Something Was Wrong

*Content Warning: distressing themes, violent abuse of a child, step-parent abuse, domestic violence, abduction, kidnapping, childhood abuse, emotional violence, physical abuse, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and institutional child abuse (‘troubled teen industry’). *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  Keeping “cult” out of the Case, culteducation.com/group/1274-straight-inc/19713-keeping-cult-out-of-the-case.html [http://culteducation.com/group/1274-straight-inc/19713-keeping-cult-out-of-the-case.html] 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/]  Melee Keeps Spotlight on Hard Life at Academy (Published 2005), www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/nyregion/melee-keeps-spotlight-on-hard-life-at-academy.html [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/nyregion/melee-keeps-spotlight-on-hard-life-at-academy.html] Mater, C. Jamie. “The Troubled Teen Industry and Its Effects: An Oral History.” Inquiry Journal, 1 Apr. 2022, www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal/blog/2022/04/troubled-teen-industry-its-effects-oral-history [http://www.unh.edu/inquiryjournal/blog/2022/04/troubled-teen-industry-its-effects-oral-history] O’Brien, Tim. Keeping “cult” out of the Case, Cult Education Institute, 7 July 2003, culteducation.com/group/1274-straight-inc/19713-keeping-cult-out-of-the-case.html [http://culteducation.com/group/1274-straight-inc/19713-keeping-cult-out-of-the-case.html]

*Content Warning: distressing themes, self-harm, suicidal ideation, substance use disorder, child sexual abuse, child abuse, verbal abuse, mental abuse, physical violence, cultic abuse, suicidal ideation, grooming, torture and death. *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  Dungan et al v. the Academy at Ivy Ridge et al 7:2006CV00908 | US District Court for the Northern District of New York | Justia, dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nyndce/7:2006cv00908/64507 [http://dockets.justia.com/docket/new-york/nyndce/7:2006cv00908/64507] 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/]  Melee Keeps Spotlight on Hard Life at Academy (Published 2005), www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/nyregion/melee-keeps-spotlight-on-hard-life-at-academy.html [http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/nyregion/melee-keeps-spotlight-on-hard-life-at-academy.html] Rutherford, Diane. “Nys Saw Serious Problems at Ivy Ridge in 2006, Says Letter Obtained by 7 News.” Https://Www.Wwnytv.Com [Https://Www.Wwnytv.Com], 12 Mar. 2024, www.wwnytv.com/2024/03/12/nys-saw-serious-problems-ivy-ridge-2006-says-letter-obtained-by-7-news/ [http://www.wwnytv.com/2024/03/12/nys-saw-serious-problems-ivy-ridge-2006-says-letter-obtained-by-7-news/]

*Content warning: disturbing abuse of children, disability abuse, emotional and physical violence involving children, murder, death, suicide, neglect, kidnapping, abduction, isolation, torture, distressing topics.  *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] Support The Gathering Inn  [https://www.thegatheringinn.com/] *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  "Accused killer John Free’s death was a suicide, say officials." 7 News, WWNY, March 18, 2025, https://www.wwnytv.com/2025/03/18 [https://www.wwnytv.com/2025/03/18/accused-killer-john-frees-death-was-suicide-say-officials/]  Aldrete, Isabella, "Audit: Seven care facilities for children fail state standards." The Nevada Independent, September 20, 2024, https://thenevadaindependent.com/article [https://thenevadaindependent.com/article/audit-seven-mental-health-facilities-for-children-fail-state-standards?utm_source=chatgpt.com]  Anderson, Kayla, "New teen treatment center opens in Hawthorne." Mineral County Independent-News, December 13, 2022, https://mcindependentnews.com/2022/12/ [https://mcindependentnews.com/2022/12/new-teen-treatment-center-opens-in-hawthorne/?utm_source=chatgpt.com]  Aurora Center for Healing. Alignable, n.d., https://www.alignable.com/hawthorne-nv [https://www.alignable.com/hawthorne-nv/aurora-center-for-healing?utm_source=chatgpt.com]  Dunn, Kenneth, "Nevada health officials suspend Aurora Center license in Hawthorne." KRNV, May 9 2025, https://mynews4.com/news/local/nevada-health [https://mynews4.com/news/local/nevada-health-officials-suspend-aurora-center-license-in-hawthorne]  “FULL INTERVIEW with a former Academy at Ivy Ridge Worker.” YouTube, uploaded by 7News | WWNY | Watertown, May 2, 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cchFTcPMO2A] Hofmann, Will, "Asheville Academy violated NC law, will face fines after child suicides report says." Asheville Citizen Times, June 18, 2025, https://www.yahoo.com/news [https://www.yahoo.com/news/asheville-academy-violated-nc-law-184725552.html?guccounter=1]  Jones, Andrew R., "Asheville Academy Gives Up Its License Following Two Suicides in May." Asheville.com [http://Asheville.com], June 10, 2025, https://www.asheville.com/news/2025/06 [https://www.asheville.com/news/2025/06/asheville-academy-gives-up-its-license-following-two-suicides-in-may/]  Kenton, Luke, "Ex Ivy Ridge students say John Free sent ‘threatening’ messages weeks before the dorm parent was charged with murder." The U.S. Sun, May 23 2024 https://www.the-sun.com/news [https://www.the-sun.com/news/11442849/ivy-ridge-dorm-parent-murder-arrest-john-free/]  Kudisch, Jordan, "Asheville Academy faces $45,000 in fines after state investigation into child safety violations." Spectrum Local News, Jun. 18, 2025, https://spectrumlocalnews [https://spectrumlocalnews.com/charlotte/supreme-court/news/2025/06/18/asheville-academy-violations]  Legislature, OR. “ORS 419a.245 – Use of Restraints during Transport.” OregonLaws, oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_419a.245 [http://oregon.public.law/statutes/ors_419a.245]. Accessed 23 Sept. 2025.  Nguyen, Jenny, et al. “Understanding Well-Being in Adult Survivors of the Troubled Teen Industry: The Roles of Moral Injury and Meaning-Making.” RANGE: Undergraduate Research Journal (2025), University of Utah, 1 July 2025, uen.pressbooks.pub/range26i1/chapter/jnguyen/ [http://uen.pressbooks.pub/range26i1/chapter/jnguyen/] Rutherford, Diane, "Former Ivy Ridge worker denies sexual assault accusation, admits to mistakes." 7 News, WWNY, May 1, 2024, https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/05/01 [https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/05/01/actions-accepted-others-denied-listen-former-ivy-ridge-worker/] Rutherford, Diane, "Grand jury indicts former Ivy Ridge worker on murder charges." 7 News, WWNY, January 6, 2025, https://www.wwnytv.com/2025/01/06/grand-jury [https://www.wwnytv.com/2025/01/06/grand-jury-indicts-former-ivy-ridge-worker-murder-charges/]  Salamone, Olivia, "Former Ivy Ridge dorm parent John Free charged with murder weeks after detailing harrowing abuse academy victims faced." 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*Content warning: substance use disorder, death, distressing and mature topics, drug use, institutional child abuse, emotional, physical and sexual violence of adolescents, childhood abuse, grooming.  *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  "Academy at Ivy Ridge Withdraws From World Wide Association of Specialty Programs & Schools." PRNewswire, January 1, 2006 https://web.archive.org/web/20120925185503 [https://web.archive.org/web/20120925185503/http://www2.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/01-06-2006/0004244244&EDATE] Bruening, Lexi, "District Attorney: dozens of Ivy Ridge abuse complaints pour in after documentary." 7 News, WWNY, March 11, 2024 https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/03/11/district-attorney-dozens-ivy-ridge [https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/03/11/district-attorney-dozens-ivy-ridge-abuse-complaints-pour-after-documentary/] Chomik, Alexandra, "TORTURE CHAMBER What was the Academy at Ivy Ridge?" The U.S. Sun, Mar 6 2024 https://www.the-sun.com/tv/10592100/what-was-academy-at-ivy-ridge [https://www.the-sun.com/tv/10592100/what-was-academy-at-ivy-ridge]  Editor, Letter to the. “Letter to the Editor: Bob Lichfield Offers Rebuttal to Allegations in Netflix Documentary.” St. George News, 27 Mar. 2024, www.stgeorgeutah.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-opinion/letter-to-the-editor-bob-lichfield-offers-rebuttal-to-allegations-in-netflix-documentary/article_c6e27554-f37b-555a-b4be-2c31f617c546.html [http://www.stgeorgeutah.