Behind the Bastards

Part One: The Inventor of Those 'Troubled Teen' Wilderness Camps Where They Kill Kids

24 Sep 2024

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Robert sits down with Mara Wilson to discuss the man behind those camps that kidnap teenagers and torture them in the desert. (2 Part Series) Sources: The rise and fall of Steve Cartisano - High Country News (hcn.org) Steve Cartisano - Bryan County Patriot Hell Camp: The sinister true story behind Netflix documentary - Dexerto MOTHER OF GIRL WHO COLLAPSED IN DESERT PRAISES CHALLENGER – Deseret News ‘Hell Camp’: Paris Hilton and the Troubled Teen Industry’s Abuse Epidemic (rollingstone.com) How Utah became the birthplace of the once-lucrative wilderness therapy industry for ‘troubled teens’ (msn.com) BYU alumnus sparks off lucrative, controversial wilderness-therapy industry - The Salt Lake Tribune (sltrib.com) Salt Lake Tribune | 2002-04-28 | Page 2 | | Utah Digital Newspapers Loving Them to Death -- The... (utah.edu) Boot Camps Proponent Becomes Focus of Critics - The New York Times (nytimes.com) Wilderness therapy programs for troubled teams began in Utah (sltrib.com) Troubled US teens left traumatised by tough love camps (bbc.com) EXPLAINER: The history behind 'parents' rights' in schools | AP News How Utah became the leading place to send the nation's troubled teens | APM Reports https://www.sltrib.com/news/2024/05/07/how-utah-became-birthplace-once/ https://www.deseret.com/1991/7/24/18932325/father-sues-challenger-over-daughter-s-death/ https://apnews.com/article/religion-education-gender-identity-0e2ca2cf0ef7d7bc6ef5b125f1ee0969 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iG0vANHmMmM https://www.researchgate.net/publication/238102695_Examining_the_Effectiveness_of_Boot_Camps_A_Randomized_Experiment_with_a_Long-Term_Follow_Up https://www.nytimes.com/2001/08/09/us/boot-camps-proponent-becomes-focus-of-critics.html https://archive.sltrib.com/story.php?ref=/test/ci_10438570https://www.farmerfuneralchapel.com/obituaries/larry-olsen See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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