Something Was Wrong

*Content warning: distressing topics, bullying, addiction, Institutional child abuse, ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), disability abuse, body image abuse, sexual trauma, medical neglect, therapeutic trauma.  *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com [http://somethingwaswrong.com]  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast [http://instagram.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  Adirondack Leadership Expeditions, Troubled Teens Directory https://www.troubledteenprograms.org/listing/adirondack-leadership-expeditions [https://www.troubledteenprograms.org/listing/adirondack-leadership-expeditions]  Adirondack Leadership Expeditions, Unsilenced https://www.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/new-york/adirondack-leadership-expeditions/ [https://www.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/new-york/adirondack-leadership-expeditions/] Bain Capital Private Equity Acquires CRC Health, Merger https://mergr.com/transaction/bain-capital-private-equity-acquires-crc-health [https://mergr.com/transaction/bain-capital-private-equity-acquires-crc-health]  Mitt Romney and Bain Capital:Greed, Debt and Hypocrisy, UE Union https://www.ueunion.org/political-action/2012/mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-greed-debt-and-hypocrisy- [https://www.ueunion.org/political-action/2012/mitt-romney-and-bain-capital-greed-debt-and-hypocrisy-]  Outdoor program for troubled teens closing, Adirondack Daily Enterprise https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2013/07/outdoor-program-for-troubled-teens-closing [https://www.adirondackdailyenterprise.com/news/local-news/2013/07/outdoor-program-for-troubled-teens-closing]   The Real Scandal of Romney and Bain, The New Yorker https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-real-scandal-of-romney-and-bain [https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/the-real-scandal-of-romney-and-bain]

*Content warning: distressing topics, childhood abuse, substance use disorder, cultic abuse, Institutional child abuse, ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), suicidal ideation, medical neglect, disability abuse, PTSD.  *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com [http://somethingwaswrong.com]  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast [http://instagram.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  Dr. Daniel Keating’s Website https://pngprogram.isr.umich.edu/about-us/daniel-keating/ [https://pngprogram.isr.umich.edu/about-us/daniel-keating/] Born Anxious: The Lifelong Impact of Early Life Adversity - And How to Break the Cycle: https://src.isr.umich.edu/new-book-born-anxious-by-dan-keating/ [https://src.isr.umich.edu/new-book-born-anxious-by-dan-keating/] Michigan Survey Research Center https://src.isr.umich.edu/ [https://src.isr.umich.edu/] Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration https://www.samhsa.gov/ [https://www.samhsa.gov/]

