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Camp Shame

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Camp Shane—one of America’s longest running weight loss camps for kids—promised extraordinary results. Campers who began the summer in heavy bodies were often unrecognizable when they left. In a society obsessed with being thin, it seemed like a miracle solution.

But there were some dark truths behind  Camp Shane’s facade of happy, transformed children. Kids were being pushed to their physical and emotional limits as the family that owned Shane turned a blind eye. More than 50 years after its founding, host Kelsey Snelling is bringing the real story of Camp Shane to light.

In this eight-episode series, she unpacks and investigates stories of mistreatment and reexamines the culture of fatphobia that enabled a flawed system to continue for so long. Along the way, she reveals and weighs the heavy price of shame.

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8 episodes  •  0 archived  •  
S1 E7·
July 3
July 3
42 mins
S1 E6·
June 26
June 26
36 mins
S1 E5·
June 19
June 19
50 mins
S1 E4·
June 12
June 12
47 mins
S1 E3·
June 5
June 5
42 mins
S1 E2·
June 5
June 5
47 mins
S1 E1·
June 5
June 5
38 mins
Trailer·
April 15
April 15
2 mins