49: Episode 49: The Élan School
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Not Today
4.5 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 24 August 2021
⏱️ 64 minutes
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Summary
In 1970 Elan School opened its doors promising to be a rehabilitation center and school for troubled teens, but in reality it was a living hell. Teenagers aged 12-18 were subjected to constant emotional and physical abuse, humiliation and dehumanization as a way to be mentally broken and controlled. Not only were these teens subjected to daily abuse, but they were also forced to participate in the abuse of their peers. The first thing you learned at Elan was there was no escaping.
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| 0:30.1 | Hey, I'm Steph. |
| 0:31.5 | I'm Alex. And this is not today. Hey, how are you? I'm great greetings, how are you? Good, I'm good. I feel like I'm gonna die. Really?? Well my body is dying. Pain. That maybe that's a harsh way of saying that I'm in pain and sore because I |
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| 1:15.8 | Then I got home and I woke up early, which was weird. |
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| 1:59.4 | shall we? |
| 2:00.4 | Yep. Okay. So, we're talking about the Elon School today and if you don't know what the |
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