4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

On another note, i can't agree more Mr. Motts. When i visited Pennhurst, i couldn't understand why certain sections of Whitman hall were deteriorated when others weren't. Did you happen to see the isolation cells at the other end of the building?

"Where were you on the night of tonight?"

*SLAP*

"This can take all day if you want"

you people are nuts.. any good medical facility would have good lighting. the chair was obvoulsly placed in the picture for effect. and it's a wooden chair ... not really condusive to "electrical shock". you're reading way too much into this. you're looking at the present run-down facility. Come on, they had a theatre, a gym, all kinds of recreational facilities. Get a sense of history, people.

YES I SEE THE FACE OF A YOUNG MAN TOO
HE COULD BE INDIAN OR OF A DARK HERITAGE LOOKS LIKE....

MY SON and other family have been there also... and brought back pictures too... I ALSO DO research on the unknown as a writer... i have to add to this picture... if you look close at the window on the far bottom right? a man with dark hair and the window on the top right? a naked woman ... okay on to the next pic... i an writing a book about abuse and children of the world... YES THEY SPEAK HERE... PEACE TO ALL.

looks like an interrogation room in a movie

THIS TYPE OF EQUIPMENT WAS MY FIRST JOB IN 1966, A GREAT X-RAY MACHINE

This what they called a day room. They would have 50 or more guys in there running around in there ripping there closes off and more wild things too.

very true lol

There is something about a merry go round that just makes you smile, no matter what your age is. But this painting is down right creepy!

If anyone cares.. It nolonger sits empty. The place has been restored and is a Veterans hospital and residential housing. The South East Veterans Center.

hmm, yes it does appear very disturbing. I was there when it was a functioning facility quite often .(more then I cared to) My Mother worked there for many years. It wasn't as creepy then. Still creepy. I was a kid and was more afraid of the patients. Not everyone who worked there abused them just remember that. Not saying my mom did or didn't. (wasn't there)

I've actually seen this toy and Elizabeth&Frank you two are completely right...However the dog and the car are no longer there.

They're found in a huge pile on the first floor in Vinc....just not the red&white ones...unless they're on the bottom of the pile

I'm just saying what I heard through my grandmother....Sorry I never mentioned the fact that my grandmother seems slightly insane herself so....maybe she isn't really that reliable.