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

Behind the Bastards

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)

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