**Content Warning: This episode contains discussions of accidental death and multiple suicides of minors**

A beloved high school principal, trusted by students and parents alike, begins using hypnosis to help teens with anxiety, performance, and pain. Sounds harmless… until we realize just how deep those sessions go. Closed doors. Altered states. Missing memories. And a chilling question: what happens when someone else starts rewiring your mind?

As we unravel the stories of three students who all sat in that office, closed their eyes, and never got to tell their full story, things take a tragic turn. Students exhibit trance-like behavior, strange emotional detachment, depressive states and out of character decision making. It’s a devastating case that raises a difficult question about trust, authority, and the unseen impact of suggestion.

If you or someone you know is in crisis, free, confidential help is available 24/7:

988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline — Call or text 988

Also available via chat at 988lifeline.org

Crisis Text Line — Text HOME to 741741

Trevor Project — Call 1-866-488-7386 or text START to 678-678 for LGBTQ+ youth

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Edited and produced by Jaimi Ryan. Original music by Arms Akimbo!

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