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Two former residents of The Lord's Ranch go back over 40 years and
interview various generations of former residents, staff members,
local towns people, and a local award-winning investigative
journalist about a religious-based adolescent treatment facility in
Warm Springs, Arkansas. The Lord's Ranch was founded by a financial
felon from California; named Bud Suhl. After his time incarcerated,
Suhl proclaimed he had turned his life around when he found Jesus.
He left California and moved to Randolph County, Arkansas with his
new wife Shirley. Bud Suhl opened up inpatient and outpatient
treatment facilities for troubled youth. The newly found inpatient
facility was in a small town of fewer than 300 residents and has
since been the subject of numerous investigations that go as high
up as the FBI. The Lord’s Ranch even briefly lost their license
three years into business due to numerous complaints of abuse.
These investigations ultimately made Bud's son, Ted a felon as
well. In 2016, around 50 years after Bud’s conviction, Ted was
convicted of bribery and fraud. Ted got out of prison about 4 1/2
years early when Suhl's family friend, Mike Huckabee convinced
President Donald Trump to commute his seven-year sentence. As it
stands right now, nobody has been able to find any documentation
indicating how long Bud spent in prison. At any rate, since Ted had
his sentence commuted rather than being fully pardoned, he remains
a felon for financial crimes committed when his business hit a low
point-- just like his father. With allegations of mental, physical,
and sexual abuse at The Lord's Ranch, Sammi and Ryan decided to do
a deep dive into the matter. Whether it was good, bad, or ugly,
they searched for the full truth. The statements in this podcast
may sound one-sided but nearly everybody who felt compelled to
defend the ranch was unwilling to be interviewed on the podcast. We
even offered to let defensive staff members speak while we asked
zero questions and agreed to offer no rebuttals to anything the
guest said. It would essentially have been a speech in defense of
The Lord's Ranch. But unfortunately, most preferred to type words,
rather than speaking on the phone. Some have also tried their best
to prevent people from coming onto our podcast to share their
story. For somebody claiming innocence, that seems rather suspect.
At any rate, we continued asking anybody with any kind of experiece
with The Lord's Ranch what it was like. These are their
stories.WARNNG: Some of the details spoken in this podcast are
disturbing. Listen at your own risk.
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