The E-Sylum:  Volume 7, Number 1, January 4, 2004, Article 26

DISPOSOPHOBIA: THE COLLYER BROTHERS SYNDROME

Here's another new word for our vocabulary mavens:
disposophobia - the fear of throwing anything away.
The following links leads to some interesting stories
about the infamous Collyer brothers.

http://www.humanracetheatre.org/production.html
http://www.wfmu.org/Playlists/Charlie/char.010430collyer2.html
http://www.theplan.com/clutter/brothers.htm

There is also a new book on the subject: "Ghosty Men:
The Strange but True Story of the Collyer Brothers,
New York's Greatest Hoarders, An Urban Historical"
by Franz Lidz, released October, 2003. I'd buy it, but
where to put it....?

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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