Comments by "Andrew Brendan" (@andrewbrendan1579) on "Black Dahlia Analysis | Mental Health u0026 Personality" video.

Dr. Grande, would you consider making a video about the famous hoarders the Collyer brothers who both died in their New York City mansion in 1947?
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@michellesartori6695 Thank you for your input, MIchelle! Thank you also for all you did in clearing out the house of those poor sisters. You might be interested in the 1954 novel "My Brother's Keeper" by Marcia Davenport which is based on or inspired by the Collyers. It's fascinating and accurately shows how hoarding develops gradually and this was written long before the topic was of interest to the public. E.L. Doctorow wrote a more recent novel called "Homer and Langley" which is about the Collyers but doesn't closely follow the facts. Obsolete Oddity's video was about the Collyers was outstanding!---I'm going to suggest to Dr. Grande that he make a video about Big Edie and Little Edie Beale who lived at Grey Gardens and were much like the Collyers. There's a 1975 documentary called "Grey Gardens" and the HBO dramatization "Grey Gardens"(covers around 40 years) starring Drew Barrymore and Jessica Lange. I recommend both if you haven't already seen them.
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Dr. Grande would you consider making a video about Big Edie and Little Edie Beale who lived with cats and raccoons in their decrepit, overrun mansion in East Hampton, Long Island here in the U.S.? They were the subject of the documentary "Grey Gardens" and later portrayed by Jessica Lange and Drew Barrymore in the biopic also called "Grey Gardens". I think the hoarding and the relationship between the mother and daughter would make for a fascinating topic and discussion.
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@michellesartori6695 Something else that you might find interesting is the book "The Secret Lives of Hoarders" by Matt Paxton who was the original star of the TV series "Hoarders" here in the U.S. Mr. Paxton isn't a psychologist but he talked about the pattern he'd seen in hoarders, that they are often people with a naturally high level of anxiety; have had a traumatic experience [I've noticed hoarders also come from traumatic ongoing situations such as an abusive childhood or growing up in poverty] such as the death of a parent, the end of a marriage, estrangement from a child and there is also a family history of hoarding. I've dealt with a hoarder relative and lean a little that way myself but am now working toward minimalism!
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@theresahemminger1587 I'm referring to Lucy Arnaz, the daughter of Dezi Arnaz and Lucille Ball. Prior to the movie Lucy Arnaz had worked with her mother in one of Lucille Ball's sitcoms so was already had acting experience though "Who is the Black Dahlia?" may have been Ms. Arnaz's first dramatic role.
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@michellesartori6695 What a remarkable story! It's heartbreaking and fascinating also. As I read your comments I was thinking about how the story of the sisters could be in book form. Absolutely: the stories of Ethyl and Win should not be lost in history. Thank you for sharing some of it here!
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@michellesartori6695 Michelle, THANK YOU for sharing these aspect of the lives of Ethyl and Winifred and also of your former father-in-law. These stories are too valuable to be lost in history. After so much abuse and neglect and trauma it's amazing that the sisters were as involved as they were with community issues. That two people who had been so traumatized trusted you and allowed you into their lives and that you were with your former father-in-law when it was time for him to leave tells me what a wonderful person you are. As you are blessing to others, many blessings to YOU.---Andrew
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I don't know if it's historically accurate but I recall a 1975 made-for-TV movie called "Who is the Black Dahlia" starring Lucy Arnaz as Elizabeth Short and Ephraim Zimbalist, Jr. as a police investigator.
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