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-opinion/letter-to-the-editor-bob-lichfield-offers-rebuttal-to-allegations-in-netflix-documentary/article_c6e27554-f37b-555a-b4be-2c31f617c546.html]. "Former Academy at Ivy Ridge students meet in Ogdensburg, rally outside city hall" 7 News, WWNY, April 27, 2024 https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/04/27/former-academy-ivy-ridge [https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/04/27/former-academy-ivy-ridge-students-meet-ogdensburg-rally-outside-city-hall/] Hill, Michael, "Netflix docuseries on abuse allegations at New York boarding school prompts fresh investigation." InfoTelNews, April 03, 2024 https://infotel.ca/newsitem/us-boarding-academy-abuse-claims [https://infotel.ca/newsitem/us-boarding-academy-abuse-claims/cp510668558]  Kenton, Luke, "'ABUSER UNMASKED' Amy Ritchie is named as the Ivy Ridge ‘predator’ by four alleged victims who claim sexual abuse & sick grooming cycle." The Sun UK, March 23, 2024 https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26880799/academy-ivy-ridge-abuser-amy-ritchie [https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26880799/academy-ivy-ridge-abuser-amy-ritchie-victims-netflix-school/] “Key to His Schools’ Success? It’s God, Founder Says.” Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 July 2003, www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-13-na-toughbar13-story.html [http://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2003-jul-13-na-toughbar13-story.html] 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/]  Mitchell, Max, "IDirector: Ivy Ridge to close until fall" Watertown Daily Times, MARCH 12, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20160530232325 [https://web.archive.org/web/20160530232325/http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/article/20090312/NEWS09/903129988] “Riot at Cult School Finally Helped Close It after Abused Students Fought Back.” The US Sun, The US Sun, 28 Mar. 2024, www.the-sun.com/news/10623840/academy-ivy-ridge-riot-cult-school-closed-abuse-netflix/.  [http://www.the-sun.com/news/10623840/academy-ivy-ridge-riot-cult-school-closed-abuse-netflix/] Rutherford, Diane, "NYS saw serious problems at Ivy Ridge in 2006, says letter obtained by 7 News." 7 News, WWNY, Mar. 12, 2024 https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/03/12/nys-saw-serious-problems-ivy-ridge [https://www.wwnytv.com/2024/03/12/nys-saw-serious-problems-ivy-ridge-2006-says-letter-obtained-by-7-news/] Semple, Kirk, "Melee Keeps Spotlight on Hard Life at Academy." The New York Times, June 8, 2005 https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/nyregion [https://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/08/nyregion/melee-keeps-spotlight-on-hard-life-at-academy.html] NewsNation. “Teens' Alleged New York Boarding School Sexual Abuser Identified: Report | Banfield.” YouTube, 22 Apr. 2024 www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_oKRuKXdAQ [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-_oKRuKXdAQ].  “UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, BRUCE DUNGAN, et al., Plaintiffs v. THE ACADEMY AT IVY RIDGE, et al., Defendants.” April 22, 2008 https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-nynd [https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/USCOURTS-nynd-7_06-cv-00908/pdf/USCOURTS-nynd-7_06-cv-00908-2.pdf] Warner, Greg, "Riot at Ivy Ridge School for Troubled Teens." NCPR, May 19, 2005 https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story [https://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/5681/20050519/riot-at-ivy-ridge-school-for-troubled-teens] Winters, David, "Ivy Ridge, home sold for $2.8m." Watertown Daily Times, APRIL 25, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20140130123642 [https://web.archive.org/web/20140130123642/http://www.wdt.net/article/20090425/NEWS05/304259976] 7 News. "Former Academy at Ivy Ridge Students Meet in Ogdensburg, Rally Outside City Hall." YouTube, 27 Apr. 2024, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRNMUgnUkNw [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LRNMUgnUkNw]

