in the now discredited cult Synanon.

After starting work with troubled teens in his home in Palm Springs, California, Mel decided to sell his furniture business and invest in a school to help teenagers and cash in on the troubled teen industry.[2] Success of the CEDU program was dramatic and it rapidly expanded into other specialized educational programs possibly due to the massive profit potential Mr. Wasserman realized by charging in excess of $6,000 per month per student while hiring non-credentialed troubled low-wage adults as staff.

The philosophy he brought to CEDU Education was strict adherence to his set of principles as administered to unsupervised teenagers by troubled former drug addicts and sexual deviants, notably accountability and boundaries, although the idea of boundaries was constantly blurred by adults sharing lurid tales of the adult teachers troubled past including drug and deviant sexual activity with captive minor children.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mel_Wasserman

>>4728905

Watch the Water:

Gavin Newsom's budget calls for new tax on drinking water

In the newly-released 2019-20 budget, Newsom calls for the creation of a "safe and affordable drinking water fund" that would "enable the State Water Resources Control Board to assist communities, particularly disadvantaged communities, in paying for the short-term and long-term costs of obtaining access to safe and affordable drinking water."

A McClatchy investigation from 2018 found that 6 million Californians rely on water providers that violated state standards at some point in the last six years. According to the report, the majority of Californians that lack safe drinking water live in the Southern San Joaquin Valley and the Mojave Desert.

https://www.sfgate.com/politics/article/Gavin-Newsom-drinking-water-tax-budget-2019-detail-13527647.php

>>4728968 Public Affairs Manager for PG&E, Joe Wilson, gets around.

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Camp Fire fuckery, influence public opinion and where millions of dollars go

>>4728994

Fuck, anon.

This is the Southern San Joaquin Valley area Newsom referenced with BAD DRINKING WATER!

>>4729012

agree

>>4729038

aim that thing toward this

>>4729051

Need an updated one for all of 2018 with sauce

>>4729064

Election Fraud