S23 Ep13: Origins Shit Show
*Content warning: infant loss, miscarriage, birth trauma, medical trauma, medical neglect, body image abuse, mature and stressful themes. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://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-bein...
42m May 01, 2025
42m
S23 Ep14: S23 Roundtable with MAMA founders Kristen & Markeda and Dr. Shannon M. Clark, MD, FACOG
*Content warning: pregnancy and birth trauma, medical trauma and negligence. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://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...
56m May 08, 2025
56m
S23 Ep15: Black Maternal Health and Reproductive Justice with Dr. Ndidiamaka Amutah-Onukagha, PhD, Founder CBMHRJ
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice: https://blackmaternalhealth.tufts.edu/ Center for Black Maternal Health & Reproductive Justice...
40m May 15, 2025
40m
S23 Ep16: Money Will Take Over (FINALE)
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Sources: American College of Nurse Midwives https://midwife.org/ American College of Obstetricians and Gy...
1hr 44m May 23, 2025
1hr 44m
S23 Ep17: BTS with BCM - Case & Community Updates with The BCM Production Team
*Content warning: fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, troubled teen industry, childhood abuse, and industrialized child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://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-ha...
57m May 30, 2025
57m
S23 Ep18: BTS with BCM - Case & Community Updates with The BCM Production Team (Part 2)
*Content warning: fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, troubled teen industry, childhood abuse, and industrialized child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://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-...
48m Jun 05, 2025
48m
S23 Ep19: BTS with BCM - Case & Community Updates with The BCM Production Team (Part 3)
*Content warning: fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, childhood abuse, and institution child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://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.co...
47m Jun 12, 2025
47m
S24: WCN Presents: [John Callas] When the Rain Stops
*Content Warning: child abuse, physical, mental, and emotional abuse, bullying, harassment, suicidal ideation, suicide, and murder. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://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...
35m Jun 18, 2025
35m
S23 Ep20: WCN Presents: [Jubilee] SWW S21 E9-12 Updates
Content warning: intimate partner violence, domestic violence, rape, sexual assault, stalking, religious abuse, and cultic abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://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 W...
45m Jun 25, 2025
45m
S24: S24 Preview
Season 24 of Something Was Wrong shares the harrowing truths of Institutional Child Abuse (often called the ‘troubled teen industry’) through powerful interviews with survivors of wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools, and other institutions around the world. These firsthand accounts expose an alarming pattern of abuse, neglect, and trauma disguised as treatment, alongside t...
4m Jul 10, 2025
4m
S24 Ep1: Power Corrupts and Absolute Power Corrupts Absolutely
Season 24 of Something Was Wrong shares the harrowing truths of institutional child abuse through powerful interviews with survivors of wilderness therapy programs, therapeutic boarding schools, and other institutions around the world. These firsthand accounts expose an alarming pattern of abuse, neglect, and trauma disguised as treatment, alongside testimony from parents who entrusted these ...
1hr Jul 10, 2025
1hr
S24 Ep2: Unsilenced
*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. In Episode 2, you'll hear from survivor-turned-advocate Meg Applegate, who spent three and a half years in two residential programs during th...
50m Jul 18, 2025
50m
S24 Ep3: A Carcass
*Content warning: self-harm, childhood abuse, institutional child abuse, suicidal ideation, suicide, psychological, physical and sexual violence against adolescence, disability abuse, abduction, kidnapping, stressful themes, substance use disorder, medical abuse and neglect, gang rape, imprisonment. In Episode 3, survivor Malia bravely recounts her time at Second Nature Entrada, a “wildernes...
1hr 21m Jul 24, 2025
1hr 21m
S24 Ep4: This Could've Been You
*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: http:/...
1hr 26m Jul 31, 2025
1hr 26m
S24 Ep5: Cognitive Development in Adolescence with Expert Dr. Daniel K. Keating
*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 Wro...
35m Aug 05, 2025
35m
S24 Ep6: An Accountability Letter
*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: We...
1hr 4m Aug 06, 2025
1hr 4m
S24 Ep7: For-Profit Money-Grabbing Bullshit Places
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S24 cover art is ...
