Briarcliff Manor Mental Asylum - Christmas Card

Briarcliff Manor Mental Asylum Christmas Photo/Holiday Card

Merry Xmas and Have a Crazy New Year. 

Happy Holidays!

Love,

Your friends at the Briarcliff Manor Mental Asylum

American Horror Story Cheap on DVD/Blu-Ray

Happy Black Bloody Friday Weekend.  Check out these great prices on American Horror Story - Season 1 at Amazon!

Best prices we've seen here on American Horror Season 1 DVD and Blu Ray.  This is better than what is out there on Target or Wal-Mart!

(Also, great deal on Unofficial American Horror San Disk Cruzer USB (thematic Black and White colors). The 32 GB version is only $16 - that's only 50 cents a gigabyte. Now that's scary!  Those Amazon pricing associates may have to be committed to Briarcliff Sanitarium asylum soon.)

Insane Asylum: Is it Real?

 Briarcliff Manor Insane Asylum

Briarcliff Manor Insane Asylum.  Is it real?  We will be exploring which characters are taken from real life on American Horror Story!

Main characters at Briarcliff Manor Insane Asylum

    Sister Jude Martin (played by Jessica Lange): A stern nun with a dark past, who oversees the doctors and patients at Briarcliff Institute.

    Dr. Oliver Thredson (played byZachary Quinto): A psychiatrist at Briarcliff Institute whose approach to treatment creates conflict with that of Sister Jude's. Episode 5 reveals him to be the serial killer, "Bloody Face."

    Monsignor Timothy Howard (played byJoseph Fiennes): Sister Jude’s superior and the object of her affections.

    Lana Winters (played by Sarah Paulson): Journalist committed to the asylum for her homosexuality after she attempts to expose Briarcliff’s darkest secrets. In Episode 5, Dr. Threadson breaks Lana out of Briarcliffe and holds her captive after revealing himself to be "Bloody Face."

    Kit Walker (played by Evan Peters): A new inmate at Briarcliff Institute, who is believed to be the serial killer, "Bloody Face", accused of killing several women, including his wife, but he insists that she has been abducted by aliens. In Episode 5 he is tricked by Dr. Thredson into a taped confession of the murders after which it is revealed he isn't the serial killer.

    Sister Mary Eunice (played by Lily Rabe): A young nun who works at Briarcliff Institute under Sister Jude who has favored her, believing her naivety to be an indication of her "purity". However, Sister Mary Eunice is later possessed by a sinister spirit and her behavior quickly changes.

    Grace (played by Lizzie Brocheré): An inmate at Briarcliff Institute who is believed to have murdered her family with an axe after being raped by her father. She becomes an ally and later a lover of Kit Walker.

    Dr. Arthur Arden (played by James Cromwell): A doctor at Briarcliff Institute and a former Nazi, whose sadistic experiments have produced "Raspers", mutated former patients, who lurk in the woods surrounding the institution. He appears to have a history of violence towards women.

Supporting characters at Briacliff Manor Institute

    Shelley (played by Chloë Sevigny): Inmate at Briarcliff, who has been diagnosed as a nymphomaniac.
    Spivey (played by Mark Consuelos): Inmate at Briarcliff, who is considered to have aggression issues. He beats Kit Walker on his first day there.
    Leo (played by Adam Levine): Lover in current time whose arm is ripped off by an unknown creature in the season premiere.
    Teresa (played by Jenna Dewan Tatum): Lover who runs through an underground tunnel, only to run into Bloody Face. She escapes but is shot and killed by two teenagers dressed as Bloody Face.
    Pepper (played by Naomi Grossman): Inmate at Briarcliff, who is alleged to have drowned her sister's baby.
    Alma Walker (played by Britne Oldford): Kit Walker's wife.
    Wendy (played by Clea Duvall): Lana Winter's girlfriend and a 3rd grade school teacher. Sister Jude threatens to expose their relationship and blackmails Wendy into signing Lana into her custody. Bloody Face later abducts and murders Wendy.
    Sam Goodwin (played by Mark Margolis)   
    Future Briarcliff Inmate? (played by Frances Conroy)
    Future Briarcliff Inmate? (played by Dylan McDermott)
    Future Briarcliff Inmate? (played by Ian McShane)
    Future Briarcliff Inmate? (played by Eric Stonestreet)

Most Haunted New England Asylums

 Images of Worcester State Hospital - A Closed New England Insane Asylum

Here are some great asylum photos of the most haunted asylums in New England from our friends at the Boston Phoenix.

The American Horror Story: Asylum inspired story covers the following haunted asylums that may or may have not inspired Briarcliff Manor:

Worcester State Hospital - Worcester, MA

Danvers State Hospital - Danvers, MA

Foxborough State Hospital - Foxboro, MA - Tom Brady's favorite insane asylum

Medfield State Hospital - Medfield, MA  - Film Location of Shutter Island 

Fernald State School - Waltham, MA - MIT researchers fed subjects radioactive breakfasts

Metropolitan State Hospital - Waltham, MA

Belchertown State School - Belchertown, MA

Which insane asylum inspired Briarcliff Santiarium?  Come back later for our breakthrough reporting...

Briarcliff Manor: An American Horror Story

The Real Briarcliff Manor Sanatarium?

Is the Briarcliff Manor on American Horror real? Come back later and find out more on the top secret Western Massachusetts asylum. 

More details to come after American Horror debuts on FX October 17th.

Briarcliff Manor Sanitarium

Here is where you can learn more about the Briarcliff Manor Sanitarium located in Western Massachusetts!

Briarcliff Manor Sanitarium News:

Our new Expressive Therapies director here at the Briarcliff Manor has just started an innovative music therapy program combining music composition and the latest social media outlets as vehicles for our patients to express themselves.  By sharing their personal stories of pain and strife, our client's are helped to be feel both heard and validated.  Check out one of our Briarcliff Manor patient's latest videos here:

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 We hope you are too.  Please let us know what you think.

What Time is American Horror Story On?

What Time is American Horror Story on tonight? 

FX airs American Horror on Wednesdays at 10 PM EST, 9PM Central Time.

In the meantime, watch the first five minutes of American Horror Story: Asylum

Briarcliff Manor Asylum


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