*Content warning: body-image abuse, disordered eating, distressing topics, suicidal ideation, institutional child abuse, childhood trauma, therapeutic abuse, grooming, abduction, self-harm, emotional and physical violence, isolation, Substance Use Disorder, sexual assault.  *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  Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness https://blueridgewilderness.com/ [https://blueridgewilderness.com/]  “Carlbrook: Unable to ‘pull out of nosedive.’” Sova Now, December 14, 2015 https://www.sovanow.com/articles/carlbrook_unable_to_pull_out_of_nosedive/ [https://www.sovanow.com/articles/carlbrook_unable_to_pull_out_of_nosedive/]  "The Carlbrook School”,  Struggling Teens.com [http://Teens.com], October 27, 2003 https://strugglingteens.com/archives/2003/11/carlbrook1103vr.html [https://strugglingteens.com/archives/2003/11/carlbrook1103vr.html]  “Carlbrook School files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.” Sova Now, February 18, 2016 https://www.sovanow.com/articles/carlbrook_school [https://www.sovanow.com/articles/carlbrook_school_files_for_chapter_11_bankruptcy_protection/] "Dan McDougal." Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-team/dan-mcdougal [https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-team/dan-mcdougal] Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness, Our Story https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-story [https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-story]  “Evoke Entrada.” Breaking Code Silence  https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/evoke-entrada/ [https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/evoke-entrada/] Gilpin, Elizabeth. Stolen: A Memoir. July 20, 2021  https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55898103-stolen [https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/55898103-stolen]  "Introducing Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness." Struggling Teens.com [http://Teens.com], July 27, 2016 https://strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/BlueRidgeTherapeuticWilderness [https://strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/BlueRidgeTherapeuticWildernessBN_160727.shtml] “Missing Person / NamUs #MP13098.” National Missing and Unidentified Persons System https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP13098 [https://namus.nij.ojp.gov/case/MP13098]  "Our Story: From Vision to Transformational Community." Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-story [https://blueridgewilderness.com/who-we-are/our-story]  Rensin, Emmet, “I went into the woods a teenage drug addict and came out sober. Was it worth it?” Vox, July 7, 2016 https://www.vox.com/2016/7/7/12081150/wilderness-therapy [https://www.vox.com/2016/7/7/12081150/wilderness-therapy]  “Second Nature Uintas.” Breaking Code Silence https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/second-nature-uintas/ [https://www.breakingcodesilence.org/second-nature-uintas/]  “Seen N' Heard (October 2001).” Struggling Teens.com [http://Teens.com], October 1, 2001 https://web.archive.org/web/20170502063301/http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/p [https://web.archive.org/web/20170502063301/http://www.strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/SnHOct01_011001.shtml] Staff reports, "Carlbrook School closes; students asked to be out by Sunday." YourGV, October 28, 2020 https://www.yourgv.com/news/local_news/carlbrook-school-closes [https://www.yourgv.com/news/local_news/carlbrook-school-closes-students-asked-to-be-out-by-sunday/article_f4d5db0c-a025-11e5-b1b6-e35abd00b911.html]  "Wilderness Therapy Works: Why Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness is an Industry Leader in Student Care." Blue Ridge Therapeutic Wilderness, February 8, 2024 https://blueridgewilderness.com/blog/wilderness-therapy-works-why-blue-ridge-therapeutic-wilderness-is-an-industry-leader-in-student-care [https://blueridgewilderness.com/blog/wilderness-therapy-works-why-blue-ridge-therapeutic-wilderness-is-an-industry-leader-in-student-care] "Woodbury Reports Visits Carlbrook School." Struggling Teens.com [http://Teens.com], May 29, 2014 https://strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/printer_CarlbrookSchoolBN_140529.shtml [https://strugglingteens.com/artman/publish/printer_CarlbrookSchoolBN_140529.shtml?utm_source=chatgpt.com]