Episode
Part One: Elan School: The Worst 'Troubled Teen' Facility
1:23:51
Published: Tue Jul 27 2021
Description
Robert is joined by Miles Gray to discuss The Elan School.FOOTNOTES: https://www.nytimes.com/2002/06/02/style/skeletons-in-the-classroom.html https://www.darkdowneast.com/episodes/elanschool https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-2000-02-15-0002150060-story.html https://books.google.com/books?id=GCv_lLRAAWMC&pg=PA371&lpg=PA371&dq=joe+ricci+Daytop&source=bl&ots=Hd3sMgUT5c&sig=ACfU3U1U1xJywjNNNcpIkCTqx6G_G9KRbw&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJlISfkPzvAhVXFVkFHcsVDx0Q6AEwEnoECBMQAw#v=onepage&q=joe%20ricci%20Daytop&f=false https://www.sunjournal.com/2016/03/13/family-asks-really-happened-phil-elan-school/# https://www.sunjournal.com/2016/03/20/day-officer-smiley-helped-boy-escape-elan-school/?rel=related# https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2000/10/dominick-dunne-martha-moxley-murder-greenwich https://archive.is/ixdgd#selection-529.0-529.432 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/exclusive-new-york-state-_b_38895 https://www.reddit.com/r/IAmA/comments/ee7oq/iama_graduate_of_the_elan_school/ https://cases.justia.com/federal/district-courts/connecticut/ctdce/3:2007cv01625/79511/33/0.pdf?ts=1232080685 CURLEY, MAURA. DUCK IN A RAINCOAT . MENUKIE PRESS /VIRGIN VOICE. Kindle Edition. https://elan.school/ Learn more about your ad-choices at https://www.iheartpodcastnetwork.comSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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