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Likewise, please do not judge all multiples by what you've seen on The United States of Tara. This show is a comedy, it is being played for laughs, it is distorted, inaccurate, and insulting to many multiples.
Shirley's friend Nancy L. Preston has written a book called Life After Sybil which will be offered for sale on this page as soon as it becomes available. Miss Preston was interviewed for the DVD and that interview is included in the extras. Miss Preston's website, Sybil's Friend, has lots of personal reminiscences about her art teacher, mentor and friend.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0499260/board is the IMDB discussion board for the Sybil remake. You might look for more information there.
The Women's Entertainment Network occasionally shows Sybil, apparently uncut.
Oxygen also shows Sybil uncut. Keep an eye on the schedule.
Dr. Cornelia Wilbur's personal papers -- letters, diaries, etc. -- were to be opened in 2005. However, here is no reason to believe that the general public will be allowed access to these papers. This is primarily for the use of researchers like Peter Swales. There is still no word on when or if her professional records will be opened, and it is likely that this will not happen anytime soon due to issues of client confidentiality. Additionally, it is our understanding that Dr. Wilbur kept very incomplete records, and sometimes did not keep charts or records on her clients at all. Any information we gather on Sybil will be posted here.
Sybil: The Hidden Gallery A new book and an exhibition of previously unknown paintings by Shirley Mason. Prints now available.
Sybil's Friend Nancy Preston, Shirley Mason's friend and student, created this loving tribute to the woman& she knew.
Sybil's Identity Revealed Sybil was Shirley
Ardell Mason of Lexington, Kentucky. A documentary film is to be made about
her life. (Again, Sybil is not a documentary. It is a heavily fictionalized adaptation which was made deliberately to resemble a horror film.)
Kentucky art teacher was 'Sybil,' scholar
confirms From the Detroit Free Press.
Was "Sybil"'s Story Bogus? New evidence or
just somebody trying to make a buck?
Unmasking Sybil Just gives a few more facts about her
life.
Stranger In Our Midst How Shirley lived peacefully in Lexington, Kentucky with almost no one the wiser.
Sybil: The Making
of A Disorder from the New York Review. Was Shirley really multiple? Or
did Cornelia Wilbur just talk her into it? Decide for yourself.
Who was the real Sybil? From the New Yorker, January 4, 1999.
Natural History of a Myth By Dr. Robert Rieber. Talks at length about the tapes he heard, and his version of the MPD scandal of the 80s and 90s and how the misreporting of Sybil's case contributed to it. Beware, a lot of this is bullshit.
Bifurcation of Self A review of Dr. Rieber's book on Sybil, pointing out his obvious misinformation and half truths.
On Being The Proper Multiple By Sara Lambert. Even if you actually have the psychiatric MPD condition, it is completely unnecessary to behave like Sybil in order to be believed. Please don't use the film as a role model, and please do read this article if you have or think you have MPD.
Mistaken Identity There is some stuff about Shirley in
this BBC Horizons report. Warning: A British friend tells us, "Horizon is a
show about taking the subject of a scientific paper and making it into a
'story'. They use the expression 'sheer drama' which means that they can't
tell you about the discovery of a new particle without giving you 50
minutes of the amazing chance discovery and people struggling to persuade
their doubting collegues of its existence." Anyone who remembers Greer Garson sitting up in bed and gasping "Pierre! What if that stain is radium?!" should be familiar with this phenomenon.
A brief statement by Linda Massey, who was filmed in the Horizon documentary.
Who Was
The Real Sybil? From the New Yorker, focuses on Shirley Mason's art.
Cornelia Wilbur, Richard Kluft and Frank Putnam on MPD Interrogation methods developed and recommended by the foremost "experts" on this condition. One can see how a non-multiple client could become coerced into pretending to have MPD just to get the hell out of there.
Is Billy Milligan a Natural Multiple? A very
brief astute observation by an anonymous writer. We invite Mr. Milligan's
response.
The Courts have some articles on soulbonding: http://www.karitas.net/courts/writings/essays.html
You may also be interested in this:
Wikipedia's Article on Walk-Ins
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