in the program. That's how it happens with all of these troubled teen facilities. Now, at the same time, if it's your business to

children. This is how the troubled teen industry works, right? It's colloquially called troubled teen facilities, the troubled teen industry. And these different

with the arm. I mean, come on. So Synanon is where the troubled teen industry gets its start, right? This is the first time that

to create the Elan School, which might be the most abusive troubled teen institution to ever exist. But to properly tell that story

and give Joe's backstory. So I had to talk about where the troubled teen industry starts. Let's talk about Joe a little bit here. He

number of articles with sources who had been to different troubled teen rehab facilities around the country, most of which wound up

And he's not just the guy who like started doing these troubled teen rehab facilities, because kind of versions of that had

of his main tack, and really even within the parts of the troubled teen industry that are like respectable and accredited, all of

about these episodes. But as I noted earlier, the whole troubled teen, wilderness camp, industrial complex is bigger than him

tormented youth motivated him to make a career of helping troubled teens. And again, I don't know if that's true or not. It

tragic and risque stories, drug addiction, spousal abuse, troubled teens, all that good shit. He was happy to throw medical best

children in their care going missing. Sometimes the teens, sometimes the teens left for days or even escaped the state. One escapee

wound up prostituting herself for drugs. A number of the teens wound up finding drugs one way or another after getting out

a major source of content for McGraw was so-called Troubled Teens. Kids in crisis are big business for grifty TV therapists

Ranch in Utah. This is an actual working ranch, where troubled teens are sent under the impression that working in the country

program is... Joe Ritchie built it as the Rolls-Royce of Teen Treatment programs. And I remember even... Because this is

there. Oh, we should train stats. Miles, we could start a teen rehab facility, where we get kids off of dope by teaching

to a foster home. By 1982, Phil had grown into a sweet but troubled teen. His sister later recalled, he was beautiful, all the girls

yeah there's a ton of others like yeah there's still the teen trouble teen industry is a huge business every year there's a bill

these teen back when I was still working at crack these teen troubled teen schools and it just keeps going on right like it's been it

had become clear to him, with all of Sinonon's issues with troubled teens, that kids were problematic. Teenaged addicts were at least

Never far from your thoughts. Have you heard of the troubled teen industry? No, I have not. You know, those camps where they

they remained the basis for the multi-million dollar teen troubled teen industry to this day. In 1971, the federal government gave

a group called the SEED, which applied synanon tactics to troubled teens, many of whom were only suspected of having tried drugs. In

to reopen under different names with the same staff. As troubled teen and scared straight programs made hundreds of millions of

that affects your self perception. So when we talk about troubled teen wilderness camps that starve and beat students, the obvious

to hire some fucking drifters and give them a bunch of troubled kids and leave them in the desert for two months, right

industry, especially if that business, tough love care for troubled teens, is one that mainstream culture just sort of assumes is

of other programs. More than 120,000 children live in troubled teen facilities, which include wilderness programs. Training

of a recent of a BTB episode. This is one of those like troubled teen boarding schools where you send your kids to be hideously

Yep. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. The description of those like troubled teen boarding schools where you send your kids to be hideously

is still doing it is so interesting to me. He's a deeply troubled man. Yeah. This guy, Alvin Rosenfeld, who was Bruno's

kids is sadistic physical abuse on a level that I have trouble comprehending. One of Bruno's students is a kid named

this is like a thing that happens in society, these like troubled teen industry, like this is not like an isolated incident of

he could be of service to society. And so I don't have trouble understanding why he did this, but the fact that he killed

kind of doctor. He also mediates the reunions of teen mom and teen mom too and 16 and pregnant and causes damage to lots

tragic and risque stories. Drug addiction, spousal abuse, troubled teens, all that good shit. He was happy to throw medical best

about children in their care going missing. Sometimes the teens left for days or even escaped the state. One escapee wound

a major source of content for McGraw was so-called troubled teens kids in crisis are big business for grifty TV therapists

Ranch in Utah. This is an actual working ranch where troubled teens are sent under the impression that working in the country

going on about it. But every sperm is sacred. I got in trouble when I was in second grade for leading a group of kids

about Bill. Yeah. So, the IBLP ran what was effectively a troubled teen facility that started up in the late 1980s, which was

is. I don't want to know who Forky is. Is it someone the teens like, because you know what I hate is the

because you know what I hate is the teens. I don't hate the teens. The teens are obsessed with Forky. They love the

is? What is that? It's some music thing that the teens love. The teens who are always starting the fires love 100 gecks. And

always starting the fires love 100 gecks. And I love the teens who are always starting the fires. From the

who are always starting the fires. From the teens in Portland. Wait, it's from the fire teens. Wait, is Forky

and strict rules. He describes himself as a rebellious teen who had a lot of run-ins with the law. Here's a quote from

his senior football season, Gibson, a quarterback, got in trouble with the law. There was alcohol, probation violations, and

know, his life kind of does back this up. And I have no trouble seeing him as a brilliant youth who was stifled by the

of a small time crook. And they're both in their early teens at this point. Victor claims to have followed after him

he was, however, especially, you know, early teens into his late teens, he was caught several times. You know, he's

where he scammed people in bridge and poker and got in trouble over his constant flirtation with the girlfriends of his

by the time she meets him, she's like still in her late teens. I think she's probably an adult. Victor is like a decade

this was Stitzworth's way of slowly admitting, in 19 like teens terms, that his dick didn't work so well anymore. This

work an intense backbreaking physical labor job to have trouble with that. In fact, it might be weirder if he'd had no