Sep 15 2024 28 mins
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Hey, true crime friends. For the next two weeks we will be
diving into one of the corrupt schools in the troubled teen industry: the Elan School in Poland, Maine. To start the series off, we will be discussing the school’s founders, Joseph Ricci and Dr. Gerald Davidson, as well as the practices and methods employed at the school.
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Sources:
The Dark History and Demise of Élan School | Dark Downeast
A Life Gone Awry: My Story of the Elan School Unsilenced
The Horrifying History Of Élan School, America's Most Abusive Boarding School (grunge.com)
Inside The Élan School, The 'Last Stop' For Troubled Teens In Maine (allthatsinteresting.com)
JOSEPH RICCI’S CAREER AND CONTROVERSY – Hartford Courant
The history of managing troubled teens without medication | The Elan School (wordpress.com)