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Something Was Wrong

S24 Ep10: My Own Mother Wasn't Going to Save Me

Something Was Wrong

Broken Cycle Media

True Crime, Documentary, Education, Society & Culture

4.124.6K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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*Content Warning: childhood abuse, violent abuse of children, child sex abuse, grooming, psychological and physical violence, body-image abuse, cultic abuse, body dysmorphia, disordered eating. 

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Something was wrong is intended for mature audiences and discusses upsetting topics.

0:05.9

Season 24 survivors discuss violence that they endured as children, which may be triggering for some

0:12.0

listeners. As always, please consume with care. For a full content warning, sources and resources

0:19.1

for each episode, please visit the episode notes.

0:23.2

Opinions shared by the guests of the show are their own, and do not necessarily represent

0:27.7

the views of Broken Cycle Media. All persons are considered innocent until proven guilty

0:33.2

in a court of law. Responses to allegations from individual institutions are included within the season.

0:40.4

Something was wrong and any linked materials should not be misconstrued as a substitution

0:45.1

for legal or medical advice.

0:48.9

Today you'll meet Molly, a survivor of the therapeutic boarding school, Turning Winds.

0:54.8

Turning Wins was founded in 2002 by John Baysden Sr.

0:58.9

And his son, John Baysden, Jr., according to public documents.

1:03.8

It's described as a family-run program with its main campus in Troy, Montana.

1:09.3

But back in the 2000s, when Molly attended, Turning Wins operated in Idaho.

1:15.2

Before launching Turning Lins, the Baysdens were reportedly involved in another Montana and Idaho-based

1:21.6

program called Glacier Mountain Expeditions, which John Baysden Sr Senior allegedly started in 1996 alongside Larry Bauer.

1:32.2

According to a spokesman review article from that year, the program took, quote, troubled teens,

1:38.7

end quote, on a six-week backpacking trip with the intent of behavior modification. However, according to an

1:46.8

announcement made by struggling teens.com, a website that connects families and professionals with

1:53.2

programs for teens with, quote, behavioral challenges, the partnership dissolved in 1999,

2:03.6

and co-founder Larry Bauer went on to become the program director of Glacier Mountain Academy in Sandpoint, Idaho. Meanwhile, John Baysden,

2:10.5

senior, established Glacier Mountain Educational Services and continued his work separately from

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