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Bad Therapist

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Bad Therapist

By: Evan Wright
Narrated by: Neil Shah
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Inside the biggest scandal in the history of America’s $40 billion drug recovery industry: a predatory Malibu rehab guru - and the fearless female patient who exposed his empire of deceit.

Chris Bathum was a respected therapist, addiction specialist, and founder of one of the fastest-growing rehabilitation chains in America. But Bathum was a total fraud: he was a homicidal meth-head with a history of sexually abusing his patients, scamming insurance companies, and eliminating whistle-blowers. Like Rose Stahl. But this intended victim would be his last. Stahl would risk her life to bring down the monster she and so many other people in need had once trusted for their salvation.

Evan Wright’s Bad Therapist is part of Exposure, a collection of six incredible and true stories of American double lives from millionaire CEOs and suburban teens to undercover investigators and scam artists - all for whom secrets are a way of life. Each piece can be listened to in a single astonished sitting.

©2019 Evan Wright (P)2019 Brilliance Publishing, Inc., all rights reserved. Con Artists, Hoaxes & Deceptions Crime Law Social Sciences Sociology True Crime Urban White Collar & Corporate Crime Collections Nonfiction

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narrators depictions of female characters is awful...makes them sound air headed. story would be been more thrilling if narrator was better

could have been better

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Amazing true story typical of swindlers and fraudsters that see an opportunity in the system to fund their lifestyles and cause great harm and hurt too others .. Well told story with excellent narration giving it a unique feel … a different style but definitely worth a listen

Don’t be put off by the comments on the narration

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I'm not American so it was a revelation to find out just how corrupt the rehab industry was/is. Fascinating to discover how yet another well-intentioned social intervention was appropriated by neoliberalism and profiteers.

Interesting exposé

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This is a badly written story of what could potentially be a very interesting topic. However, it is not well written, and what’s more, the narrator is the worst I’ve ever heard. The terrible and unnecessary imitations of the real people involved are embarrassing and cringe worthy to listen to. I can’t stress enough how much I disliked listening to this narrator. It was a hard listen to get through.

Terrible narrator

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Bad Therapist is a shocking true story of fraud, abuse and drug addiction in California. The book is beautifully written and researched. A gripping listen.

Gripping

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