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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch?

What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch?

Ryan & Sammi

Two former residents of The Lord's Ranch go back over 40 years and interview various generations of former residents, staff members, local towns people, and a local award-winning investigative journalist about a religious-based adolescent treatment facility in Warm Springs, Arkansas. The Lord's Ranch was founded by a financial felon from California; named Bud Suhl. After his time incarcerated, Suhl proclaimed he had turned his life around when he found Jesus. He left California and moved to Randolph County, Arkansas with his new wife Shirley. Bud Suhl opened up inpatient and outpatient treatment facilities for troubled youth. The newly found inpatient facility was in a small town of fewer than 300 residents and has since been the subject of numerous investigations that go as high up as the FBI. The Lord’s Ranch even briefly lost their license three years into business due to numerous complaints of abuse. These investigations ultimately made Bud's son, Ted a felon as well. In 2016, around 50 years after Bud’s conviction, Ted was convicted of bribery and fraud. Ted got out of prison about 4 1/2 years early when Suhl's family friend, Mike Huckabee convinced President Donald Trump to commute his seven-year sentence. As it stands right now, nobody has been able to find any documentation indicating how long Bud spent in prison. At any rate, since Ted had his sentence commuted rather than being fully pardoned, he remains a felon for financial crimes committed when his business hit a low point-- just like his father. With allegations of mental, physical, and sexual abuse at The Lord's Ranch, Sammi and Ryan decided to do a deep dive into the matter. Whether it was good, bad, or ugly, they searched for the full truth. The statements in this podcast may sound one-sided but nearly everybody who felt compelled to defend the ranch was unwilling to be interviewed on the podcast. We even offered to let defensive staff members speak while we asked zero questions and agreed to offer no rebuttals to anything the guest said. It would essentially have been a speech in defense of The Lord's Ranch. But unfortunately, most preferred to type words, rather than speaking on the phone. Some have also tried their best to prevent people from coming onto our podcast to share their story. For somebody claiming innocence, that seems rather suspect. At any rate, we continued asking anybody with any kind of experiece with The Lord's Ranch what it was like. These are their stories.WARNNG: Some of the details spoken in this podcast are disturbing. Listen at your own risk.
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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? - Season 1 Episode 31: Child Molestation and Production of Child Pornography (Part 1)
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07/23/23 • 154 min

*WARNING* Listener discretion is advised. This episode may be difficult for some people to listen to as it contains sexually explicit descriptions involving one or more minors and one or more adults.
This is Part One of two episodes. Should you choose to hear this interview, listen to this episode BEFORE listening to Part Two.

A former resident of The Lord's Ranch goes into graphic detail of what I believe to be the most disturbing interview ever shared on this podcast. Due to the length of our exchange, this podcast has been broken up into two episodes. There will be moments of silence due to necessary pauses in the conversation.

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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? - Season 1 Episode 30: Nathan Harmon Talks Gary Jackson and More
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07/10/23 • 89 min

Nathan Harmon went to The Lord's Ranch for two years in the 90's. In this emotionally charged episode, we discuss his experience-- including stories about former staff who are still affiliated with industries involving children. This included Emmett Presley, Gary Jackson, and several others.
The music composed for this podcast came from Blaq2ba. You can contact him at:
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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? - Season 1 Episode 27: Alex Smith (Part 1)

Season 1 Episode 27: Alex Smith (Part 1)

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05/10/23 • 135 min

This is the first of a series of interview segments in what turned out to be the longest podcast we've done to date. It's a roller coaster of emotions, violence, sexual abuse, and more. There will be more episodes to come until this entire interview is concluded.
The music composed for this podcast came from Blaq2ba. You can contact him at:
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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? - Season 1 Episode 25: The Brother of the Boy Who Died Trying to Escape The Lord’s Ranch.
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02/13/23 • 220 min

