Well This was all very interesting!!!!! My grandfather was Mike Schneider and Annette is my mother! If anyone has photos I would love to see!

Has any one retrieved the binder yet if so could the e-mail me some copies...Also their should be records of lobotomies somewhere...
also through some of my other research I discover through early death records that in Pennhurst first years of existence, all the deaths that occurred in young men and women in their teens and twenties. It just seemed odd to me that a otherwise healthy 16 year old male was able to live 16 years at home with no real treatment or special care other than what his parents were able to give,but yet when taken to a, at the time state of the art hospital/school that specializes specifically in these conditions to get the best possible care available at the time, and with in a few months hes dead. I guess what I'm saying is I don't understand why it took 60 years before anybody ever did any type of investigation as obvious as the abuse was.
If anybody could help me out with good copies of any other records of interest, disciplinary actions or any other interesting photos and stories I would greatly appreciate it my e-mail is hooverjamie@rocketmail.com

this is right by my house.. ive been inside a few times. never during the day though..... a friend of mine is going to school for photog and would love to get inside but isnt sure the right way to go about it

Motts you take such amazing photos have you ever done any from the Oregon State Hospital, where they filmed one flew over the Cookoo's nest? I know a big portion of the building has been closed for years, just curious....

there was one in Leicester, Mass. Now its a Super Wal-Mart. (I think)

yes yes How I loved those signs! I still miss the original Holiday Inn sign. How colorful they were as any other drive in sign.

this shot rips me apart

lord in heaven imagine this same toilet and 19 others in a circle in a blue tiled room and folks watching you pee in a cup .... thanks to the us navy i have lovely memories

i need one of these tubs ive been looking for the past year closest ive come is one for 1500 bucks

im surprised no one had run off with the tub considering the price of them now a days

im glad there are some intelligent folks that know its a hooper its still used in nursing homes and hospitals today for the cleaning of soiled linens and clothing

hey is it me r is der a shadow...probably he guy taken the pic pero dat looks kool

Wow. That reminds me of the theatre at my elementry school...

(Except it was in slightly better condition...)

...Ya know, there seems to be a theme of theatres in asylums...(judging after looking through a few of your galleries) did the patients actually preform or something? Or did actors come to preform for them...?

i went there last night and there was a man inside who appeared in the window and screamed at us

yoo, is there a fine here like there is at pennhurst and what are the chances of getting caught at this place?

Ouch wouldn't have wanted to go there

Once again, you excel. Thanks, Motts, Candace and Dash.

Its so intresting I want to learn more about it

absolutely awesome picture mate...

nice work..pity us british dont have anything quite so un-touched...

I've been to Glendale and while it's really fucking great, it has aspestos (cancer causing agent in old insulation) and TB bacteria. Just a warning.

boy it looks like snakes

This picture just absolutely floors me...