Finite podcast series · True Crime
The Lost Kids
The Lost Kids · USG Audio
A missing-person investigation that widens into an indictment of the behavior-modification industry built around vulnerable teenagers.
LR score 88 · 1 published rating
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- 6 verified main-run episodes
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- Listening time
- 220 verified minutes
- Facts reviewed
- July 22, 2026
- Editorial review
- July 22, 2026
Listening Record verdict
Why we recommend it
The disappearance supplies urgency, but the reporting's larger value is showing how institutional coercion and a troubled-youth business can shape what happens to children placed in their care.
Best for: Listeners interested in missing-person reporting that expands into institutional and industry accountability.
Not for: Listeners who need to avoid child-abuse, coercion, missing-youth, or institutional-trauma material.
Strengths
- Connects one disappearance to the structure of a wider industry.
- Maintains focus on the vulnerability of young people inside coercive programs.
Caveats
- The broader institutional inquiry may not provide the simple case resolution some missing-person listeners expect.
Sensitivity guidance: Contains discussion of child abuse, institutional coercion, missing persons, and trauma.
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