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S24 Ep21: A Lot of Horsesh*t

*Content Warning: distressing themes, domestic violence, child labor, child abuse, child sexual abuse, verbal abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and institutional abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]  Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop [https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop]  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart [http://instagram.com/okaynotgreat] Follow Something Was Wrong: * Website: somethingwaswrong.com  [http://somethingwaswrong.com] * IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast [http://nstagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast] * TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  [http://tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast] Follow Tiffany Reese: * Website: tiffanyreese.me  [http://tiffanyreese.me] * IG: instagram.com/lookieboo [http://instagram.com/lookieboo] *Sources  “Nearly Half of Utah’s Wilderness Programs for ‘troubled Teens’ Closed in the Last Year. Here’s What’s Happening.” The Salt Lake Tribune, 7 May 2024, www.sltrib.com/news/2024/05/07/nearly-half-utahs-wilderness/ [http://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/05/07/nearly-half-utahs-wilderness/]

S24: Home for the Holidays Sacramento!

Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]  The Gathering Inn is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit serving Placer and Sacramento Counties. They provide shelter, housing, and wrap-around services to individuals and families in need. Their mission is to meet people where they are, inspire hope, and walk alongside them on their journey to sustainable housing. Today, The Gathering Inn serves over 468 individuals — adults and families with children — offering critical life-saving services like Emergency Shelter, Medical Respite Care, and Permanent Supportive Housing. Using a trauma-informed, wellbeing-oriented approach, they also provide comprehensive case management, clinical therapy in both group and individual settings, and connections to community supports — all intended to help guests and residents secure the tools they need to transform their circumstances. We can't wait to see you!

S24 Ep20: Extreme

*Content Warning: distressing themes, child abuse, violence, cultic abuse, religious abuse, drug use, abduction, institutional child abuse, isolation.  *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]  Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop [https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop]  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart [http://instagram.com/okaynotgreat] Follow Something Was Wrong: * Website: somethingwaswrong.com  [http://somethingwaswrong.com] * IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast [http://nstagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast] * TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  [http://tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast] Follow Tiffany Reese: * Website: tiffanyreese.me  [http://tiffanyreese.me] * IG: instagram.com/lookieboo [http://instagram.com/lookieboo] *Sources  Green, Joanne. “Rough Love.” Miami New Times, 21 June 2006, www.miaminewtimes.com/news/rough-love-6336423/ [http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/rough-love-6336423/] Kennedy, John W. “‘Boston Movement’ Apologizes.” Christianity Today, 10 Apr. 2020, www.christianitytoday.com/2003/06/boston-movement-apologizes/ [http://www.christianitytoday.com/2003/06/boston-movement-apologizes/] “The Last Resort (Part One).” The Guardian, Guardian News and Media, 29 June 2003, www.theguardian.com/education/2003/jun/29/schools.uk1 [http://www.theguardian.com/education/2003/jun/29/schools.uk1] “Lawsuit Claims Boy Kidnapped to Boot Camp.” UPI,  25 Mar. 2008, www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/03/25/Lawsuit-claims-boy-kidnapped-to-boot-camp/82601206474251/ [http://www.upi.com/Top_News/2008/03/25/Lawsuit-claims-boy-kidnapped-to-boot-camp/82601206474251/] “Mexican Officials Shut down 3 Schools for Troubled U.S. Youths.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sept. 2004, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-13-me-baja13-story.html [http://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2004-sep-13-me-baja13-story.html] Myers, Garfield. The Observer. “‘Boot Camp’ Closed.” Jamaica Observer, 23 Feb. 2009, www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/boot-camp-closed/ [http://www.jamaicaobserver.com/news/boot-camp-closed/] Orellana, Roxana. The Salt Lake Tribune. “Troubled Teens Abused at Utah-Based Schools, Lawsuit Claims.” The Salt Lake Tribune, archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=52502999&itype=cmsid [http://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=52502999&itype=cmsid] Tell it to the church. “ICOC - Compelling Evidence of Abuse.” Tell It to the Church, laicoc.com/the-henry-kriete-letter [http://laicoc.com/the-henry-kriete-letter] “Troubled Teen Programs - 25 Plaintiffs Join in Lawsuit against WWASPS, Cross Creek Manor, Robert Lichfield, and Associates – More Expected to Join In.” WebWire, WEBWIRE, 16 Oct. 2006, www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=22096 [http://www.webwire.com/ViewPressRel.asp?aId=22096] Two Lawsuits Draw Attention to the Abuse Suffered by Troubled U.S. Teenagers Sent to Boot Camps Abroad | Findlaw, supreme.findlaw.com/legal-commentary/two-lawsuits-draw-attention-to-the-abuse-suffered-by-troubled-us-teenagers-sent-to-boot-camps-abroad.html [http://supreme.findlaw.com/legal-commentary/two-lawsuits-draw-attention-to-the-abuse-suffered-by-troubled-us-teenagers-sent-to-boot-camps-abroad.html]

