4,537 Comments for Pennhurst State School

This place is respected around here(not that we like what was happening inside, but the buldings itself), and we normally like to keep it clean, no graffiti or anything. As for Phantom, he was caught in the act and fined ALOT of money, lol.

"It couldn't.Theres obviously no electricity in this place."- Orchid Lunar

Actually orchid, there is. as for the fan, i probably doesnt, due to corrosion and whatnot.

you cannot see ALL of the pictures that Cody talked about, but most of them are there.

you think being isolated, staring out a window, is torture? at Pennhurst, they STILL have old home movies on old-fashoined movie reels that show people being tortured, for real. they shocked them with wires for lights, cut them with glass, ect. The only way u can see whats on them is by looking at the reel's "tape".

yes, there is still electricity in SOME buildings. when i was in one of the wards, there was a light on in a room that still had a gurney in it.

vultures? in royersford? wtf? u gotta be kidding, i dont think theres any vultures in Pennslyvania, let alone Lil' Ole Rofo! and Motts, do u live in PA? o and Pennhurst, as ive been there many times, is being used as a Veterans center. wouldnt that be great to work there? Oh, and one more thing, Motts. did u happen to see any of the fabled underground passageways? that was the way i got into Pennhurst when i was found out by one of the V.C.'s guards!

Basically younger people do stupid things without thinking of the consequences.Lighting fires in places you shouldn't light fires are among those stupid things.I guess thats why they always have firemen talk to elementary school classes about fire safety,unfortunately I don't think those fire safety lessons stick when they become destructive and unruly teens.

I see what looks like the outline of a person and the face.I think in this case it is probably just an illusion,created by what I have no clue.However ghosts are not always transparent,infact you could meet one and not even know it was a ghost and not a living person.

I don't think Moe was being disrespectful at all,I thought his comment was sort of funny.I mean it would be different if he was mocking the patients of this place but these are just typewriters,nothing more.

Blacksheep Marcia can defend this place all she wants but a person doesn't have to have been there to see the wretched conditions in this place.I've seen photos used in the trial on a big site devoted just to Pennhurst and photos do not lie.I am not condemning all the staff that worked at Pennhurst,I am sure some were good people that genuinely cared for the welfare of the patients but I have no doubt that some were brutal sadists.I read an account written by a patient who stayed in Pennhurst for years about the horrors of that place.Why would this person make something like that up?

I can just imagine the children at "play"here.Sitting against the wall catatonic and rocking back and forth or playing with the roaches that scampered about this place because they knew no better.

Does Security ever go inside?

First, Im curious, what was the "TA" class?
I saw the news expose' - Suffer the Children - done about Pennhurst , I tend to think conditions could have been better much better in there. I do agree on the short handed staff issue and can understand how the state workes. I worked for the state in a State Hospital for over 20 years and they did want out of the Hospital Business for sure, but, I believe there were abuses going on in Pennhurst whether they were intentional or not - I do not know.....
Very sad picture no matter what the circumstances....

So, ~Me, I assume you meant the very last definition? ;-)

RANT v. intr.
To speak or write in a angry or violent manner; rave. v. tr.
To utter or express with violence or extravagance. n.

1. Violent or extravagant speech or writing.
2. A speech or piece of writing that incites anger or violence.
3. Chiefly British. Wild or uproarious merriment.

Yes Lynne it does. A good one at that.