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If your very observant you can tell its not a reflection because the darker side of the bottom windows would be on top. Nice picture, Mr. Motts.

I have returned from the Berry with a pocket full of buttons today.
Sunday, Oct. 9th.

I am positive that Motts doesn't mind constructive criticism. If kevin has anything intelligent or helpful to say I am sure it would be appreciated. Going onto someone else's site and making cheap shots for no observable reason is a little childish, but then I am sure we are all recognizing that fairly clearly. :-)

lynne, its great to hear from someone who knows, and really cares. there is alot of us out there.

if thats a serious invite..... i would love to see the place !!

Well Lynne, I found this place by googling for abandoned institutions... I lost my UE virginity (so to speak) a while back in an old TV studio in Leeds and fancied giving an old facility on the edge of town a look.

I stuck around after I found the Danvers pages (my girlfriend, who lives in MA, told me abou this one) and became fascinated by Pennhurst just because it's so unbelievably eerie and there's a wealth of information on the Web about it (and so many stories surrounding the place). It's a perfect candidate for a film IMO...

At first I spent about 3 days going through the site looking at all the incredible photos, now I tend to check the Comments section first for interesting posts. But there's so many ways to explore it, kinda like an abandoned building I guess!

Either way I think it's the combination of the incredible 'eye' Motts has for a good image, the subject matter itself and the fascinating comments which are the perfect accompaniment to the photographs which makes this site one to visit daily.

It looks like you caught this crib trying to escape.

I've spent ages poking around on Peecho's site and not 'caught' anything... but then I do have some pretty heavy-duty virus software :-)

It's a fascinating site (if very dated-looking, though that kinda fits with the subject matter in a way) and as I say, as long as you have a decent, up-to-date antivirus program it's probably fine.

I wouldn't recommend his version of "Suffer the Little Children" though, it's in B&W and is so badly deteriorated as to be almost unwatchable. The soundtrack is virtually inaudible in places (especially the 'Dr Fear' segment, which is the most shocking bit of the whole thing) There's a pristine version here: http://nbc10.feedroom. ... set.jsp?ord=263067.

Everyone with the slightest interest in Pennhurst or institutionalisation should take half-an-hour to watch this.

This is actually quite a poignant shot in itself after having watched the 1968 "Suffer the Little Children" documentary (http://nbc10.feedroom. ... et.jsp?ord=263067) and seeing these elevated walkways, which seemed to encircle the entire campus, thronged with patients moving from one cottage to another. They feature in numerous images I've seen of the place. Now they're overgrown and ruined like the rest of the facility. I bet they still echo with the ghosts of these ruins though...

Talking of STLC, I'm sure I also saw a picture on another site of the remains of the hand-painted Pennhurst sign (ugly horrible thing IMO) beside which Bill Baldini narrated much of his report - very eerie. Unfortunately I can't find it again now :(

Well hell, come on down, ladies!

rich,

I believe that if you plugged ~Me into just about anything her eyes would light up. ;-)

~Me,

I dunno - where's the forked end? ;-)

rich,

I figure that people do the same thing I did when I first found this site, and that is that they grab a section and go through it and then haphazardly look through whatever grabs their fancy. Given how many stunning sections of photographs are here, that means you could end up anywhere. Every time I see an assumption in a comment that "the world is black-and-white" and "everything associated with institutions is/was evil" it seems that, in all fairness, some clarification is warranted. It drives me that people have already made assumptions about "how all institutions were" or "how all staff were" or even "how all people who lived in these places were." I suppose I am always hoping that people will stop for a second and examine their prejudices, but I suppose I have always been somewhat of a rosy-eyed optimist. ;-)

LMAO!

If someone were to plug it into a wall outlet would your eyes light up ;-)

On a first glance, it made me think of the basement bit in Home Alone where Kevin McC gets freaked out by the growling furnace!