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But in a new book, Sybil Exposed, writer Debbie Nathan argues that most of the story is based on a lie. Shirley Mason, the real Sybil, grew up in the Midwest in a strict Seventh-day Adventist...
Aug 30, 2017 · The story of Sybil — a young woman who had been abused by her mother as a child and, as a result, had a mental breakdown and created multiple personalities — caused a sensation.
Shirley Ardell Mason (January 25, 1923 – February 26, 1998) was an American art teacher who was reported to have dissociative identity disorder (previously known as multiple personality disorder). Her life was purportedly described, with adaptations to protect her anonymity, in 1973 in the book Sybil , subtitled The True Story of a Woman ...
May 28, 2023 · The “true story” of a woman with multiple personalities was a 1973 sensation and is still in print 50 years later. Why do such lurid tales hold their grip?
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Jun 10, 2020 · The case of young Sybil resulted in a book, written by Flora Rheta Schreiber, and a TV movie simply titled Sybil. So who was Sybil? Sybil, born Shirley Ardell Mason, was born in 1923 in Dodge Center, Minnesota. Shirley’s father was Mr. Walter W. Mason and her mother was Mrs. Martha Alice Atkinson.
Nov 10, 2011 · After years of secrecy, we now know that Sybil's real name was Shirley Mason and she was a Minnesotan. After sifting through archival papers, medical records, audio tapes and numerous...
May 1, 2012 · Although Sybil Exposed unravels many mysteries, some remain hard to understand. First, why was it so hard to find out the real identity of Sybil? Actually, Nathan acknowledges it was not she who identified her, but rather two individuals best known for their examinations of Freud and psychoanalysis, Mikkel Borch-Jacobsen and Peter Swales.
