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

Behind the Bastards