Something Was Wrong

*Content Warning: fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, troubled teen industry, childhood abuse, and institutionalized child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources    Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop  *SWW S24 Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Resources: The Gathering Inn: https://www.thegatheringinn.com/ Tending the Garden: https://www.tendingthegarden.love/ Trans Doe Task Force: https://transdoetaskforce.org/ *Sources: Baker, Jennifer. “Doula Defrauder Kaitlyn Braun Will Return to Court in May for Sentencing Submissions.” CTVNews, 7 Mar. 2025, www.ctvnews.ca/kitchener/article/doula-defrauder-kaitlyn-braun-will-return-to-court-in-may-for-sentencing-submissions/ Beattie, Samantha. “Judge Calls Woman a ‘danger,’ Sends Her to Prison after Faking Pregnancies, Defrauding Ontario Doulas | CBC News.” CBCnews, CBC/Radio Canada, 10 June 2025, www.cbc.ca/news/canada/hamilton/kaitlyn-braun-sentence-1.7556327 Reese, Tiffany. “Season 18.” Something Was Wrong, Broken Cycle Media. https://somethingwaswrong.com/

*Content Warning: substance use disorder, distressing themes, self-harm, disordered eating, childhood abuse, psychological and physical violence involving children, suicidal ideation, and institutional child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources    Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Sources  “DHS, Mount Bachelor Academy Settle Case.” KTVZ, 2 Oct. 2010, ktvz.com/news/2010/10/02/dhs-mount-bachelor-academy-settle-case/ International Federation of Social Workers, jswve.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/10-021-110-IJSWVE-2024.pdf Press Release: Aspen Acquires SageWalk - 12/2/05, www.strugglingteens.com/news/press%20releases/aspenacquiressagewalk051202.html Szalavitz, Maia. “An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is under Scrutiny.” Time, Time, 17 Apr. 2009, time.com/archive/6933378/an-oregon-school-for-troubled-teens-is-under-scrutiny/ “Troubled School Is Unlikely to Reopen.” The Bulletin, 11 Nov. 2009, bendbulletin.com/2009/11/11/troubled-school-is-unlikely-to-reopen/ Torture Alleged at Shuttered Boarding School | Courthouse News Service, www.courthousenews.com/torture-alleged-at-shuttered-boarding-school/

*Content Warning: distressing themes, self-harm, disordered eating, childhood abuse, psychological and physical violence involving children, suicidal ideation, and institutional child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources    Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Sources  “DHS, Mount Bachelor Academy Settle Case.” KTVZ, 2 Oct. 2010, ktvz.com/news/2010/10/02/dhs-mount-bachelor-academy-settle-case/ International Federation of Social Workers, jswve.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/10-021-110-IJSWVE-2024.pdf Press Release: Aspen Acquires SageWalk - 12/2/05, www.strugglingteens.com/news/press%20releases/aspenacquiressagewalk051202.html Szalavitz, Maia. “An Oregon School for Troubled Teens Is under Scrutiny.” Time, Time, 17 Apr. 2009, time.com/archive/6933378/an-oregon-school-for-troubled-teens-is-under-scrutiny/ “Troubled School Is Unlikely to Reopen.” The Bulletin, 11 Nov. 2009, bendbulletin.com/2009/11/11/troubled-school-is-unlikely-to-reopen/ Torture Alleged at Shuttered Boarding School | Courthouse News Service, www.courthousenews.com/torture-alleged-at-shuttered-boarding-school/

*Content Warning: distressing themes, disordered eating, interpersonal violence, child abuse, child sexual abuse, rape, verbal abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and institutional abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips:  somethingwaswrong.com/resources    Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi  Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: instagram.com/lookieboo *Sources  Asgarian, Roxanna. “Families Open up about Trauma at Conference for Survivors of Institutional Abuse.” Juvenile Justice Information Exchange, 29 Oct. 2014, jjie.org/2014/05/12/families-open-up-about-trauma-at-conference-for-survivors-of-institutional-abuse/ Green, Joanne. “Rough Love.” Miami New Times, 21 June 2006, www.miaminewtimes.com/news/rough-love-6336423/

*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    Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi  Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https://brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop  *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork:  The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com  IG: instagram.com/somethingwaswrongpodcast TikTok: tiktok.com/@somethingwaswrongpodcast  Follow Tiffany Reese: Website: tiffanyreese.me  IG: 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/