*Content Warning : distressing themes, child abuse, violence, cultic abuse, religious abuse, drug use, abduction, institutional child abuse, isolation. *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 Stewar...
Nov 06, 2025•46 min•Season 24Ep. 20
*Content Warning : Institutional child abuse, body-image abuse, disordered eating, attack therapy, cultic abuse, grooming, medical trauma, death, alcohol use disorder, psychological and physical trauma, child labor, distressing themes. *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-sho...
Oct 29, 2025•56 min•Season 24Ep. 19
*Content Warning : distressing themes, self-harm, rape, substance abuse, substance use disorder, child abuse, verbal abuse, mental abuse, physical abuse, institutional abuse, childhood sexual abuse, sexual abuse, suicidal ideation, death, and suicide. *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...
Oct 23, 2025•57 min•Season 24Ep. 18
*Content Warning: distressing themes, suicide, death, substance use disorder, drug use, sexual assault of a child, institutional child abuse, violence, childhood 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 Am...
Oct 15, 2025•45 min•Season 24Ep. 17
*Content Warning: distressing themes, violent abuse of a child, step-parent abuse, domestic violence, abduction, kidnapping, childhood abuse, emotional violence, physical abuse, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and institutional child abuse (‘troubled teen industry’). *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:// br...
Oct 09, 2025•56 min•Season 24Ep. 16
*Content Warning: distressing themes, self-harm, suicidal ideation, substance use disorder, child sexual abuse, child abuse, verbal abuse, mental abuse, physical violence, cultic abuse, suicidal ideation, grooming, torture and death. *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 ...
Oct 01, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Season 24Ep. 15
*Content warning : disturbing abuse of children, disability abuse, emotional and physical violence involving children, murder, death, suicide, neglect, kidnapping, abduction, isolation, torture, distressing topics. *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 Support The Gatheri...
Sep 25, 2025•45 min•Season 24Ep. 14
*Content warning : substance use disorder, death, distressing and mature topics, drug use, institutional child abuse, emotional, physical and sexual violence of adolescents, childhood abuse, grooming. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *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/@somethingwaswro...
Sep 18, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Season 24Ep. 13
*Content warning : body-image abuse, disordered eating, distressing topics, suicidal ideation, institutional child abuse, childhood trauma, therapeutic abuse, grooming, abduction, self-harm, emotional and physical violence, isolation, Substance Use Disorder, sexual assault. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart Follow Something Was Wrong: Website: somethingwaswrong.com IG: ...
Sep 12, 2025•1 hr 18 min•Season 24Ep. 12
*Content Warning: childhood abuse, violent abuse of children, child sex abuse, grooming, psychological and physical violence, body-image abuse, cultic abuse, body dysmorphia, disordered eating. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *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/@somethingwaswrongpodca...
Aug 28, 2025•45 min•Season 24Ep. 11
*Content Warning: childhood abuse, violent abuse of children, child sex abuse, grooming, psychological and physical violence, body-image abuse, cultic abuse, body dysmorphia, disordered eating. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *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/@somethingwaswrongpodca...
Aug 28, 2025•53 min•Season 24Ep. 10
*Content Warning: Institutional child abuse ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), childhood abuse, upsetting topics, suicidal ideation, crime. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources * Learn more about Dr. Stephanie Hartselle, MD: Website - hartselleandassociates.com/ LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/stephanie-hartselle-md-79215419/ Instagram - instagram.com/stephaniehartsellemd/ Facebook - facebook.com/stephaniehartsellemd/ *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S24 co...
Aug 21, 2025•33 min•Season 24Ep. 9
*Content warning : distressing topics, suicidal ideation, disability abuse, religious and cultic abuse, sexual abuse and rape of a child, physical violence of children, institutional child abuse, childhood trauma, attack therapy, therapeutic abuse, grooming. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *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/so...
Aug 14, 2025•46 min•Season 24Ep. 8
*Content warning : distressing topics, suicidal ideation, disability abuse, religious and cultic abuse, sexual abuse and rape of a child, physical violence of children, institutional child abuse, childhood trauma, attack therapy, therapeutic abuse, grooming. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *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/so...
Aug 14, 2025•55 min•Season 24Ep. 7
*Content warning: distressing topics, bullying, addiction, Institutional child abuse, ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), disability abuse, body image abuse, sexual trauma, medical neglect, therapeutic trauma. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *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/@somethingw...
Aug 06, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Season 24Ep. 6
*Content warning: distressing topics, childhood abuse, substance use disorder, cultic abuse, Institutional child abuse, ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), suicidal ideation, medical neglect, disability abuse, PTSD. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *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/@some...
Aug 05, 2025•35 min•Season 24Ep. 5
*Content warning : distressing topics, childhood abuse, death, psychological, sexual and physical violence of children, self-harm, murder, psychological and physical violence of children, substance use disorder, cultic abuse, Institutional child abuse, ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), suicidal ideation, medical neglect, disability abuse, PTSD. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara S...