55m Aug 14, 2025
55m
S24 Ep8: You Are Not Alone
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S24 cover art is ...
46m Aug 14, 2025
46m
S24 Ep9: Adolescent Mental Health with Dr. Stephanie Hartselle, MD
*Content Warning: Institutional child abuse ‘troubled teen industry’ (TTI), childhood abuse, upsetting topics, suicidal ideation, crime. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://www.somethingwaswrong.com/resources *Learn more about Dr. Stephanie Hartselle, MD: Website - hartselleandassociates.com/ LinkedIn - linkedin.com/in/stephanie-hartselle-md-79215419/ Instagram - instagram.co...
33m Aug 21, 2025
33m
S24 Ep10: My Own Mother Wasn't Going to Save Me
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart (http://instagram.com/okaynotgreat) ...
53m Aug 28, 2025
53m
S24 Ep11: One More Thing To Be Scared Of
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart (http://instagram.com/okaynotgreat) ...
45m Aug 28, 2025
45m
S24 Ep12: Someone Who Believes Me
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S...
1hr 18m Sep 12, 2025
1hr 18m
S24 Ep13: How Profoundly Sorry I Am
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources *SWW S23 Theme Song & Artwork: The S24 cover art is by the Amazing Sara Stewart (http://instagram.com/okaynotg...
1hr 2m Sep 18, 2025
1hr 2m
S24 Ep14: Horror Movie
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/sww...
45m Sep 25, 2025
45m
S24 Ep15: Source of Hope
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://even...
1hr 1m Oct 01, 2025
1hr 1m
S24 Ep16: Attack Therapy
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the H...
56m Oct 09, 2025
56m
S24 Ep17: Wounded
*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: http://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 Sho...
45m Oct 15, 2025
45m
S24 Ep18: Fear-Driven
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event h...
57m Oct 23, 2025
57m
S24 Ep19: Wanted
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://eve...
56m Oct 29, 2025
56m
S24 Ep20: Extreme
*Content Warning: distressing themes, child abuse, violence, cultic abuse, religious abuse, drug use, abduction, institutional child abuse, isolation. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://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:// (http...
46m Nov 06, 2025
46m
S24 Ep21: A Lot of Horsesh*t
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi Check ...
48m Nov 13, 2025
48m
S24 Ep22: Hold Up a Mirror
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Snag your ticket for the live Home for the Holidays event here: https://events.humanitix.co...
54m Nov 19, 2025
54m
S24 Ep23: Your Money or Your Child's Life
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) https://www.brokencyclemedia...
55m Dec 04, 2025
55m
S24 Ep24: Finally, You See (FINALE)
*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: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) http...
59m Dec 10, 2025
59m
S24 Ep25: Case & Community Updates
*Content Warning: fraud, harassment, catfishing, stalking, sexual abuse, troubled teen industry, childhood abuse, and institutionalized child abuse. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop *SWW S24 Artwork: The S...
45m Dec 18, 2025
45m
WCN Presents: [Caitlin Mathis] Dedicated to Change
*Content warning: harassment, stalking, cyberstalking, and murder. Caitlin Mathis is a victim advocate and survivor from Texas. In the summer between graduating high school and entering college, she began a relationship with a man whose future actions would change her life - and a whole town - forever. After consequently navigating the inner workings of the law enforcement and criminal justice...
38m Jan 01
38m
S25: Season XXV Preview
*Content warning: mature & distressing themes, sexual violence, grooming, rape. SWW S25 begin this Thursday January 8th, 2026. Sources: - PBS News Hour, KQED, "After Title IX, girls still face discrimination in sports", published April 4, 2022.https://www.pbs.org/video/title-ix-at-50-1649712196/ - KSL News Utah, "Utah universities ‘ignored’ her report of rape against a football player, stud...
2m Jan 06
2m
S25 Ep1: Chapter 1: Something is Terribly Wrong
*Content Warning: sexual violence, on-campus violence, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, stalking, rape, and sexual assault. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop *SWW S25 Theme Song & Artwork: ...
53m Jan 08
53m
S25 Ep2: In Shock
*Content Warning: sexual violence, stalking, on-campus violence, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, stalking, rape, and sexual assault. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop *SWW S25 Theme Song &...
