4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

All psychoanalysis aside, this mural is still creepy for one reason. It's like that famous "man from apes" illustration, but in reverse. That one starts out with the hunched over little monkey that gradually develops into an upright modern human. This mural starts with the tall upright boy and then regresses down to the short hunched over children. I'm sure it wasn't the artist's intention, but it just seemed strange to see a sort of downward regression if you "read" the painting from left to right. With that said though, the girl in the (possible) wheelchair seems to preceed the tallest boy. Perhaps an unconcious statement that the disabled children are more human than the "normal" humans which seem to be regressing down to the level of dumb beasts again? Probably not, but it sounds all Freudian and fun. I never liked Freud though so you should now pretend I never even mentioned him. Okay, carry on with your day...

Very nice Danielle.

The roof of the other wing... the building is symmetrical.

basements and tunnels are the best parts brina

note: all the walkways are the top of the tunnels

ive been to pennhurst many times and have never wrecked anything until about two years ago me and my friend walked into this room and found bundles of napkins stacked on the shelf we had a blast twrowing them all over the place cool to see a pic of it

nice pictures man it realley shows how that wall art can be like a bad acid trip

ive seen that mirror
7 years bad luck man!

2 yrs. ago i was exploring the tunnels with a few freinds we were in a very long tunnel that was pitch black. eventually we came to an intersection, to the right was a boarded up exit and to the left a long corridor led to a room that was completly lit up! we pulled open the exit to the right and ran scared we had stumbled upon occupied territory. we always thought maybe the light was only on to cause us to do exactly what we did, Get The Hell Out Of There!!

Aww..thanks lynne..

=) you made me blush haha

lol means Laugh out Loud...

Danielle thanks your right we are all fighting over the same thing and i understand there are good people and bad people in this world...

lynne thanks for using some effort in your writing even tho they may be rants to show me that we are all fighting over the same thing...

So I was wondering...Have any of you been to the main Pennhurst page and read the quote? You should click on the link and read this man Ronald's story. Its really sad.

Why did they carry the patients through these tunnels?

Well, Danielle, I'm half Hungarian -- don't think that's it.