4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

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It really does, if this picture is unmarked, one would have thought this was in Williamsburg, or some other historic neighborhood in New York.
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There still are people in this world who wants to hurt children...........They should be cleaned away to make this cold society a little safer and warmer.....Thats why we have the .50 BMG sniper rifle.............................
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To Mnementh, speaking of 1940s WWII era comic books, imagine you found a varnished wooden case.....containing a beautiful, excellent World War II .45 ACP automatic pistol with target style rear sights, and the case also contains 15 extra magazines of .45 ACP ammunition, each magazine holds 10 rounds.
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Once again. We are forced to remind new visitors that the information on these buildings is not given out. PERIOD.
Stop asking.
I'v been going to pennhurst for the past few months now..I think it is the most interesting place i'v ever seen. If anyone can tell me how to get into the infirmiray i would like to know. Has anyone been into the "south tunnels" if so i would like to know where they are too. Anyone with any stories?
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A little gift for each of you. From me
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FYI there were very few wards in the basements when I worked there. Most of these rooms were used for OT/PT or storage. Basement wards were actually just a few steps below street level. If this room was off a tunnel it was probably used for therapy. Now I can't vouch for anything before 1975 only after.
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Oops......it's Orchid Lunar not Orchard. Silly me!
Thank -you Lynn. Carry on the fight brave woman. I gave up arguing with the know -it-alls. I would never had guessed that 20+ years after this silly window shade was painted that such narrowmindedness (is that actually 1 word) would still be rampant. Mona Lisa are you related to Orchard Lunar because your comments are so similiar. She seems to have slithered off somewhere probably annoying some other message board. Maybe you should join her.
And hey Lynn.....you do know alot.. Plus you have the experience of actually working in different places. I would consider the opinion of someone with first hand knowledge over any magazine,TV. or newspaper article anyday. Rant on all you want.Maybe one of these empty heads will finally get it. I doubt it but maybe..........
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Gosh. I thought we had already covered this territory. I've worked in 5 different places similar to this and there are good ones and there are bad ones and their quality revolves totally and exclusively around how much money the community votes to let a facility have. They give no money, the facilities don't do such a hot job. They give a lot of money, the facilities do a great job. But even without money some of the staff in these places have made it a true home and have kept many of these very fragile folks alive and happy, so please don't automatically assume that every single place was a snake pit and every single client went through hell, because that's just not true. Put off the black-and-white viewpoint and come visit us sometime, because "we" are still out there. I work in one of "these places" and I can tell you a whole lot about the good and bad. Get out there and volunteer along side us and push your congresspeople for increased taxes for folks with handicaps; then we'll be happy to listen after you've experienced the good and the bad.
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You guys can go back and forth all you want about how this place was great/awful but I say to those who claim it wasn't, would YOU volunteer to stay there as a random patient when it was in operation? Hell no you wouldn't. These places are not shiny happy establishments and i think we all know that! Give me a break!
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I'm scared...
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The infamous Exit light that remains switched on: http://photobucket.com...amp;current=exit.jpg
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Prob one of my fave bits of that movie, Californiachicky!
If you've ever seen rotten dot com you'll know about the disturbing image I speak of about the simmering broth if not perhaps you should check it out it kinda resembles the tub where the incident takes place