4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

such a shame that there nocking it down :(

I once had to cut myself off from Rotten.com because I could not handle the emotional overload it caused me subconsiously. I had a blast for days looking further into each website, following link, after link, after link. I also saw ALOT of cool, old photos dating back to 1800's! At the time I thought it was very interesting to look at, still do, but after a couple days, my family started wondering why I was acting differently. I became VERY emotionally sensitive about EVERYTHING and had horrible, sad dreams, woke up crying and continued to cry about everything all day long. Finally, I came clean with my husband and close friends and started to show them what I had been viewing when I was home alone. I was showing them horrible, MORBID shit!!! No wonder why I became so disturbed emotionally! That's when I took it apon myself so that family didn't have to, to cut myself off from viewing the disturbing photos available for anyone to see.
After all that, I am sad to admit that I am a wuss deep down in my subconcious, and again have to cut myself off from these horrible, yet very touching stories and videos I have been sucked into for hours now on this website. Call me a wuss if you must, but I've gotta do what I gotta do!
It's been a breathtaking visit at Pennhurst this morning and my heart goes out to all the residents that spent year after year in that horrible place!
It's been real!

Like to see "phantom" (who has vandilised these buildings with his name, stolen items and bragged about it in comments on previous photos) steel this and turn it into a lamp for his livingroom, he may get what he deserves when it lights more than his eyes up!! :)

Truely talented and good looking, it's nice to put a face to the name and the telent especially when the face is that hansom :)

I once worked there. About 1970/71.

phantom is legit. ive ran into him once or twice.
the real guy is panzergod. he LIVES there. hes got a room in Limerick building, or i think its limerick. he knows the buildings better then anyone, and if you run into him your lucky. see if he'll give you a tour.

Aww this is so sad, typewritters were the best, and then technology always has to come and make things better! didn't you guys like those turn tables like where you'd put your disc music in and the thing would spin and you'd just play around with it, until your parents got pissed. Good times. I miss VCR's too, and i've only been alive for 15 years and i barely knew any of theese.

Wow, that's a dream for me...I collect old typewriters!

About 35 or 40 years ago I actually was on a school fieldtrip to pennhurst when it was still in operation. The feild trip was MANDATORY! Everyone HAD to go. We toured many of the buildings and actually interacted with some of the patients. Really f'ed up!!!!

no power is left at pennhurst, unless you are on the other part of campus where the national guard is. however, there is a lamp outside of the limerick building (L building) that used to flicker sometimes, but it finally died a couple of months ago. it was very eerie.

http://www.elpeecho.com/

they have everything. old documents and stuff. check it out you can learn alot.

that pic is ace

Very unique photo. Your image in the mirror looks like the broken souls that once housed this eerie place.

has anyone been in that xray room lately?

The walls look like they are covered with sticky notes.