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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch?

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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What Really Happened at The Lord's Ranch?

Season 1 Episode 15 :Jayme Kentmyer: Planes, Suhl's and Huckabees.

November 11, 2022 • Ryan & Sammi • Season 1 • Episode 15

In this episode, Jayme shares her experience with Medicaid fraud while working in the office and what she believes were three large staff members beating up a smaller kid in a shed. A long-time office employee told her that all phone calls were recorded (similar to how kids were told the classrooms were bugged when they were interviewed by people in suits in 2006.) She also talks about how often she saw planes land at the ranch after I brought up Mike Huckabee's weekly visits to meet with Bud Suhl.
You know we often say this place was like a federally funded cult? Jayme said the speaker at their mandatory office worker bible study said the following:

"The world is coming to an end. And we have 3,000 acres. And we are up on this hill. And you ALL will be saved. Nobody else will."

What does that sound like to you? Perhaps a quote from Charles Manson or David Koresh? That place was a federally funded cult owned by a felony con artist.

I also provide an update on some of our recent findings and experiences with this investigation at the end:

1. I finally found out the true catalyst to how I and some other boys ended up in Level 1. And it wasn't what I thought.
2. The Ranch used to build lakes on their property and even landed planes in them. I learned about this after bringing up the frequent visits from Mike Huckabee-- former governor known for spending order a quarter million on renting private planes and also for flying in the Arkansas Police Plane--The Beachfront 200, which is known for its ability to land on uneven ground in short distances.
3. A longtime office worker claimed that every landline on the ranch was tapped and recorded
The 2006 raid may not have been the FBI although we initially thought it was. We haven't confirmed who conducted it, but there was an entity of people in suits that did show up and investigate the ranch by asking the kids questions. Multiple kids have reported being told by staff that the room was bugged by the ranch before they could be interviewed.
4. The FBI definitely raided the ranch later on (I believe in 2012.) This may have been connected to Ted’s financial crimes that he allegedly claimed were a set up by Former President Barrack Obama to persecute Christians.
5. The rumors surrounding Philander Kirk’s death and whether or not they have any validity. I also speculate on why the Ranch would even want to cover up the true details and if some people knew, wouldn’t there be some charges and a news story to go along with it?
6. I spoke with Roderick after releasing the podcast. In this episode, I'll update you on where he, and I stand.

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