Between 1970 and 2011, one school exploited troubled teen industry more than any other. How did one man manage to convert his own experience at one such behaviour modification programme into a legal business than scarred thousands of its students?

This is the story of Élan school.

0:00 The only doc I'd recommend

4:32 Synanon

30:37 Elan school founder

41:18 The school

56:36 Day in a life

1:29:30 The attack in attack therapy

1:44:30 The tip of the iceberg

1:53:10 Death by Reddit

https://youtu.be/SORkoGGfcDY

The Last Stop doc: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWLc1_sb4JA