On December 13, I took a long drive to Des Plaines to pick up relatives of my friend Perry Kanlan, a showbiz-adjacent eccentric known as Dancin’ Man. The time on the road gave me the chance to reflect on the circumstances of my relationship with him. I formally met Perry in 2011, when my friend […]
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The horrible truth about Bruno Bettelheim revealed in letters to the editor
A confession from a former student at his Orthogenic School for troubled children opened a floodgate of stories about abuse by the celebrated psychologist.