Lost Patients Live: First-Person Stories from Seattle's Mental Health Crisis

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Coming Soon: Adults in the Room (Trailer)

The production team behind Lost Patients returns on February 24 with a new investigative series: Adults in the Room. Seattle, 1999. At Garfield High School, Mr. Hudson is a legend. With a thundering voice and imposing stature, Mr. Hudson — or “Tom” as select students call him — t ...  Show more

Adults in the Room: Mounting Danger

In 1998, a popular teacher at Garfield High School in Seattle — named Tom Hudson — falls into a crevasse while mountain-climbing in Olympic National Park. Hudson is accompanied by six teenage students from the school's outdoor program, who pull off a daring rescue of their teache ...  Show more

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