68. The Ghost Writer (Anthony Godby Johnson)
Added 2021-07-17 20:50:53 +0000 UTCA critically ill teenager writes a best-selling book about his abusive childhood.
Prelude: New Horizons Youth Ministry opens a child reform program overseas.
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On my first re-listen of this ep. One of my faves. A top-notch episode all around. I don’t think there’s ever been a more fake-sounding “kid” voice than the one Vicki puts on over the saccharine piano. There’s few things in this show that will match the creepiness of this lying woman barely faking a fake kid’s voice while she ambles slowly through a bunch of shallow platitudes about life.
Matt Scott
2025-04-01 04:07:16 +0000 UTCAh! Anthony Godby Johnson. This is like a lovely soft cashmere cardigan on a crisp Autumn Sunday….
Maxine Page
2024-12-06 22:48:36 +0000 UTCSegues. Segways have wheels.
Michelle Hebert
2021-12-20 22:31:43 +0000 UTCSuch a wild episode
Staceyann
2021-08-06 18:37:23 +0000 UTCAs always, incredibly thorough and masterfully told. Thank you again for the amazing work. Sometimes the strangest stories are the real ones.
George Hayward
2021-07-28 04:32:00 +0000 UTCWhat a great episode. Thank you.
Cassandra L
2021-07-25 00:42:54 +0000 UTCMakes sense why I can’t get help for my friend who has taken on 4 kids from the word of faith that escaped, two have cancer and one MD. Chained to a wall. And no one will listen. People just can’t believe it. Just so disgusting.
Francesca Shultz
2021-07-24 16:21:14 +0000 UTCI watched enough pokemon in my life that I should have know it was a grown woman pretending to be a little boy.
Talia Floyd
2021-07-20 01:12:13 +0000 UTCI was sent to a boarding school - not for behavioral issues but bc my parents wanted me to have the best education possible, or so they said. The school I attended is now defunct, and for that I am so glad. There was so much sexual abuse and corruption in the admin. The elite are into some seriously sick shit. I’m so glad to see it now coming to light.
Hannah (enojada tostada)
2021-07-19 20:04:36 +0000 UTCThis was really really good. Again Concerned Citizen peels back the curtain on some of the most disgruntled and disingenuous people ever.
Jace Beleren's Unpaid Child Support
2021-07-19 19:32:21 +0000 UTCOne mystery writer/podcaster outing another, classic!!
Isabelle Beauprez
2021-07-19 19:22:48 +0000 UTCAlso the woman who made up a child abuse victim married an alleged child abuser. When these people screech about child abuse conspiracies, it's because they're participating in one themselves.
MBA
2021-07-18 23:44:52 +0000 UTCAs someone who was sent to one of these “therapeutic”boarding schools I can’t express how grateful I am that they are being brought to light.
Chelsey Reynaud
2021-07-18 16:15:21 +0000 UTCThe "Troubled Teen" industry is an abomination. Through Bain Capital, Mitt Romney had a financial interest into WWASP, a network of some of the largest and most horrific troubled teen programs ever created. They all use the Synanon model. It's sick shit. As a kid I spent years in a religious group some people in town considered a cult. People do some fucked-up things to kids.
KatieK
2021-07-18 16:00:02 +0000 UTCAlways top notch..Great episode..I love the Segues and blending of Media Anchors and clips.Always great quality and put together very well...Thanks i appriciate it..
Jason Dixon
2021-07-18 14:46:53 +0000 UTCI love Armistead Maupin. Great episode.
Austen Lockwood
2021-07-18 13:55:36 +0000 UTCJust finished listening while charting at work...where I see actual sick children. This boiled my blood.
Alyssa Stuart
2021-07-18 05:51:17 +0000 UTCI loved thay juxtaposition too. Also felt it highlighted how the same people who think evangelicals can do no wrong are the same homophobic bigots who devour a story that features child sex abuse by men against boys bc it reinforces their beliefs.
Alyssa Stuart
2021-07-18 05:41:49 +0000 UTCGreat way to start my work day
Theresa
2021-07-18 05:29:42 +0000 UTC👏🏾👏🏾
Sim Ona
2021-07-18 05:11:15 +0000 UTCAs always well done. Your droll sarcastic delivery brightens my day.
Carmen
2021-07-18 00:41:18 +0000 UTCThe intros that dovetail into the main story have been a treat this season. For this episode, stories that weren't believed but true juxtaposed with stories everyone believed but were not true.
Alan
2021-07-17 23:12:51 +0000 UTC👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Gustavo Portillo
2021-07-17 21:43:46 +0000 UTCAw sick. Perfect way to end the workday lol
Leah
2021-07-17 20:57:50 +0000 UTCOh, yay.
Darya J Loyo
2021-07-17 20:52:52 +0000 UTC
