Dozens of Milford residents met in the sanctuary of the Milford United Methodist Church to talk about how they could help the people who were affected by Friday’s fire. The fire, which started around ...

Sybil also profited, but her true identity remained a secret until after all three women were dead. Much of the sensational story was fabricated, according to journalist and author Debbie Nathan.

As officials continue to investigate the cause of a fire that destroyed four buildings in the center of the village of Milford last week, a community meeting is scheduled to coordinate relief efforts ...

Turning 50 is rarely easy for a woman, and “Sybil” is no exception. This tarnished classic — “the True and Extraordinary Story of a Woman Possessed by Sixteen Separate Personalities,” to ...

T he Sybil Downton Abbey death in season 3 was shocking because it was the first on the show. The youngest daughter of Robert Crawley, the Earl of Grantham, and Lady Cora, Sybil's death was one of ...

In Sybil Exposed, Debbie Nathan explores the life of Shirley Mason — the psychiatric patient whose life was portrayed in the 1973 book and 1976 TV movie. Mason later admitted to her psychiatrist ...

Sybil, published in 1973, created a sensation with its account of a woman who harbored within her more than a dozen distinct personalities. Equally popular was the 1976 TV movie based on the book.

“Sybil” was adapted into an Emmy-winning 1976 TV miniseries starring Sally Field and Joanne Woodward that was viewed by one-fifth of the American public. And it was an utter fraud.

“Sybil supposedly had 16 personalities, which was unprecedented at the time. Within a couple of years, there were people claiming to have hundreds of personalities.

In the 1970s, the TV movie “Sybil” introduced much of the nation to multiple personality disorder and led to a controversy that continues to shape mental health issues.

Sybil Branson, 24, was nearing the due date for her first child, so that part’s right. Eclampsia, strictly speaking, isn’t present until the woman has a seizure.