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 ...

TOLEDO, Ohio — Toledo ended 2023 with more teens either being involved in or being victims of violent crime in comparison to 2022. A local organization is working to give young boys proper guidance.

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 ...

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 ...

Trigger Warning: This piece contains descriptions of abuse. Netflix’s The Program explores the troubled teen industry from the perspective of someone who went through it. Filmmaker Katherine Kubler ...