2 Comments Posted by Cowbiter

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I live in Pittsburgh. The local PBS station ran a story on Dixmont about two years ago....I remember one lady being interviewed outside, along the windows, and you could hear constant bangs & slams. It was the wind blowing through the building, slamming doors open and closed.

I also remember a large mosaic in the floor tiles, I think it was where a reception desk once was. It may have been a star of some sort.

They went all down through the tunnels, showing some of the graffiti by those who were brave enough t venture down there. There was even a mosaic made of broken record pieces. I'm not sure who made that.

There may be information on copies of the documentary on the WQED website.
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HIPPA is fairly new, and given the fact that most of these places didn't seem to care much about the patients themselves, why would they care what happened to their records? If you take a moment to think about what was done to some of the people in these places, the paperwork is nothing.