Pilgrim Psychiatric Center
Psychiatric hospital in Brentwood, New YorkWikipedia
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Oct 12, 2026
David KauferHOST
Okay.
Robie Hall KumaloGUEST
And my mother worked at Pilgrim State Mental Hospital.
David KauferHOST
Okay.
David KauferHOST
So it sounds like music has always been part of your life.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
He did not believe that anything was wrong and the hospital was in the process of filing a court order to ensure that Dennis would have to take his medication and get the therapy and help he needed.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
On May 18th of 2012, Dennis was being transported to the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center for further treatment.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
He intended to fight the court order once he arrived at the psychiatric center, but he would never make it.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
According to staff who were traveling with Dennis that day, he simply jumped out of the car and ran off into the woods, never to be seen again.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
These alerts have been proven to save lives and have been used in different iterations across countless states.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Had a golden alert been issued, the outcome of Dennis' story may have been a lot different than the outcome I'm telling you now.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
The Pilgrim Psychiatric Center sits across from the Oak Brush Plains State Reserve, a sprawling park of over 813 acres.
Steve StocktonNARRATOR
Is it possible that Dennis ran through the woods and made his way into this reserve? Since his disappearance, little progress has been made in this case and his family has since filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Stony Brook Institution for allowing Dennis to escape.
DominicAUDIENCE
... was one of, one of the institutions.
DominicAUDIENCE
Uh, uh, the IEPs really started, uh, back in Central Islip, uh, Hospital, Pilgrim State Hospital.
DominicAUDIENCE
Uh, my parents, uh, both worked at the hospitals, and I would review their, their notes.
DominicAUDIENCE
They would be, they would be different medical notes on different medical sheets, but it was the same st- uh, stuff.
Steve StocktonHOST
He did not believe that anything was wrong and the hospital was in the process of filing a court order to ensure that Dennis would have to take his medication and get the therapy and help he needed.
Steve StocktonHOST
On May 18th of 2012, Dennis was being transported to the Pilgrim Psychiatric Center for further treatment.
Steve StocktonHOST
He intended to fight the court order once he arrived at the psychiatric center, but he would never make it.
Steve StocktonHOST
According to staff who were traveling with Dennis that day, he simply jumped out of the car and ran off into the woods.
Steve StocktonHOST
These alerts have been proven to save lives and have been used in different iterations across countless states.
Steve StocktonHOST
Had a golden alert been issued, the outcome of Dennis' story may have been a lot different than the outcome I'm telling you now.
Steve StocktonHOST
The Pilgrim Psychiatric Center sits across from the Oak Brush Plains State Reserve, sprawling park of over 813 acres.
Steve StocktonHOST
Is it possible that Dennis ran through the woods and made his way into this reserve? Since his disappearance, little progress has been made in this case, and his family has since filed a $5 million lawsuit against the Stony Brook Institution for allowing Dennis to escape.
Grace SnellCORRESPONDENT
Stark reminders of more than 25,000 asylum inmates buried here on the grounds of Central State Hospital, once the world's second largest mental institution.
Grace SnellCORRESPONDENT
Only New York's Pilgrim State Hospital housed more patients.
Walter ReynoldsSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
So it was not uncommon for people that were sent here by their families to basically have been forgotten about.
Grace SnellCORRESPONDENT
People like Tillman Barnett, a 30-year-old farmer locked up for quote-unquote lunacy in 1842.