Scout Camp (eBook)

Sex, Death, and Secret Societies Inside the Boy Scouts of America

James Renner (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2025
272 Seiten
Citadel Press (Verlag)
978-0-8065-4334-5 (ISBN)

Infos

In this timely and deeply personal true crime memoir, acclaimed journalist, author, creator of the True Crime This Week podcast, and former Boy Scout James Renner, explores the dark side of an American institution, its pervasive culture of sexual abuse, and the traumaticeven deadlyrepercussions of its long-buried secrets. In the summer of 1995, at the largest Boy Scout camp in Ohio, a night of sexual violence ended with one counselor dead and another hospitalized. The death was ruled ';accidental.' It wouldn't be the last death associated with Seven Ranges Reservation. James Renner, too, was a counselor at Seven Ranges that year. He was always sure there must be more to the story of Mike Klingler's death, because Renner also knew firsthand that the 900-acre camp was not the safe getaway it was portrayed to be. On Friday nights the boys were ushered into the woods for a frightening ceremony in which they learned the rules for becoming good young menand, above all, that keeping secrets was a Scout's duty. No matter how dark the secrets were. Determined to face his demons, Renner embarks on a journey back to that tumultuous summer and exposes a clandestine society that left indelible scars on the Scouts and the staff who were there. For Renner, it meant opening up about his twisted upbringing, his issues with trust and sexuality, and a lifetime of self-medication. The result is a deeply personal, no-holds-barred, and vitally important true crime memoir.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.2.2025
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Politik / Gesellschaft
• Schlagworte: accused • addiction memoirs • akron, ohio • alcholics anonymous • arson • Bankruptcy • Boy Scout camp • Boy Scouts • boy scouts history • british war criminal • camp counselors • camp cpounsellors • Childhood Trauma • children of divorce • cliques • closeted homosexuals • Cold Case • Coming of Age • cover-up • crazy little children • Discrimination • first sexual espericne • guilty • High School • Homophobia • homophobic parents • Homosexuality • house bill 35 • initiation rites • investigation • James Renner • leave no trace documentary • LGBTQ • lgbtq issues • LGBTQ memoir • Masturbation • masturbation myths • mike klingler • Mormon Church • native american cosplay • Native American rituals • not guilty • Pedophilia • Pipestem • pipestone ritual • PTSD • Robert Baden-Powell • scouts bs • scout’s honor documentary • scout’s honor law • Secret Ceremonies • secret rituals • secret society • self-hating homosexuals • seven ranges boy scout camp • Sexual Abuse • Sexual molestation • sexual rituals • sexual secrets • sobriety memoirs • suexual abuse lawsuits • Suicide • suspicious deaths • teenager accused • teenage victim • transgender issues • True Crime • True Crime Addict • true crime memoir • unsolved mystery • Witness
• ISBN-10: 0-8065-4334-5 / 0806543345
• ISBN-13: 978-0-8065-4334-5 / 9780806543345