*Content warning: distressing topics, childhood abuse, death, psychological, sexual and physical violence of children, self-harm, murder, psychological and physical violence of children, substance use disorder, cultic abuse, Institutional child abuse, ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), suicidal ideation, medical neglect, disability abuse, PTSD.  *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    *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  Aspen Education Group, Lathrop Lybrook https://lathroplybrook.com/aspen-education-group/ [https://lathroplybrook.com/aspen-education-group/]  Dark Forest: A Look Inside Controversial Wilderness Therapy Camps, Sierra Nevada Ally sierranevadaally.org/2023/08/02/dark-forest-a-look-inside-controversial-wilderness-therapy-camps/ [https://sierranevadaally.org/2023/08/02/dark-forest-a-look-inside-controversial-wilderness-therapy-camps/] Death of a 12-year-old boy at Trails Carolina ruled a homicide https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2024/06/24/trails-carolina-death-homicide [https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nc/charlotte/news/2024/06/24/trails-carolina-death-homicide] Embark Behavioral Health  https://www.embarkbh.com/ [https://www.embarkbh.com/] Former attendees describe ‘nightmare’ at therapy camp in NC mountains. DHHS suspended admissions after 12-year-old died, Carolina Public Press  https://carolinapublicpress.org/63565/camp-nc-mountains-dhhs-scrutiny-camper-death-sexual-assault-transylvania/ [https://carolinapublicpress.org/63565/camp-nc-mountains-dhhs-scrutiny-camper-death-sexual-assault-transylvania/]  Hawai’i Department of Health’s Office of Health Care Assurance Cites Pacific Quest Corp. for Illegally Operating Unlicensed Special Treatment Facilities or Therapeutic Living Programs https://health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroom/hawaii-department-of-healths-office-of-health-care-assurance-cites-pacific-quest-corp-for-illegally-operating-unlicensed-special-treatment-facilities-or-therapeutic-living-programs/ [https://health.hawaii.gov/news/newsroom/hawaii-department-of-healths-office-of-health-care-assurance-cites-pacific-quest-corp-for-illegally-operating-unlicensed-special-treatment-facilities-or-therapeutic-living-programs/] Health Department cites 2 teen treatment facilities on Big Island, Star Advertiser https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/01/13/hawaii-news/health-department-cites-two-teen-treatment-facilities-in-keaau/ [https://www.staradvertiser.com/2020/01/13/hawaii-news/health-department-cites-two-teen-treatment-facilities-in-keaau/]  Lawsuit claims Trails Carolina misled parents, charged huge fees and created abusive environment, Spectrum News 1 https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2025/04/30/trails-carolina-facing-new-class-action-lawsuit [https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/rochester/news/2025/04/30/trails-carolina-facing-new-class-action-lawsuit]  NC therapy camp Trails Carolina where 2 have died faces lawsuit over child sexual assault, FOX 8 https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/nc-therapy-camp-trails-carolina-where-2-have-died-faces-lawsuit-over-child-sexual-assault/ [https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/nc-therapy-camp-trails-carolina-where-2-have-died-faces-lawsuit-over-child-sexual-assault/] New Leaf Academy https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/5109613 [https://en-academic.com/dic.nsf/enwiki/5109613]  New Leaf Academy, ‘Programs for Troubled Teens’ https://programsfortroubledteens.com/directory/new-leaf-academy/ [https://programsfortroubledteens.com/directory/new-leaf-academy/] No charges filed in death of child at Trails Carolina, WSPA https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/no-charges-filed-in-death-of-child-at-trails-carolina/ [https://www.wspa.com/news/local-news/no-charges-filed-in-death-of-child-at-trails-carolina/]  Owner-Operators Help Provide Quality Care, Family Help & Wellness https://famhelp.com/owners/  [https://famhelp.com/owners/] Pacific Quest https://pacificquest.org/ [https://pacificquest.org/]  Pacific Quest FAQ https://pacificquest.org/faq/ [https://pacificquest.org/faq/]  Pacific Quest Bridges the Gap Between Outdoor Wilderness Therapy and Residential Treatment Programs, Outdoor Sportswire https://www.outdoorsportswire.com/pacific-quest-bridges-the-gap-between-outdoor-wilderness-therapy-and-residential-treatment-programs/ [https://www.outdoorsportswire.com/pacific-quest-bridges-the-gap-between-outdoor-wilderness-therapy-and-residential-treatment-programs/]  Parents take ‘troubled teen’ industry to court in lawsuit against owners of shuttered western NC wilderness therapy program  https://www.wral.com/story/parents-take-troubled-teen-industry-to-court-in-lawsuit-against-owners-of-shuttered-western-nc-wilderness-therapy-program/21671633/ [https://www.wral.com/story/parents-take-troubled-teen-industry-to-court-in-lawsuit-against-owners-of-shuttered-western-nc-wilderness-therapy-program/21671633/] Samantha’s New Leaf Academy (now Embark Behavioral Health) Testimony, Unsilenced https://www.unsilenced.org/samanthas-testimony-new-leaf-academy-now-embark-behavioral-health-2007-2009/ [https://www.unsilenced.org/samanthas-testimony-new-leaf-academy-now-embark-behavioral-health-2007-2009/]  Trails Carolina, Unsilenced https://www.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/north-carolina/trails-carolina/ [https://www.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/north-carolina/trails-carolina/]  'Where the hell am I?': Former campers describe harsh introduction to Trails Carolina, NBC News https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trails-carolina-wilderness-camp-death-rcna139942 [https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trails-carolina-wilderness-camp-death-rcna139942]    Where does Trails Carolina stand 1 year since the death of 12-year-old boy at North Carolina troubled teen camp? https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/where-does-trails-carolina-stand-1-year-since-the-death-of-12-year-old-boy-at-north-carolina-troubled-teen-camp/ [https://myfox8.com/news/north-carolina/where-does-trails-carolina-stand-1-year-since-the-death-of-12-year-old-boy-at-north-carolina-troubled-teen-camp/]

*Content warning: self-harm, childhood abuse, institutional child abuse, suicidal ideation, suicide,  psychological, physical and sexual violence involving children, disability abuse, abduction, kidnapping, stressful themes, substance use disorder, medical abuse and neglect, gang rape, imprisonment,     *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  Glad Rags: https://www.gladragsmusic.com/ [https://www.gladragsmusic.com/]  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  Aspen Achievement Academy, Breaking Code Silence https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/aspen-achievement-academy [https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/aspen-achievement-academy]  Evoke Entrada, Breaking Code Silence  https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/evoke-entrada/ [https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/evoke-entrada/]  Evoke Therapy Programs, All Kinds of Therapy  https://www.allkindsoftherapy.com/programs/program/evoke-therapy-programs-at-entrada [https://www.allkindsoftherapy.com/programs/program/evoke-therapy-programs-at-entrada]    Evoke Therapy Programs, 1000 places You don't want to be as a teenager https://1000placesudontwanttobe.wordpress.com/2024/08/25/997-evoke-therapy-programs [https://1000placesudontwanttobe.wordpress.com/2024/08/25/997-evoke-therapy-programs]     Finding You Therapy Programs, Finding You Programs  https://www.findingyouprograms.com/intensives [https://www.findingyouprograms.com/intensives]   Man's Search for Meaning, Viktor E. Frankl https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NblUKrLuYF&rank=1 [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/4069.Man_s_Search_for_Meaning?from_search=true&from_srp=true&qid=NblUKrLuYF&rank=1]  One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, Alexander Solzhenitsyn https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58699229-one-day-in-the-life-of-ivan-denisovich [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/58699229-one-day-in-the-life-of-ivan-denisovich]  Second Nature Entrada, Breaking Code Silence https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/second-nature-entrada [https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/second-nature-entrada]    Second Nature Uintas, Breaking Code Silence https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/second-nature-uintas [https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/second-nature-uintas]

