4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

Third floor of Union. Clown masks are in the alcove behind the picturetaker. Now thats creepy.

the window is on the second floor of Union bldg. next to the book pile. Definitly used to dispense pills, its part of a secure room. Union was a girls schoolhouse and clothing dispensary.

Then why when somebody who does have first hand knowlege of what it was like there is so easily dismissed? Suffer the children ....right away in the beginning you are subtly mislead into believing that 2000+ "children" resided there. When I hear that I immediately have a picture of little kids running around.
Yeah they were somebodies children even though they were adults but the statement is misleading none the less.

I think Sam might mean asbestos but I could be wrong.

Sam, what sort of harmful things are in there? Do you mean junk lying around?

What building is this? This is the only one I went into before the cops showed up and my friend and I had to hide. How can you tramp through the grounds during the day? Didn't the police show up? My friend and I had to go at night.

Phantom, I saw your stupid name spray painted all over the place when I visited. Now you admit to stealing from the place? must you vandalize? You should have some respect for all the people that suffered there. Go and visit and reflect, don't act like some stupid kid.

Kelly, read my other post b4 u criticize me. do u have any brains at all? im 12 and im apperently more intelligent. think about this: the old movie REELS-not video tapes- that they were made on were just photos being switched fast, like a flipbook. you can just look at the pictures. and who said that the staff was smart? im not saying anyone that worked at Pennhurst was a complete dimwit or a total asshole, because i no that Cody's mom was the complete opposite. but, some staff members were.

Of course this place didn't look like it does in these photos, 18 years of neglect will make any hospital look pretty bad.

In any case, the description of the photo I put seemed like the best explanation I could give; it's difficult (even impossible) to figure out the story behind things like this when you were never there beforehand, so you can't be so harsh on people who are looking at this with only what we have - these photos.

NBC recently ran a story about Pennhurst today and back when "Suffer the Children" was aired: http://www.nbc10.com/videovault/index.html

Media sensationalism or the truth... here we go again with the same question.

I don't think you guys are looking in the right place, the face I am talking abou it in the lower right window, it is looking straight into the camera, you can clearly see the entire face but it is very goulish looking, it looks like he has one hand up as if to wave(?) perhaps. The other image is to the left of the face, kind of standing behind him, thats the one that everyone's saying has a red teeshirt on but I think thats an illusion made by the window pane. ......... but who knows.........

Not so Kelly!Ghosts are not just the traditional image of moaning,transparent figures in shrouds.You often wouldn't know one if you met them on the street.

It looks like maybe a mirror was reflecting someone? Possibly Motts himself, cause it looks kind of like his hands are to his eyes, taking a picture? ::shrug:: i dont think i would wear red if i was a ghost...

This picture is amazing, i also wanted to cry when i saw it. its so lonely..

Yes, this photo is wonderful...sent shivers up my spine. I think it was the curtain as well!

I read that once a patient overdosed on pills because they left the medication not locked up. He didnt do it on purpose, simply because they looked like candy more than likely