3,698 Comments Posted by Motts

I guess waving a flashlight around in front of an open shutter will always resemble something "ghostly"...

If I took that cool shot in an abandoned building, sure.

The description was something I read off an old floor plan, I assume it was for patients, I don't know what it's purpose was in later years. I think there are vertical bars over the windows, you can see them just outside the wooden window frame.

This room was closer to administration, so it wasn't a violent ward, and remember quite a number of people paid money to voluntarily admit themselves here for rest and relaxation in the 1800's; many parts of the asylum resembled a resort back then!

Yeah this is just writing in the soot, but Pennhurst has probably been the most vandalized location I've watched progress over time. I don't like it in my photos so I guess the place looks more pristine here than it really does.

It connected two buildings together at the third floor, I guess they weren't at the same height.

We grazed a knife over some of the paint to see what was underneath, where we found the rabbit and some other words and designs.

Second floor, I believe.

Renovations haven't begun here or at Riverside, so there's not much of a proven point that it does work.

It's a decent sized room... I don't know what the building will be used as after renovation, it will still be on the psych center property.

The pinpoint light in the center is the end of the tunnel, on the left is a glare from the flashlight on the wet walls.

The green stuff is mold or algae growing on the walls, the doors lead back to the main corridor.

I believe these were patient dining rooms, which may have been converted to multi-bed dormitories during the overcrowding years.

I try to be careful with doors and such, I haven't had the pleasure of being locked in somewhere but it's happened to two friends of mine, not a good situation. These rooms needed to be locked from the outside with a key.

Excellent, thank you sa1mand3r!

I thought it said Beth at first too because of that curve on the bottom, but it didn't look like the rest of the impressions on the paint upon closer inspection

If anyone else wants to know (sorry Twug!) they are starting construction early 2006, wrapping up in Feb 2008. I'll post an article about it soon.