42m Jan 15
42m
S25 Ep3: She Will Do Great Things
*Content Warning: sexual violence, stalking, on-campus violence, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, stalking, rape, and sexual assault. *Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Check out our brand new SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop *SWW S25 Theme Song &...
40m Jan 22
40m
S25 Ep4: Institutional Betrayal: How Title IX Fails Survivors with Dr. Nicole Bedera
*Content Warning: institutional betrayal, sexual violence, stalking, on-campus violence, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, stalking, rape, and sexual assault. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Follow Dr. Nicole Bedera: Website: https://www.nicolebedera.com/ Blue Sky: https://bsky.app/profile/nbedera.bsky.social Book: On The Wr...
1hr 10m Jan 26
1hr 10m
S25 Ep5: Chapter 2: Testing Me
*Content Warning: grooming, institutional betrayal, sexual violence, stalking, on-campus violence, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, stalking, rape, and sexual assault. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S25 Them...
50m Jan 29
50m
S25 Ep6: Humiliation Ritual
*Content Warning: grooming, institutional betrayal, sexual violence, on-campus violence, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, sexual assault and harrassment. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S25 Theme Song & Artwo...
59m Feb 05
59m
S25 Ep7: Rethinking Mandatory Reporting and Internal Processes in Higher Education with Dr. Kathryn Holland
*Content Warning: institutional betrayal, sexual violence, stalking, on-campus violence, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, stalking, rape, and sexual assault. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources Follow Dr. Kathryn Holland: Website: https://psychology.unl.edu/person/kathryn-holland/ Dr. Kathryn Holland on Google Scholars: https:/...
54m Feb 10
54m
S25 Ep8: Fifty and a Feather
*Content Warning: grooming, institutional betrayal, sexual violence, on-campus violence, intimate partner violence, gender-based violence, sexual assault and harassment. Free + Confidential Resources + Safety Tips: http://somethingwaswrong.com/resources SWW Sticker Shop!: https:// (https://events.humanitix.com/swwxtgi) https://www.brokencyclemedia.com/sticker-shop SWW S25 Theme Song & Artwor...
54m Feb 13
54m
S25 Ep9: Flipped the Script
Season 25 of Something Was Wrong investigates sexual assault, stalking, abuse, and systemic betrayal within colleges and universities across the United States. From state schools to private campuses, an insidious culture reverberates, one where institutions often prioritize reputation, athletics, and financial interests over the safety and well-being of their students. Through in-depth reportin...
43m Feb 19
43m
S25 Ep10: Connected Some Dots
Season 25 of Something Was Wrong investigates sexual assault, stalking, abuse, and systemic betrayal within colleges and universities across the United States. From state schools to private campuses, an insidious culture reverberates, one where institutions often prioritize reputation, athletics, and financial interests over the safety and well-being of their students. Through in-depth reportin...
43m Feb 25
43m
S25 Ep11: Long Term Impact
Season 25 of Something Was Wrong investigates sexual assault, stalking, abuse, and systemic betrayal within colleges and universities across the United States. From state schools to private campuses, an insidious culture reverberates, one where institutions often prioritize reputation, athletics, and financial interests over the safety and well-being of their students. Through in-depth reportin...
31m Feb 27
31m
S25 Ep12: Trauma-Informed SANE Exams with Kayla Hartman, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, NYSAFE
Season 25 of Something Was Wrong investigates sexual assault, stalking, abuse, and systemic betrayal within colleges and universities across the United States. From state schools to private campuses, an insidious culture reverberates, one where institutions often prioritize reputation, athletics, and financial interests over the safety and well-being of their students. Through in-depth reportin...
50m Mar 03
50m
S25 Ep13: Chapter 3: Help Me
Season 25 of Something Was Wrong investigates sexual assault, stalking, abuse, and systemic betrayal within colleges and universities across the United States. From state schools to private campuses, an insidious culture reverberates, one where institutions often prioritize reputation, athletics, and financial interests over the safety and well-being of their students. Through in-depth reportin...
59m Mar 05
59m