S24 Ep19: Wanted

*Content Warning: Institutional child abuse, body-image abuse, disordered eating, attack therapy, cultic abuse, grooming, medical trauma, death, alcohol use disorder, psychological and physical trauma, child labor, distressing themes.  *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]  Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop [https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop]  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart [http://instagram.com/okaynotgreat] Follow Something Was Wrong: * Website: somethingwaswrong.com  [http://somethingwaswrong.com] * IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast [http://nstagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast] * TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  [http://tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast] Follow Tiffany Reese: * Website: tiffanyreese.me  [http://tiffanyreese.me] * IG: instagram.com/lookieboo [http://instagram.com/lookieboo] *Sources  “DeSisto School.” Unsilenced, www.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/massachusetts/desisto-school/ [http://www.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/massachusetts/desisto-school/] “Exhibits in Desisto Investigation.” Scribd, Scribd, www.scribd.com/document/324581177/Exhibits-in-DeSisto-Investigation [http://www.scribd.com/document/324581177/Exhibits-in-DeSisto-Investigation] “Off-Broadway’s Inappropriate Extends Again to Jan. 30.” Playbill, Playbill, 2 Dec. 2021, playbill.com/article/off-broadways-inappropriate-extends-again-to-jan-30-com-86238 [http://playbill.com/article/off-broadways-inappropriate-extends-again-to-jan-30-com-86238] Radio, WAMC Northeast Public. “Controversial School for Troubled Teens to Close.” WAMC, 16 Feb. 2012, www.wamc.org/new-york-news/2004-04-13/controversial-school-for-troubled-teens-to-close [http://www.wamc.org/new-york-news/2004-04-13/controversial-school-for-troubled-teens-to-close] Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff, Appellee, V. A. Michael Desisto, Defendant, Appellee,the Desisto Schools, Inc., Defendant, Appellant.Elizabeth Dole, Secretary of Labor, Plaintiff, Appellant, V. A. Michael Desisto, et al., Defendants, Appellees, 929 f.2d 789 (1st Cir. 1991) :: Justia, law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/929/789/124165/ [http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F2/929/789/124165/]

S24 Ep18: Fear-Driven

*Content Warning: distressing themes, self-harm, rape, substance abuse, substance use disorder, child abuse, verbal abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, institutional abuse, childhood sexual abuse, sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, death, and suicide. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]  Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// [https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi]brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop [https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop]  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart [http://instagram.com/okaynotgreat] Follow Something Was Wrong: * Website: somethingwaswrong.com  [http://somethingwaswrong.com] * IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast [http://nstagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast] * TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  [http://tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast] Follow Tiffany Reese: * Website: tiffanyreese.me  [http://tiffanyreese.me] * IG: instagram.com/lookieboo [http://instagram.com/lookieboo] *Sources  Deseret News, and Amy Joi Bryson. “Teen Facility Targets Suicide Prevention.” Deseret News, Deseret News, 14 Jan. 2024, www.deseret.com/2004/7/30/19842793/teen-facility-targets-suicide-prevention [http://www.deseret.com/2004/7/30/19842793/teen-facility-targets-suicide-prevention] Fuchs, David. “Utah Has Seen Abuse in ‘troubled Teen’ Programs for Decades. Now, Momentum Slowly Builds for Change.” KUER, KUER, 24 Mar. 2021, www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/2020-12-17/utah-has-seen-abuse-in-troubled-teen-programs-for-decades-now-momentum-slowly-builds-for-change [http://www.kuer.org/health-science-environment/2020-12-17/utah-has-seen-abuse-in-troubled-teen-programs-for-decades-now-momentum-slowly-builds-for-change] Institute of Medicine (US) Committee on Pathophysiology and Prevention of Adolescent and Adult Suicide; Goldsmith SK, Pellmar TC, Kleinman AM, et al., editors. Reducing Suicide: A National Imperative. Washington (DC): National Academies Press (US); 2002. 5, Childhood Trauma. Available from: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK220932/ [https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK220932/] Kubler, Katherine, creator and director. The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping. Netflix, 2024 https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31183637/ [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt31183637/]  Lopez-Castroman, Jorge et al. “Early childhood sexual abuse increases suicidal intent.” World psychiatry : official journal of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA) vol. 12,2 (2013): 149-54. doi:10.1002/wps.20039 https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3683267/ [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3683267/] Myers et al v. Dr. Phil Organization et al, No. 1:2014CV00007 - Document 77 (D. Utah 2015) :: Justia, law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/utah/utdce/1:2014cv00007/91862/77/ [http://law.justia.com/cases/federal/district-courts/utah/utdce/1:2014cv00007/91862/77/] Reavy, Pat. “Family Sues Dr. Phil, Utah Treatment Center.” Deseret News, Deseret News, 28 Dec. 2023, www.deseret.com/2014/1/29/20534024/family-sues-dr-phil-utah-treatment-center/ [http://www.deseret.com/2014/1/29/20534024/family-sues-dr-phil-utah-treatment-center/]