The Rebel 100

The Rebel 100

The invitation read as follows (loose translation): Dear Highly Distinguished and Presumably Honorable Guest, John Ryland, Rebel Chief Commander of...

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Fairfield State Hospital

Fairfield State Hospital

In 1941 electric shock therapy was introduced to patients. That same year, five attendants at Fairfield State Hospital were charged with beating a ...

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Home

Home

Miss Collins came to the hospital late one summer when the gypsy moth caterpillars covered nearly every pine and fir tree in the basin. It was a di...

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Welcome to Snob Hill

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

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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He Who Transplanted Continues to Sustain

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

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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