On February 13, 1995, Robert Westerhoff and Christopher Chandler escaped The Lord’s Ranch in a staff vehicle after a staff member left their keys out. Robert was known for being an escape artist from facilities and he took advantage of the keys being left behind. After driving 100 miles, he fell asleep at the wheel and drove off into a large ravine. Robert died in that accident and Chris was airlifted to a hospital with a ruptured spleen. Terry Westerhoff was Roberts's younger brother. Terry wants to get the message out to everyone that The Lord's Ranch was an inadequate facility. The staff member's inexperience made them ill-prepared to properly run a residential treatment facility. But cheap labor and staff ignorance was purposely chosen over expensive tenured employees, and obeying the law.
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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? - Season 1 Episode 24: Sammi & Ryan Late Night Chat🌙

Season 1 Episode 24: Sammi & Ryan Late Night Chat🌙

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01/15/23 • 123 min

Sammi & Ryan had a late-night chat about some of their podcast controversies and various topics that dip in and out of the history of The Lord's Ranch.
The music composed for this podcast came from Blaq2ba. You can contact him at:
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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? - Season 1 Episode 23 - Kyle Jensen Gets Beaten Up By Staff At Ten Years Old
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01/02/23 • 120 min

Kyle Jensen alleges a staff member punched him in the face over and over again when he was only ten years old. The staff failed to remember that Kyle was scheduled to see his parents the next day. Once Jason remembered, it was too late. The immense damage was done--Black eyes, busted lips, etc. Kyle Jensen only stayed at The Lord's Ranch for a month because a staff member named Jason thought he could get away with beating a ten-year-old like a grown man. Fortunately for Kyle, his parents were there the next day to see the carnage on his face. The ranch's nurse actually tried to claim they were self-inflicted wounds. It seemed like yet another pathetic attempt to make the ranch seem like an innocent facility. They must have the worst luck imaginable if even 10% of their explanations are true.
The music composed for this podcast came from Blaq2ba. You can contact him at:
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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? - Season 1 Episode 20: Did Kevin Maxwell Know too Much to be Hired at The Lord's Ranch?
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12/09/22 • 128 min

Kevin Maxwell had years of experience helping people with mental health and substance abuse problems. Considering The Lord's Ranch routinely hired people with absolutely zero experience, it seemed like he would be a shoo-in for the job they were hiring for. Is it possible that he knew too much and represented a threat to the illegal company culture?
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Dustin Taylor's first treatment facility was the controversial Lord's Ranch. Dustin alleges that what began as fun and games changed his entire trajectory in life for the worse. This is Dustin's story.
The music composed for this podcast came from Blaq2ba. You can contact him at:
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Brad Wallace tells us his story about being at The Lord's Ranch. From staff allowing residents to assault him, to a violent male staff member sexually assaulting him, this was a difficult time in his life. His courage to come forward with his story is admirable and takes tremendous courage.
We're all proud of him for overcoming what was a horrendous experience in his life. Brad Wallace is letting other male victims that they aren't alone.
He should be proud of himself.
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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? - Season 1 Episode 32: Child Molestation and Production of Child Pornography (Part 2)
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07/23/23 • 187 min

*WARNING* Listener discretion is advised. This episode may be difficult for some people to listen to as it contains sexually explicit descriptions involving one or more minors and one or more adults.
This is Part Two of two episodes. Should you choose to hear this interview, listen to this episode AFTER listening to Part One of the interview.

Picking up where we left off in Part One, this episode further delves into alleged abhorrent behavior by former staff members at The Lord's Ranch. There will be moments of silence during this episode due to necessary pauses in the conversation.

If this testimony doesn't warrant an investigation, I don't know what does.

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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? currently has 39 episodes available.

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The podcast is about Christianity, True Crime, Abuse, Depression, Religion & Spirituality, Prison, Trump, Podcasts, Religion, Drugs and Death.

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The episode title 'Season 1 Episode 31: Child Molestation and Production of Child Pornography (Part 1)' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch? is 103 minutes.

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