This week, Luke takes us on an epic journey parsing the tall tale of the "Cropsey Maniac," the true crime stories of missing children and murders on Staten Island that echoed the Cropsey myth, and the haunting landscape of abandoned institutions that inspire urban legends and urban exploration today.
Sources:
- The Cropsey Maniac by Lee Haring and Mark Breslerman
- Artifacts Journal Blog The Cropsey Maniac
- Jasper Cropsey Biography for the Catalogue Raisonne
- 'The Burning' Pre-Production via Hysteria Lives
- NYC Farm Colony and Seaview Hospital History at Sometimes Interesting
- Cropsey: The Terrifying Urban Legend of Cropsey Brought to Life at The Lineup
- History of Willowbrook at the Terrifying Legend of Cropsey Classic New York History.com
- Jennifer Schweiger’s Body Found AP Aug 1987
- The Charley Project: Missing Children Case information
- Willowbrook Mile
- Willowbrook State School Documentation Project at College of Staten Island
- Beatings, Burns, & Betrayal: The Willowbrook Scandal’s Legacy New York Times
- What’s Left of Abandoned Willowbrook State School Now on Staten Island via Untapped New York
- Forgotten New York: Hospital of the Damned
- New York City Farm Colony via Opacity.us
Videos:
- The Burning (1981) (Tubi, Roku Amazon)
- Cropsey Documentary (2009) (Tubi)
- Willowbrook, The Last Great Disgrace (1972) Geraldo Rivera, W-ABC (ABC7NY)
- Unforgotten: 25 Years After Willowbrook
- WIllowbrook Memorial Lecture, symposia preserved on Willowbrook YouTube Channel
- TikTok Alice Austen biography (Kendragaylord)
- Jason Alexander 1980s McDonald’s McDLT Commercial
Places to Visit:
- College of Staten Island
- Greenbelt Recreation Center at NYC Farm Colony
- Jasper Cropsey Home, Ever Rest
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