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Part One: Elan School: The Worst 'Troubled Teen' Facility

Behind the Bastards

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The Story of Joe Richie's Insurance Fraud

Richie and Sherry Richie were married in December of 1969. In 1971, the couple decided to open a therapeutic community of their own. Joe reached out to Dr. Davidson, who he'd worked with briefly, and because he was a smooth son of a bitch, convinced the older man to be their business partner. The two weren't coworkers long before Richie and Sherry moved again to another job at a drug counseling center called Survival Inc. All three of them were fired soon after because they were caught using drugs while working as drug abuse counselors.

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