4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

wow this reminds me a Rose Red. Now this place seems even more weird.

Maybe the Steps once went out to a fire escape. Why it would be in the bathroom not to sure but thats probably the only thing i could think of to why they would be by a window. As for the pink boys room maybe someone moved the sign or back in those days they thought boys liked pink hah.

i agree with james. its disrespectful to the ones who died here.

does anyone know if they would ever burn... the ones who died in this? i know its a horrible thought but it sounds like it could be possible hearing the other stuff about this place...

This is a mosaic from The Moravian Tile Works in Doylestown. There are a few scattered around the Pennhurst campus and around PA.

One more thing this picture represents exactly what these individuals did....sit....wait...for....NOTHING!!!

They did not only use shock therapy or what they would call therapy they used injections that would dibilatate an individual to a mummy state, just BECAUSE that individual was acting out, there were kids there that had ADHD which is totally controlable and they would have an I-Q that was high and they would stick them in a building called the Q building where they were locked in this class room which was more like a very large jail cell to walk around basically unattended because the hospital was over crounded by about 1,000+ individuals, but they would place these ADHD individuals in this Q building with other individuals with an I-Q of like 10 so the individuals with higher I-Q's actually were regressed to the I-Q's of those with lower I-Q's so they were looked upon as the "retarded" quote from Jesse Fear MD (what a man for a dr "DR FEAR" if he is not dead he needs to be..... go to nbc10.com search pennhurst there are about 6 video clips that were back when the hospital was open and dr fear talks alond with his other collegues that think its totally fine to use chemical,and physical restraints!!! These individuals are only a product of mislead and most of the time under educated parents and society, they were the society's individuals because there parents would turn them over to the state and most had no feelings in doing so! They were to concerned about what there friends and neighbors would think about them because they had a child that "wasnt normal", most of the individuals family and friends never came to see them! Its just a disgrace to me because i work with these special individuals and when im in society's eye there are still those unfortunate heartless bastards that still dont understand!! The world defintly needs to open their eyes to the world around them and not only to themselves!

This photo presents the grim and horrific events that happend at this hopsital every thing about this is inhuman!!!!!!!

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what the hell?

How about, a talented patient created this and the staff thought it would make an interesting conversation piece.
I don't see any need to drop the Race or Slavery cards here. *sheesh*

Decisions, decisions............ :-D

smoked a blizz L there on that stage

wtf?

That frigging made me jump when I saw a guy in the picture lol, and it's odd that there was still some toilet paper on the roll o.O

WHOA, that's creepy! kinda weird that there was just a random bed in the basement huh?