*Content warning: institutional child abuse, childhood abuse, death of a child, suicide, psychological, physical and sexual violence, abduction, kidnapping, disordered eating, stressful themes, disability abuse, ableism, PTSD, medical abuse and neglect.  *Meg Appelgate’s Work: Meg Appelgate’s website here: https://megappelgate.com/my-story/ [https://megappelgate.com/my-story/]  Meg Appelgate’s nonprofit, Unsilenced here: https://www.unsilenced.org/ [https://www.unsilenced.org/]  Meg Appelgate’s memoir, Becoming UNSILENCED: Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Teen Industry: https://megappelgate.com/book/ [https://megappelgate.com/book/]  *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources [http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources]    Please note: Kenny Pannell and Mary Alexine have never publicly responded to allegations against them. They appear to be no longer involved with Chrysalis in Eureka, Montana since its sale to Embark Behavioral Health. Chrysalis opened in 1998; however, the exact year when Kenny and Mary left is not readily available information. *Correction: In a previous draft of this episode, we incorrectly reported that, "Intermountain Hospital in Boise, Idaho, which is still in operation and under the ownership of Intermountain Health." which is incorrect. Intermountain Health has no affiliation with Intermountain Hospital. We apologize for the error and appreciate it being brought to our attention. Thank you!  *Sources  Adverse events in children: predictors of adult physical and mental conditions, Pub Med https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25225793/ [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/25225793/]  Breaking Code Silence https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/ [https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/]  Chrysalis, InnerChange https://innerchange.com/programs/chrysalis/ [https://innerchange.com/programs/chrysalis/]  Chrysalis School, Unsilenced https://archive.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/montana/chrysalis-school/ [https://archive.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/montana/chrysalis-school/]  Consonance Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Youth-Focused Embark Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Business  https://bhbusiness.com/2023/02/09/consonance-capital-partners-acquires [https://bhbusiness.com/2023/02/09/consonance-capital-partners-acquires-majority-stake-in-youth-focused-embark-behavioral-health/]  Highland Park teen's death leads parents to call for change in troubled teen industry, NBC 5 Chicago https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/highland-park-teen [https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/highland-park-teens-death-leads-parents-to-call-for-change-in-troubled-teen-industry/3701081/]  The Impact of Adverse Childhood Experiences on Health and Development in Young Children.  https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8882933 [https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8882933] Intermountain Hospital, Unsilenced https://archive.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/idaho/intermountain-hospital/ [https://archive.unsilenced.org/program-archive/us-programs/idaho/intermountain-hospital/]  Meg’s Testimony – Chrysalis School and Intermountain Hospital, Unsilenced https://archive.unsilenced.org/megs-story/ [https://archive.unsilenced.org/megs-story/]  Parents say Discovery Ranch Academy’s negligence led to their son’s death in new lawsuit, The Salt Lake Tribune https://www.sltrib.com/news/health/2025/05/17/parents-sue-utahs-discovery-ranch/ [https://www.sltrib.com/news/health/2025/05/17/parents-sue-utahs-discovery-ranch/]  Relationship of childhood abuse and household dysfunction to many of the leading causes of death in adults. The Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACE) Study, Pub Med https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9635069/ [https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9635069/]  Residential Consonance Capital Partners Acquires Majority Stake in Youth-Focused Embark Behavioral Health, Behavioral Health Business https://bhbusiness.com/2023/02/09/consonance-capital-partners-acquires [https://bhbusiness.com/2023/02/09/consonance-capital-partners-acquires-majority-stake-in-youth-focused-embark-behavioral-health/]  Taylor Goodridge TikTok, Meg Appelgate https://www.tiktok.com/@megappelgate/video/ [https://www.tiktok.com/@megappelgate/video/7181928983641165102?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7224126491788527150]  A therapeutic boarding school for adolescent and teen girls in Montana, Embark Behavioral Health https://www.embarkbh.com/locations/montana/chrysalis-residential-treatment-center/ [https://www.embarkbh.com/locations/montana/chrysalis-residential-treatment-center/]  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  Glad Rags: https://www.gladragsmusic.com/ [https://www.gladragsmusic.com/]  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]