Episode 212: Wilderness Therapy Gone Very Wrong
Not Today7 Tammi 2025

Episode 212: Wilderness Therapy Gone Very Wrong

In 1988 Steve Cartisano founded the Challenger Foundation Camp in southern Utah for troubled teens. The program brought the teens into the Utah desert and was designed to help kids by instilling discipline, kicking them out of their bad habits and giving treatment. However after the death of 16-year-old Kristin Chase, the abuse occuring at this camp would finally come to light. Steve Cartisano was never held responsible and instead of finding a new line of work, decided to open multiple other wilderness therapy programs. His final program, Pacific Coast Academy in Samoa, was shut down after a video that was secretly taken at the camp exposing the abuse came to light.



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Episode 266: Isabel Eriksson's Escape From The Bunker

Episode 266: Isabel Eriksson's Escape From The Bunker

In September of 2015, Isabel Eriksson was drugged, kidnapped, and locked in an inescapable bunker. When she woke up, she found her date, Martin Trenneborg, sitting in the room with her. His plan was t...

3 Helmi 1h 4min

Episode 265: The Sinking Of The USS Indianapolis

Episode 265: The Sinking Of The USS Indianapolis

On July 30, 1945, The USS Indianapolis was struck by two torpedoes from a Japanese submarine, which took down the ship in only minutes. Of 1,195 crewmen, ~900 entered the water, facing sharks, painful...

27 Tammi 1h 21min

Episode 264: Murder In The Outback

Episode 264: Murder In The Outback

Joanne Lees and her boyfriend Peter Falconio thought they were taking the trip of their dreams but it would sadly end in a tragedy so massive the whole world would know their names. While driving down...

20 Tammi 1h 5min

Episode 263: A Month In The Jungle

Episode 263: A Month In The Jungle

After attempting to take a leisurely self-guided tour of the ancient Mayan ruins in the jungle on Cozumel island, Ken Wilson became hopelessly lost when he split up from his group and lost track of th...

13 Tammi 53min

Episode 262: Listener's Stories!

Episode 262: Listener's Stories!

Let's close out 2025 with some bone chilling survivor stories that our listeners wrote in, including a close call with a famous serial killer, a terrifying encounter at an empty gas station, a run-in ...

30 Joulu 202555min

Episode 261: Wrongfully Convicted

Episode 261: Wrongfully Convicted

In 1992 Levon Brooks was arrested for murdering a three-year-old girl and sentenced to life in prison. Only a few months later Kennedy Brewer was arrested for a nearly identical murder and was sentenc...

16 Joulu 202555min

Episode 260: Close to Death In Death Valley

Episode 260: Close to Death In Death Valley

Donna Cooper, her daughter Gina, and Jenny Leung took a drive into Death Valley for a day of exploring. After deciding to take a detour they realized too late that their GPS was leading them further i...

9 Joulu 202547min

Episode 259: Let's Not Meet!

Episode 259: Let's Not Meet!

Let's talk about some terrifying Reddit Let's Not Meet stories!

2 Joulu 202559min

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