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In this timely and deeply personal true crime memoir, James Renner, acclaimed journalist, author,

and creator of the True Crime This Week podcast and former Boy Scout explores the dark side of an American institution,

its pervasive culture of sexual abuse, and the traumatic, even deadly repercussions of its long-buried

secrets. In the summer of 1995, at the largest Boy Scout camp in Ohio, a night of sexual violence ended with one counselor dead and another hospitalized.

The death was ruled accidental.

But it wouldn't be the last death associated with Seven Ranges reservation.

James Renner, too, was a counselor at Seven Ranges Reservation.

James Rennor, too, was a counselor at Seven Ranges that year.

He was always sure there must be more to the story of Mike Klingler's death,

because Rennar also knew firsthand that the 900-acre camp was not the safe getaway it was portrayed to be.

On Friday nights the boys were ushered into the woods for a frightening ceremony in which they learned the rules for becoming good young men,

and above all that keeping secrets was a scout's duty,

no matter how dark the secrets were. Determined to face his demons, Renner embarks on a journey back to that tumultuous summer

and exposes a clandestine society that left indelible scars on the scouts and the staff who were there.

For Renner himself, it meant opening up about his twisted upbringing, his issues with

trust and sexuality, and a lifetime of self-medication.

The result is a deeply personal, no-holds-barred, and vitally important true-crime memoir.

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