In their latest video, Gangrene visits the abandoned Willowbrook State School in Staten Island where thousands of handicapped children were locked in rooms for extended lengths of time and forced to sleep on floors covered in their own excrement. Gangrene went to the actual location to capture the real meaning of “disgust,” where they got their inspiration for the “You Disgust Me” album artwork.
Despite Geraldo’s report, still took more than 10 years before authorities began shutting down Willowbrook. Many patients were transferred to group homes; but others were left to fend for themselves. There were those who believe that some patients out of confusion and habit, returned to the 365 acres of Willowbrook, to roam the abandoned buildings and live in the tunnel system that lay underneath…
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