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Now where did I put that soap dispenser at????? LOL

Yeah those walls are really bad. I hope you had a mask on Motts...great photo as usual.....: )

I'm a paranormal investigator and I am looking to find anyone with information on pennhurst, even if you were employed or a patient, I would love to hear from you. Please feel free to contact me.

It sickens me to know we have such morons who have no respect for history. I was in some of the buildings this month and the graffetti on the walls really pissed me off. It said that crack heads and squatters are living in the tunnels, I made it to the tunnels but we didn't have the proper lighting to proceed, however we didn't run into any crack heads either but there was evidence of such. If there are vandels and junkies going there I hope the spirits scare the shit out of them and they will never return.

the whole luxury of the cell thing reminds me of Good Fellas

Hm, it is definitely a possibility that I was on the first floor, but unfortunately I cannot remember that detail. I do remember starting from the top and working my way down to the ground floor, and with this being near the end of the set it's definitely a possibility it was at the bottom.

The operating room seems to have been moved from its original location according to this photo - http://www.flickr.com/...5049/in/set-1523567/ so perhaps the extent of renovations was warranted to convert the space into something different...

My paternal grandfather's mother died here.

Andy - You provided some beautiful pictures, but one of the exterior ones you linked to shows a first-story room that has windows segmented in the same way this one is. Also, judging from the interior pictures of the operating room that were provided, the layout of the lower half of the wall and the radiators is similar, but they do not exactly match the earlier pictures of the operating room (and I assume that since the original radiators are still in place, there were no huge changes made in this room). Finally, take into account the fact that the trees outside the window, while admittedly not clearly visible, seem to be quite tall from this perspective ... And I'm willing to bet that Motts was actually in the first-story room shown just below the operating room.

Check out the exterior shot that Andy provided to see how the windows compare.

http://www.bilder-hoch...s/41rl-y-jpg-nb.html

It would have been incredibly difficult - if not far too expensive - to put in new crank-open windows where the old single-panel windows had been; never mind the amount you would pay to have them constructed and installed in the first place. Since there are crank windows, my guess is that this was some sort of day room - or, perhaps, a waiting room for any present family (you never know!) for patients in the operating room on the floor above.

I must wonder, now: Motts, were you on the first or second story for this picture? That would certainly erase all doubt.

Hi Jewel.
Not too sure how many would like to relive those nightmares.
I recount some things and others, well, just left unsaid I guess.
When I was there in 1971 or 1972 I was placed there by my father because he didn't know what else to do with me.
Like most children I was hyper-active and parents really didn't understand that.
So as a result of that I became a ward of the state, and those memories are left buried.

Hi momto4.
Do you know when Mr. Heathwood retired?
Since a lot of people do not remember him I must assume he retired around 1983 or so.

here's a suggestion...you should go to columbia south carolina...there's an abandoned mental hospital there and what looks like an abandoned school. you should go check it out.

i had a dream about this room and curtains....

ever think about getting into a photography job?? you would be great!!!! alot of the pictures in here i've seen look like some of the professionals they take. you should look into that...i hear there's good money in photography. i think i want to be a pharmacist or a model of a fashion designer....i don't know

I choo choo chooose you!

When I said "hot tub", I didn't mean it that way