Colson Whitehead

Sure. It's about 2014, and the school's been closed for a couple years. And people who'd been there in the 50s and 60s and 70s have started a survivor's group, and they meet once a year and check out their old haunted place. The annual reunion... now in its fifth year, was strange and necessary.

Sure. It's about 2014, and the school's been closed for a couple years. And people who'd been there in the 50s and 60s and 70s have started a survivor's group, and they meet once a year and check out their old haunted place. The annual reunion... now in its fifth year, was strange and necessary.

Sure. It's about 2014, and the school's been closed for a couple years. And people who'd been there in the 50s and 60s and 70s have started a survivor's group, and they meet once a year and check out their old haunted place. The annual reunion... now in its fifth year, was strange and necessary.

The boys were old men now, with wives and ex-wives, and children they did or didn't talk to, with wary grandchildren who were brought around sometimes, and those whom they were prevented from seeing. They had managed to scrape up a life after leaving Nickel, or had never fit in at all with normal people.

The boys were old men now, with wives and ex-wives, and children they did or didn't talk to, with wary grandchildren who were brought around sometimes, and those whom they were prevented from seeing. They had managed to scrape up a life after leaving Nickel, or had never fit in at all with normal people.

The boys were old men now, with wives and ex-wives, and children they did or didn't talk to, with wary grandchildren who were brought around sometimes, and those whom they were prevented from seeing. They had managed to scrape up a life after leaving Nickel, or had never fit in at all with normal people.

The last smokers of cigarette brands you never see, late to the self-help regimens, always on the verge of disappearing. Dead in prison, or decomposing in rooms they rented by the week, frozen to death in the woods after drinking turpentine. The men met in the conference room of the Eleanor Garden Inn to catch up before caravanning out to Nickel for the solemn tour.

The last smokers of cigarette brands you never see, late to the self-help regimens, always on the verge of disappearing. Dead in prison, or decomposing in rooms they rented by the week, frozen to death in the woods after drinking turpentine. The men met in the conference room of the Eleanor Garden Inn to catch up before caravanning out to Nickel for the solemn tour.

The last smokers of cigarette brands you never see, late to the self-help regimens, always on the verge of disappearing. Dead in prison, or decomposing in rooms they rented by the week, frozen to death in the woods after drinking turpentine. The men met in the conference room of the Eleanor Garden Inn to catch up before caravanning out to Nickel for the solemn tour.

Some years you felt strong enough to head down that cement walkway, knowing that it led to one of your bad places, and some years you didn't. Avoid a building or stare it in the face, depending on your reserves that morning.

Some years you felt strong enough to head down that cement walkway, knowing that it led to one of your bad places, and some years you didn't. Avoid a building or stare it in the face, depending on your reserves that morning.

Some years you felt strong enough to head down that cement walkway, knowing that it led to one of your bad places, and some years you didn't. Avoid a building or stare it in the face, depending on your reserves that morning.

You know, for some people, it was a very traumatic place. Not everyone who went through Dozier ended up being abused. You know, there are 600 students going through it each year, and that would be a tragedy on a catastrophic scale. But for—it's 110 years of existence. There are many stories of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and even murder. They found some unmarked graves on the

You know, for some people, it was a very traumatic place. Not everyone who went through Dozier ended up being abused. You know, there are 600 students going through it each year, and that would be a tragedy on a catastrophic scale. But for—it's 110 years of existence. There are many stories of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and even murder. They found some unmarked graves on the

You know, for some people, it was a very traumatic place. Not everyone who went through Dozier ended up being abused. You know, there are 600 students going through it each year, and that would be a tragedy on a catastrophic scale. But for—it's 110 years of existence. There are many stories of sexual abuse, physical abuse, and even murder. They found some unmarked graves on the

That's when the sort of investigation of what actually happened at Dozier happened.

That's when the sort of investigation of what actually happened at Dozier happened.

That's when the sort of investigation of what actually happened at Dozier happened.

I didn't want to. I felt sort of compelled to. You know, I came across a story of the school in 2014. They wanted to sell the property, the state of Florida did, and they started exhuming the official graveyard. And then they found a lot of unmarked graves. And some archaeology students started excavating the unmarked graves and trying to ID different students who'd been there.

I didn't want to. I felt sort of compelled to. You know, I came across a story of the school in 2014. They wanted to sell the property, the state of Florida did, and they started exhuming the official graveyard. And then they found a lot of unmarked graves. And some archaeology students started excavating the unmarked graves and trying to ID different students who'd been there.