Jul 31, 2025•1 hr 26 min•Season 24Ep. 4
*Content warning : self-harm, childhood abuse, institutional child abuse, suicidal ideation, suicide, psychological, physical and sexual violence involving children, disability abuse, abduction, kidnapping, stressful themes, substance use disorder, medical abuse and neglect, gang rape, imprisonment, *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: Glad Rags: https://www.gladragsmusic.com/ The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Ste...
Jul 24, 2025•1 hr 21 min•Season 24Ep. 3
*Content warning : institutional child abuse, childhood abuse, death of a child, suicide, psychological, physical and sexual violence, abduction, kidnapping, disordered eating, stressful themes, disability abuse, ableism, PTSD, medical abuse and neglect. *Meg Appelgate’s Work : Meg Appelgate’s website here: https://megappelgate.com/my-story/ Meg Appelgate’s nonprofit, Unsilenced here: https://www.unsilenced.org/ Meg Appelgate’s memoir, Becoming UNSILENCED: Surviving and Fighting the Troubled Tee...
Jul 18, 2025•50 min•Season 24Ep. 2
*Content warning: distressing topics, death, child abuse, child sex abuse, psychological and physical violence, cultic abuse, torture, addiction, humiliation, systemic abuse, religious abuse. Maia Szalavitz’s website: maiasz.com/ Help at Any Cost: How the Troubled-Teen Industry Cons Parents and Hurts Kids here: maiasz.com/books/help-at-any-cost/ *Sources: Asheville Academy faces $45,000 in fines after state investigation into child safety violations, Spectrum Local News spectrumlocalnews.com/cha...
Jul 10, 2025•1 hr•Season 24Ep. 1
*Content warning : distressing topics, child abuse, death, child sex abuse, psychological and physical violence of children, cultic abuse, Institutional child abuse, ‘troubled teen industry’, TTI, suicidal ideation, murder. Season 24 of Something Was Wrong shares the harrowing truths of international Institutional Child Abuse (often called the ‘troubled teen industry’) through powerful interviews with survivors of wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools, and other institutions ...
Jul 10, 2025•4 min
Content warning: intimate partner violence, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, stalking, religious abuse, and cultic abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Something Was Wrong Season 21, Jubilee’s story, Part 1: https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/episode/10716-14-jubilee-bethel-school-of-supernatural-ministry/ Something Was Wrong Season 21, Jubilee’s story, Part 2: https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/episode/10716-24-jubile...
Jun 25, 2025•45 min•Season 23Ep. 20
*Content Warning: child abuse, physical, mental, and emotional abuse, bullying, harassment, suicidal ideation, suicide, and murder. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources John Callas is a writer, director, and producer with an extensive list of projects including his six novels, the television show Bobby's World, and much more. His career began in the mid-seventies, and offered John a creative outlet after a very tumultuous childhood. From losing his father...
Jun 18, 2025•35 min•Season 24Ep. 20
*Content warning : fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, childhood abuse, and institution child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Boling’s Research Aims to Improve True Crime Podcasts https://news.unl.edu/article/bolings-research-aims-to-improve-true-crime-podcasts Season 14 of Something Was Wrong: https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/season/14/ Season 20 of Something Was Wrong: https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-w...
Jun 12, 2025•47 min•Season 23Ep. 19
*Content warning : fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, troubled teen industry, childhood abuse, and industrialized child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Season 20 of Something Was Wrong: https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/season/20/ Season 22 of Something Was Wrong: https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/season/22/ Season 23 of Something Was Wrong: https://wondery.com/shows/something-was-wrong/season/23/ Su...
Jun 05, 2025•48 min•Season 23Ep. 18
*Content warning : fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, troubled teen industry, childhood abuse, and industrialized child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Kaitlyn Braun sentencing delayed as judge and lawyers discuss jail time for woman who faked pregnancies: https://ca.news.yahoo.com/kaitlyn-braun-sentenced-today-hamilton-080000799.html Moms Advocating For Moms S23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofi...
May 30, 2025•57 min•Season 23Ep. 17
*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, death of an infant, infant loss, death, homicide, maternal loss, mature and stressful themes, sexual assault, disordered eating. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Sources: American College of Nurse Midwives https://midwife.org/ American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG) https://www.acog.org/ Authorities explain lack of charges in Fort Mill birthing center death htt...
May 23, 2025•1 hr 44 min•Season 23Ep. 16
*Content warning: birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, racism, death of an infant, infant loss, death, maternal loss, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice: https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/ Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cbmhrj_tufts/ Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Ju...
May 15, 2025•40 min•Season 23Ep. 15
*Content warning: pregnancy and birth trauma, medical trauma and negligence. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Moms Advocating For Moms S23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms , in hopes to create a future where maternal well-being is prioritized, disparities are addressed, and every mother has the resources and support she needs to thrive: https://www.momsadvocatingformoms.org/take-action https://li...
May 08, 2025•56 min•Season 23Ep. 14
*Content warning: infant loss, miscarriage, birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, body image abuse, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: somethingwaswrong.com/resources Moms Advocating For Moms S23 survivors Markeda, Kristen and Amanda have created a nonprofit, Moms Advocating for Moms , in hopes to create a future where maternal well-being is prioritized, disparities are addressed, and every mother has the resources and support she needs to thrive:...
May 01, 2025•42 min•Season 23Ep. 13