I would have to agree that not all mental asylums are bad, but since no one really knows what happened..and the gov't wont release any information...people like to make up stories.. most being about abuse and neglect. And I dont know what happened hear..But i do live about 10 mins from here..I hear many stories about this place. And i dont believe its haunted or anything like that. But I do believe that maybe this was once one of those hospitals where they didnt treat their patients very well. I know now they have very nice hospitals..but i know that back then, they werent as knowledgable about the disabled and maybe they didnt give them the care they deserved.

I think that if I were to be walking around in an abandoned building...and I came across a room like this one...I would freak out and leave immediatly. None of the other pictures scare me...nor does Pennhurst. But this picture with the wheelchair in the cornor with the walls painted scares me. Especially since its flooded and has no light.

I know of many many kids in my school who, on weekends, come into these tunnels and drink and smoke up. When they first mentioned tunnels I thought that they meant sewage tunnels underground until I saw these photographs. I think its really messed up of them to be going in and messing around in here. There are so many guards watching this place at all hours of the night, that Im surprized that any of them dont get caught.

Thanks, I will definitly look at her comments. Lol..and I might give the guards a donut!! lol...I wonder what kind they like?

I'm 18, and I do vote in even the little "crappy" elections. I've never been to Pennhurst but everyone knows that when you live in a small town like this and you have an abandoned building..there are going to be ghost stories and horror stories about the place. I wasnt pointing any fingers at the staff, nor saying that this place was terrible. I was saying that those are the stories I have always heard. If you scroll up to my comment the last thing i wrote was that I wanted to know what really happened. I dont think this place was bad at all, I want to hear outside of these kids' stories and talk to patients and people who used to work there. I think that this place is beautiful and mysterious and I've tried many times to get in but with the guards everywhere, and the new gates put up..I haven't found a way around it. On the other hand..I think I would much rather not disturb this place and just enjoy Motts awesome pictures :)

If I'm reading correctly, and the stories arent just mere myths..I believe that this place didnt actually "help" any of the patients. In reality they put up a facade for the families and loved ones, but while inside they experimented on them to learn about their dissabilities, and what made them that way. I'm truely fascinated with this place, its looks and also the amazing stories that come from it. Im really curious to find out what truely happened here, and why it was shut down.

This picture is absolutely beautiful. There is a huge sense of lonliness and loss. Most people just look at this place as haunted, I see it as a sad history.

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Thats very disurbing..yet I cant w8 2 go n see it ...

really scary feeling

oh my god

Yeah but its definitely a graduated cylinder, DUH SOMEONE didnt pay attention in science, lol **cough cough ED cough cough**

I'VE NEVER BEEN IN HERE BUT IT LOOKS SOOOOOOO SCARY I PROBLEY WIL;L NEVER GO IN !!!!!!!!

gorgeous

Beautiful color!!

This is so creepy looking that it's not even funny. I love the black and white contrast....

Wow... this is better than a guestbook. I love the color in this photo, especially the color of the light coming in from the sun. Very professional looking.