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Sep 2024
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Part One: The Inventor of Those 'Trouble...

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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:

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

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