AHS: Asylum Fans: You might wanna watch the Cropsey movie
post by vamphorrorstory and darkdhalia
In an recent post, go-westfield-wolverines mentioned the movie, Cropsey (2009).
Why might Cropsey be important this season?
For many years, there was a local urban legend on Staten Island,(NY) that there was a boogeyman who lived on the grounds of the abandoned Willowbrook State School for mentally disabled children who would come out at night through the tunnel system and kidnap children. It turns out this was not an urban legend, but the boogeyman was actually a real person.
Who was this real-life boogeyman?
Andre Rand ( March 11th, 1944 - Present)
Birth name: Frank Rushan
AKA: The Pied Piper of Staten Island
- Was a former orderly @ Willowbrook from 1966-1968
- After Willowbrook closed down completely in the early 1980’s , he was homeless and had several make-shift campsites on the Willowbrook grounds
- His father died when he was 14 years old
- His mother was a patient @ Pilgrim State hospital, a psychiatric hospital on Long Island. This hospital has the same exact layout as Willowbrook..
Left to right: Alice Pereira, Holly Ann Hughes, Tiahease Jackson, Henry “ Hank” Gafforio, and Jennifer Schweiger
Alice Pereira- Disappeared : July 7th, 1972
Holly Ann Hughes- Disappeared July 15th, 1981
Tiahease Jackson- Disappeared August 13, 1983
Henry” Hank” Gafforio- Disappeared June 9th, 1984
Jennifer Schweiger: Disappeared July 9th, 1987 (BODY RECOVERED: August 12th, 1987)
His convictions:
For Jennifer Schweiger: Convicted of Kidnapping , murder charges dropped b/c the jury couldn't reach a verdict. Sentenced to 25 yrs to life
For Holly Ann Hughes: Convicted of Kidnapping and sentenced to 25 years to life.
To this day, the only body to be recovered has been Jennifer Schweiger.
Possible connections/coincidences between Willowbrook/Cropsey and AHS: Asylum
- Hepatitis outbreaks (especially Hepatitis A) were common when Willowbrook first opened. As a result, a controversial medical study to treat this involving gamma gloublin was conducted from the 1950's-1970's. Dr. Arden appears to be performing such controversial experiments.
- Willowbrook State School is surrounded heavily by the woods, as is Briarcliff.
- Willowbrook is covered with graffiti and littered w/items from the former hospital, as is Briarcliff.
-Willowbrook has a tunnel system. Briarcliff has a death chute, which is basically the same thing.
-The conditions and treatment of the patients within Willowbrook were quite horrible while opened and several newspapers and a investigative reporter broke the story of these conditions, leading to its closure. Is this why Briarcliff is shut down? Will Lana get her story of Briarcliff's secrets out for the world to see?
- When Willowbrook closed down, some of the patients were left to fend for themselves and they remained at Willowbrook. Is this what is happening this season w/ Bloody Face?
Darkdhalia 1964 Bloody Face Theory:
RAND – DR (as doctor) A (as Arthur) and N (I dont know, maybe his second name or for Nazi)
He take the skin of his victims, keep the organs for experiments and give the rest of body to the Raspers.
Possible the 6th episode “Origins of Monstrosity” is the story of BF, so the story of Dr Arden.
Watch the Cropsey Movie/Documentary: http://www.putlocker.com/file/4EZQWLY7HUKG0C8#
Cropsey (Movie/Documentary)
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Willowbrook State School Wikipedia Article [x]