Very good oral history-esque portrait of a unique company town. Interviews with townsfolk, former staff members, and even a patient provide great details and make the place come alive. One of the staff, cleaning up after the psychiatric center closed down, offers a compelling description of finding an attic room filled with 400 suitcases – the personal belongings of former patients, containing everything from sweaters to FDR campaign posters. We hear about the gravedigger patient, the long-time staff member who kept only one memento from his time in this “haven for incurables,” and conditions good and bad. The producer writes well, the piece flows along. This is a valuable snapshot of a certain place in time, and a particular method for treating the mentally ill. The talk ends at about 12:00 – there’s a long music trailer that can easily be faded as needed. At this length, hard to program into NPR slots, but if you’ve got a mix-slot, or special programming on mental health issues, include this.