Meeting with the Commissioner, Summer, 1979.
Dr. Walter and Dr. Smith both reported positive results from recent "Touch-A-Snake" experiments down in the blue room. Dr. Walter described the 20 ...
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Have You Heard The Trains Up And Running Again
She wanted badly for a train to come rolling by one day so she could hear the screeching sound of the flanged wheels grinding away at the heavy iro...
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An Experimental Analysis of Questionable Discrepancy in Female Patients at Fairfield Hills
"Good afternoon, Mrs. Anderson. How are we this...? Oh my, look at the time, it's almost 9. Let's begin, shall we?" Today I will be administering ...
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Welcome to Snob Hill
According to local reports, Cochran House was named in honor of one Mrs. Alice Ross Cochran, Chairman of the Board of Trustees. One former friend a...
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It's A Very Nice Blue
"Down the hall to the blue room on the left. Take a seat. The proctor will be in shortly." It's quite a nice blue this blue is. It's not a deep bl...
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Qui Transtulit Sustinet
I sometimes question whether it was in fact God who transplanted us hither. I feel strongly that a transplant somewhere yonder--one not so...not so...
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It Could Be A Lot Worse
Could it? I suppose it could. A thousand deadly snakes could cover the floor beneath my bare feet and the hallways I could discover overgrown with...
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Where Splendid Psychiatric Charm meets Ivy League Prestige
Nothing screams 'old money Ivy League' like Fairfield Hills State Mental Institution. Nestled in the prefrontal cortex of pastoral New England
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Fairfield Color Asylum: A History of Violence
Not all violence involves an act or demonstration of sheer brute force intended to hurt, maim, or kill. Some psychologists argue violence is a matt...
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