Forgotten below the surface

How patients from two Massachusetts institutions were buried in unnamed graves

Stories and photos by Asia London Palomba
Design and development by Szu Yu Chen

Below the Surface: A Special Report

Profile: Cecilia Quarantiello

Profile: Alex Green

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Building on the Fernald campus

Stacks of plan books in a Fernald building

Administration building of the Metropolitan State Hospital. It is the only building left standing

Inside a Fernald building

Bathroom in a Fernald building

Inside a Fernald building

Administration building on the Fernald campus

Building on Fernald Campus

Building on Fernald Campus

Building on Fernald Campus

Building on Fernald Campus

Inside the oldest building of the Fernald School

Plan book dating back to 1919

Building on the Medfield State Hospital campus

Medfield State Hospital campus

The MetFern Cemetery

Altar in the MetFern cemetery