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Camp Shame

iHeartMedia

    Camp Shane—one of America’s longest running weight loss camps for kids—promised extraordinary results. Campers who began the summer in heavy bodies were often unrecognizable when they left. In a society...

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    Camp Shane—one of America’s longest running weight loss camps for kids—promised extraordinary results. Campers who began the summer in heavy bodies were often unrecognizable when they left. In a society obsessed with being thin, it seemed like a miracle solution.   But behind Camp Shane’s facade of happy, transformed children was a dark underworld of exploitation and neglect. Kids were being pushed to their physical and emotional limits as the family that owned Shane—caught in a power struggle over ownership—turned a blind eye.    More than 50 years after its founding, host Kelsey Snelling is bringing the real story of Camp Shane to light. In this 8-episode series, she unpacks and investigates stories of mistreatment, reexamining the culture of fatphobia that enabled a flawed system to continue for so long. Along the way, she reveals and weighs the heavy price of shame.
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    Author iHeartMedia
    Organization iHeart Podcasts
    Categories True Crime
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