4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

DEAR STARDUDTER I HOPE YOU AND YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY ARE ABLE TO SPEND THE REST OF YOUR LIFE IN SUCH A PLACE SO THE GOOD MEMORIES CAN CONTINUE!

Vale,

I have worked at many different institutions, two of which have subsequently shut down and I was aware they were closing when I left. There is always stuff leftover everywhere, but every time I leave I don't take so much as a pencil with me. It's called "stealing." It's old-fashioned, I know - so sue me for having an over-developed conscience.

At the same time, and assuming you don't have a conscience about that sort of stuff, when the property belongs to someone else and you are trespassing, people get a little wonky, worrying you could get hurt and they could get sued (for you voluntarily putting your silly self on their property illegally - go figure). However, as soon as you (or me or anyone) starts removing items, defacing the property, setting fires, and/or publicizing where these places are, the owners stop making it so "easy" for people to get in. Sure it's just a little trinket and souvenir to you. To the people who own these places it's one more reason to step up security and then no one gets to see anything any more. If you can't think of it as stealing, think of it as you are personally making it harder for the rest of us to get to see these places.

I could be wrong, but it is my understanding that landfills are public domain, in which case you aren't stealing when you remove something. There is an extremely large difference between removing something from public domain and trespassing onto someone's personal property and removing items that you may want. Hypocrisy is where it's OK if you steal from some place because you haven't had a face to face with the owner, but you wouldn't steal from somewhere that is "active". If someone wants to trash whatever they have purchased, it is legal in this country, best as I can tell, and even if you and I think it's a doggone shame, it's still the law. And heck, even if it isn't "the law" most of us still know what is right and what is wrong, and calling other people "hypocrites" doesn't give you any better rationale or "purer reason" for stealing someone else's property.

End of soapbox rant.

These are rotting structures which do not house people, nor do any of the items inside "belong" to people. Come on guys. After years, decades even, of being left for dead i see no moral reason not to take the trash. In fact i think in these cases it's actually bringing meaning to...well, trash. Do we have issues with removing items from a landfill also? They are not being "saved" inside for some museum, guys. Once the property is demolished, everything inside will go with it. It blows my mind that you all care about "leaving the trash inside." Please. At least pretend that you care because you want to see the things when you visit because it's creepier. Let's be honest.

Marcia, darlin', hide your head and don't look for a little while. :-)

Where's that potato when we need him/her?

Cecilia, I just found this site. Yes those little hands are men and women entering their senior citizen age, or late fifties. These individuals yes can be your neighbors. Many were placed in CLA's, they are facing years of torture and abuse, rejection and frustrated cause they were nevered Loved. They are having nighmares and cringe hearing the word Pennhurst. Some not able to tell their stories cause have can not communicate, mostly cause they were afraid to speak or never taught to speak. I know this cause I work with many individuals who were "patients" and "residents" of Pennhurst.

To all of you who think going in there for fun to get your picture, thank God that you were not forced to go there and that you are going there at your own free will and at a time when it is closed. It is not a playground, It was a place where human rights were not practiced or even respected. If those walls could talk.

err, and not everything would have a sticker, only assets (ie something that has an expected lifespan of more than one financial year). Not sure about the US, but some countries have a monetary figure that determines whether its an asset or an expense (eg if its over $300 you have to make it an asset).

Hopefully that makes sense, and you probably already know this anyway.

The sticker is the asset register number. Each asset must have its own unique number. If you had the asset register itself, you'd lookup the number and see exactly what it was, who it was purchased from, when it was purchased, who was responsible for it, its security level and classification, the value, and potentially the depreciation on it. Every asset should have one, whether the asset is movable or not.

I see it! I see it

looks like a car drove through there cuz i see sum tire tracks

looks like a bunch of mummies layin on the ground

Whats up with that dark figur on the rleft side of the picture, i think someone was there with you..

this is an awesome pic. i think you know when art is good when it is debatable.

I live in Pottstown and I have been in there many of times. I myself have been asked to leave by Military Police and even arrested once for beeing on the property. There is an evil presence in the facility. I have heard the stories and I have seen the pictures but nothing says of the darkness that surrounds that place. I have documents from inside and have seen photos from the files inside. Creepy place filled with misunderstanding, anger, and confussion. I believe there is a dark history that even the government doesnt want people to know of.

This weapon is indeed from our stock pile of artillery missiles used in vietnam. And, we do not perform drills in the old Pennhurst buildings. Unstable floors and cave ins make it a dangerous place to walk. You are lucky you did not get charged with trespassing on government property. Hope to see ya around

Mike McCoy
2nd Lt.
Army National Guard
Spring City, PA 19475

Very scarey shot.