Anthropologist Ann Magennis is fascinated by the remains of patients from Colorado’s first mental hospital. But Magennis has run into a problem. The skeletons she’s studying don't qualify for state research funding. She says without further study, a slice of Colorado’s history could be permanently lost. Magennis talks to Ryan Warner.
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