4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

And where are the clients?

Sonya, God bless you for trying. I believe he knows what you tried to do.And i believe some where down the road all you did help, and all you tried to know too. I'm a believer "what goes around comes around" You are a wonderful lady.

I had clients that were saved from pennhurst. They were ruined for life. No matter what we did to try to give them back their dignity, it failed. Dam the staff and administration that did this to them. They should rot in hell forever.

I believe that Motts put Yaggy in it when he rolled it down the steps. He uses poor Yaggy for all sorts of unpleasant duties when they shoot together. :-(

I bet it was fun rolling that tire down the stairs ;-)

I am not a religious person, but looking at these Pennhurst photo's make me think of a Biblical passage...
"...and the meek shall inherit the Earth."
As "normal" (whatever the Hell that means) adults caring for societies most venerable souls, it was their duty and moral obligation to protect these residents from harm. It saddens me to my very core that some of those people chose to abuse and mis-treat children and adults who were so helpless and dis-advantaged.
I also believe everything eventually comes full circle. If the God I believe in truly exists, he has reserved a special place in Hell for abused their positions against those at Pennhurst.

This seems more than a bit out of place-especially in a Pennsylvania mental hospital.
I wonder what percentage of the patient population was blacK?? Or, did that even have anything to do with this mural?? Interesting.

Jet Heater?

buy a cheap night vision scope!

Mott,
I have heaters just like that. hot water runs through & cools to make hot steam. they wouldn't catch fire & it does make it less hot. I've touched one once & I blistered. it sucked!

well it was open until the late 80's so it was probably from then!!!

maybe you need to read instead of yell!!

sinister1.
I wouldn't want to live there. There's asbestice [sorry for the spelling!] & it'll kill you!!!

haha

they actually just closed it down in the 80's so Mott that light might be a newer addition to the place, they never really fixed up the interior. But I wish I could walk around like this, you're pictures are amazing
ps. a former patient still lives around my house, she comes to visit my parents all the time. Just thought it might interest someone!

they only patrol around like a few times then leave, just listen close for the cars, it's so quiet you can run back inside a building in time, thats what me & my friends did. During they day is better your 1st time!

it's sitting right near the river & it floods alot, so it probably just rained a lot & I'm sure the carpet just was ripped up, there's still a little in the house I was in, but it was covered in crap!!!!