Zoe & Lillian, Part 1 - Entering the Program: Ivy Ridge, Midwest Academy, & Casa by the Sea

Trust Me: Cults, Extreme Belief, and Manipulation

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🗓️ 27 March 2024

⏱️ 52 minutes

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Survivors of the infamous WWASP schools, Zoe & Lillian, share about their experiences being forced to join Ivy Ridge, Midwest Academy, and Casa by the Sea; All schools featured in the current Netflix docudrama, The Program: Cons, Cults, and Kidnapping. Lola & Meagan dig into how these programs were marketed to parents, the dramatic ways Zoe & Lillian were brought to the facilities as teenagers, the levels inside the program that were impossible to climb, how they could only communicate with their eyes, and how they were kept from their families. Check out our great sponsors!! Quince: Love affordable luxury? Go to Quince.com/trust for free shipping on your order and 365-day returns! Shopify: Run a business? Sign up for a $1 per month trial period at shopify.com/trustme ZocDoc: Need a doctor? Go to Zocdoc.com/trustme and download the Zocdoc app for FREE! CHECK OUT OUR MERCH!! bit.ly/trustmemerch Got your own story about cults, extreme belief, or abuse of power? Leave a voicemail or text us at 347-86-TRUST (347-868-7878) OR shoot us an email at [email protected] INSTAGRAM: @TrustMePodcast @oohlalola @meaganelizabeth11 TWITTER: @TrustMeCultPod @ohlalola @baberahamhicks TIKTOK: @TrustMeCultPodcast

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0:00.0	If you have your own story of being an occult or a high control group, or if you've had experience with manipulation or abuse to power that you'd like to share,
0:07.5	leave us a message on our hotline number at 347-86 trust.
0:12.0	That's 347-868-78 or shoot us an email at trust me pod at gmail.
0:19.0	Trust me.
0:20.0	Trust me.
0:21.0	Dude you trust me.
0:22.0	Trust me I'm like a smart person.
0:25.0	Yeah, I've never lied to you.
0:27.0	I never have lied to you.
0:28.0	If you think that one person has all the answers, don't.
0:32.0	Welcome to Trust Me, the answers. Don't! Welcome to trust me, the podcast about cults, extreme belief, and manipulation from two bad girls who've actually
0:38.8	experienced it. I'm Lola Blunk. And I'm Megan Elizabeth, the resident bad girl.
0:43.6	That's right.
0:45.0	Today our guests are Zoe and Lillian, survivors of Midwest Academy as well as in Zoe's case,
0:50.8	Academy at Ivy Ridge, to behavior modification facilities for teens
0:54.8	from the same organization that's the subject
0:57.0	of the new Netflix series called The Program,
0:59.4	Kons, Colts, and Kidnapping.
1:01.3	We have changed Zoe's name at her request, that's what we're going to call her today.
1:04.7	We're going to talk to these ladies about how these programs are marketed to parents as lovely summer
1:08.8	camp-style schools that will improve their children's behavior problems and how very wrong that turned out to be,
1:14.0	the traumatic ways that Lily and Zoe were brought to the first programs they went to and how Zoe was
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