"You need a code of omertà if you're trying to create an organization that's essentially like a criminal organization," Andrew Lohse said.
Lohse was talking about fraternities – the 36-year-old is a fraternity hazing survivor and the author of "Confessions of an Ivy League Frat Boy."
As a Dartmouth student, the whistleblower exposed the stomach-turning indoctrination rituals he said he endured inside Sigma Alpha Epsilon.
TWO OLE MISS STUDENTS FOUND DEAD AS PACKAGED KRATOM IS RECOVERED AT TWO SITES: OFFICIALS
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When recent headlines came to light regarding the mysterious deaths of two students at Ole Miss – one of whom was in a fraternity – and the alleged frat cocaine distribution ring at Penn State, Lohse said he was immediately reminded of his time as a brother.
"For years and years [the last] 10 years, it's like whenever someone dies in a frat, like that's when my phone rings," Lohse told Fox News Digital.
OLE MISS NAMES STUDENTS FOUND DEAD AS OFFICIAL ADDRESSES POTENTIAL FOR FOUL PLAY
One of the Ole Miss students who was found dead this past week, Ryan Strang, was a Phi Delta Theta fraternity brother. He was found at an off-campus home. Authorities found packages of kratom, a commercially available drug that has been derided as "gas station heroin," at both scenes. However, its role in either death was not immediately clear.
Phi Delta Theta has not been accused of any wrongdoing.
(Rashid Umar Abbasi for Fox News Digital)
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