4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

I can confirm vultures definitely live in Pennsylvania.Turkey vultures in most of the United States,Pennsylvania included.

What movies are you talking about Sam?I know abuse did happen at Pennhurst and film was taken of the horrid conditions but they showed nothing quite that extreme and if they did things of that nature Pennhurst would have been shutdown long before it was and most of the staff would have been incarcerated.

Well, I just watched The Shining, so I pulled the trick at the end where the kid walks backwards in the snow to fool his pursuer....

Seriously though, this was taken at a time when there wasn't much security, and the place was littered with footprints already, look at them all. I'm glad I went in the winter, the place turned pretty ugly in just a few months.

No I don't remember seeing that, I might've missed it.

Maybe they were giant hawks, but they looked a lot like vultures to me. I've seen them on the sides of roads more than once although I don't live in PA. I haven't needed to go underground because almost all the buildings are connected by tunnels above ground, and if they weren't I went up and over without a problem.

Who still has home movies? Who made them?

yes they do silkster. and that particular buiding is one of the most dangerous ones to be in. it was the one that was nicknamed the "Punishment Ward", because that is where they punished-a.k.a. tortured- patients. it is dangerous, because of all the harmful things in there. plus, it is out in the open, and it is easy to get caught in there.

sande is right. when the children didnt get the attention they needed, they realized they could smear - im going to be polite here- human feces on themselves so the staff HAD to give them a bath.

Maria is right. the do patroll the area, and the do carry drawn weapons. they will shoot on sight, so beware. and has anyone but me been up to the tower? if you can get up there,which i am not saying how, is the best spot to check out where the patrolling officers are.

sande, so do i. what town? i live in Linfield

Motts, no offense, and im not trying to criticize or insult you in any way. But, wasnt it sorta stupid to go in the winter? your footprints are kinda obvious. is there a reason you went during the winter, or did you have permission to go of some sort? i doubt that, though.

Lynne, the staff dont care anyway, lol. and i seemed to have missed that room, Motts. what building and floor isit? and i wonder what that little hole behind the desk is... maybe its a cubbyhole, maybe a passageway of some sort that was covered up?

the stairs were there to enter the door that was once there, but it was knocked down and a wall was put there instead, to track patients moe thoroughly. as for the medicine cabinet, i have no clue why that is there. and, the reason for the pink walls was another attempt to make the place less scary. and besides, these "pateints" have never seen the outside world. i dont think they knew pink was a girly color, much less cared.

sande, the reason this tub had no faucets was because it was filled from the front of the tub. notice the hole where the pipe once was on the side of the tub w/ out the towel.

Motts, was the x-ray's printer still there? last time i was in that room, it was, and it had a bunch of x-rays near it. it was frewaky, because most were de-formed, with missing or fused limbs, and one had a flat, almost square skull. it was depressing.