ImOld
Octogenerian
Excuse me folks but the 'switched bare ground wire' should have brought this discussion to a forum answer end. Common sense and code wise it boggles my mind. The entire circuit needs to be redone correctly. There is more than one way to correctly wire a 3 way circuit. All the samples you need are on the internet. It needs to be done on paper and checked or this will be a circular "maybe if I swap these around it will work".