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Hiking and Hunger in a Wilderness Program
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10:36 - 17:13 (06:37)

The speaker describes the struggles of being hungry during a wilderness program, resorting to extreme measures such as searching through staff backpacks for food, and how that motivated her to endure challenging hikes.

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The speaker describes the tough living conditions, including a lack of hygiene and limited food, at a wilderness program that she attended.
10:36 - 11:31 (00:54)
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wilderness program
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The speaker describes the tough living conditions, including a lack of hygiene and limited food, at a wilderness program that she attended.

Chapter
Hiking and Hunger in a Wilderness Program
Episode
Horrifying Tales from the Troubled Teen Industry
Podcast
Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings, and Mysteries
A former patient of a treatment center reveals that the institution provided inadequate food, leading girls to steal or ration their food.
11:31 - 13:01 (01:30)
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Treatment Center
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A former patient of a treatment center reveals that the institution provided inadequate food, leading girls to steal or ration their food.

Chapter
Hiking and Hunger in a Wilderness Program
Episode
Horrifying Tales from the Troubled Teen Industry
Podcast
Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings, and Mysteries
The episode sheds light on the dangers associated with outdoor therapy programs, including neglect of medical emergencies, dehydration, abuse, and even death.
13:01 - 14:42 (01:40)
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Mental Health
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The episode sheds light on the dangers associated with outdoor therapy programs, including neglect of medical emergencies, dehydration, abuse, and even death. Erika's story is shared to highlight the alarming lack of care in some of these programs.

Chapter
Hiking and Hunger in a Wilderness Program
Episode
Horrifying Tales from the Troubled Teen Industry
Podcast
Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings, and Mysteries
Two 17-year-old girls died five months apart in 2002 at the Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy program due to the staff's mishandling of their medical emergencies.
14:42 - 17:13 (02:31)
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Wilderness therapy
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Two 17-year-old girls died five months apart in 2002 at the Catherine Freer Wilderness Therapy program due to the staff's mishandling of their medical emergencies.

Chapter
Hiking and Hunger in a Wilderness Program
Episode
Horrifying Tales from the Troubled Teen Industry
Podcast
Heart Starts Pounding: Horrors, Hauntings, and Mysteries