http://www.metafilter.com/tags/hiramcollyer Posts tagged with 'hiramcollyer' at MetaFilter. Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:27:21 -0800 Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:27:21 -0800 en-us http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 60 http://www.metafilter.com/30478/Are%2Dyou%2Da%2DCollyer <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/12/31/nyregion/31HOAR.html?pagewanted=print&amp;position=">Examining the Roots of Hoarding</a> - A "mini-collyer" is saved from his junk hoard. As for the <a href="http://www.theplan.com/dmi/collier_story.htm">real</a> <a href="http://earthdude1.tripod.com/collyer/collyer.html">Collyers</a>, <i>"The bizarre collection of objects included 14 grand pianos, two organs, and a clavichord; human medical specimens preserved in a glass jars; the chassis of a Model-T Ford; a library of thousands of medical and engineering books; an armory of weapons; the top of a carriage; 6 U.S. flags and one Union Jack; a primitive X-Ray machine"</i> - Langley was crushed to death by his own garbage boobytrap, leaving blind, helpless Hiram to die trapped in their junk packed labyrinth of a mansion. Accused of living like the Collyer Brothers? - <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/26/nyregion/26feat.html?ex=1073019600&en=45ac74263534a7ad&ei=5070">Here's a photo</a> (NYT, reg. req.). tag:metafilter.com,2003:site.30478 Wed, 31 Dec 2003 08:27:21 -0800 collyer collyerbrothers hiramcollyer hoarding langleycollyer troutfishing