Netflix’s upcoming docuseries “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” is a first-person account of the trauma and abuse a group of teens experienced while attending The Academy at Ivy Ridge in ...

For some, “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” is entertainment. For director Katherine Kubler and her former classmates, though, it's the story of their lives. In the three-part series, director ...

The latest true-crime docuseries to hit Netflix charts shot to the No. 3 spot on the streamer's most-watched list last week as more than 7 million people tuned in to "The Program: Cons, Cults and ...

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A deeply personal advocacy piece, “The Program: Cons, Cults and Kidnapping” becomes messy at times over its three chapters, although in a way, that’s part of its power. Director Katherine Kubler spent ...

If you were paying attention to the news in the early 2000s, you’ve likely seen footage — desperate parents, exhausted and frightened by their troubled teen’s behaviour, pay to have their child ...

Sarah Golightley received funding from the Economic and Social Research Council. A new Netflix documentary series, The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping, about the “troubled-teen industry”, is ...

Two decades ago this week, Disney released an R-rated movie about college football starring Halle Berry -- and it instantly found a place in cinematic infamy. By Shawn Kotzen The Program Omar Epps ...