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A better photo of the twin-stack with some help from a flashlight. No autopsy table was present, although there was a drain in the floor.
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the way the freezer id put seems very shuned from the rest of the room possibly shows there attitude towards the mentaly ill.....
rich
Wed 03-02-2005
This was a morgue, not a solarium or a bedroom. These were built for medical practice and efficiency, not to look pretty or comfort the residents... I don't think assumptions towards patient care should be made from these "behind the scenes" places.
Motts
Wed 03-02-2005
did they keep dead people in there?
rissa
Wed 03-16-2005
yes they did leave corpses in there
jonay
Thu 03-17-2005
Rissa, I sure wouldn't want to be live and be in there!
silkster40z@aol.com
Mon 03-21-2005
I know at Dixmont (just outside Pittsburgh,PA..soon to be a Wal Mart) the man that owns it sold the autopsy table to a buddy who turned it in to a counter to for his bar How sick is that??
DixmontJosh
Wed 03-23-2005
It looked like a nice porcelain one too...
http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/search/p_22050.html

I remember the guy was also trying to sell the morgue freezers too.
Motts
Wed 03-23-2005
eh, I met Mr. Stroyne....he is not a bad guy at all. The amount of trouble that place has caused him, I don't blame him for trying to make a few dollars. Dixmont is in ruins.
MSB
Sun 05-22-2005
ya freaky....my mom actually used to work at Pennhurst when she was about 18 years. After hearing all the stories about her incounter with people there i was freaked out. i actually found out that she even got abused by the patients there.
Maria
Wed 06-08-2005
The autopsy table actually looks like it would be good for anything messy like artwork or mechanics...when you were done you could clean up easily...
Mnementh
Wed 06-08-2005
Dixmontjosh,

The guy who bought the autopsy table didn't turn it into a bar. He's a close friend of mine and we did kick around many ideas for the use of it, one of those ideas was using it as a bar. But, he didn't. He still has it in storage since a move a few years ago, but I can assure you that no drinks have been served on it.
IndieQueen
Thu 10-27-2005
Whats wrong with turning it into a bar? -other than the limited amount of space. What a great conversation piece it would make!
jay
Thu 11-17-2005
The fridges would make an awsome beer fridge!!
Tony C.
Thu 11-17-2005
before they tear down pennhurst, i told myself i was going to take one of the tables from the freezer room. if you go under the mess hall, there are over 1 million small plastic sippy cups. brand new too. right near the meat lockers. i have like a box of 1000 of these plastic cups that were there.
....
Sun 01-15-2006
As a frequent visitor of the rundown institution, I have visited the morgue on several occasions. I have even lied on one of the body racks. I removed one of the latches (lock and chain still attached and locked). The latch now rests in my bedroom near my bed. Stamped on the latch in raised letters is:
JAMISON 33TH
HAGERSTOWN, MD.
the lock was made by:
CUSACK
HARDWARE CO.
1004 ARCH ST. PHILA.
I consider this to be one of my most prized posessions
Steve G
Sun 01-15-2006
thats pretty fucked up... Are there any left.. cuz i stay around haggerstown sometimes.. i want one! email me coltin_grundy@yahoo.com
LiL John
Sun 03-05-2006
what i wanna know is why does the latch say haggerstown if pennhurst is in PA
eddie j
Sun 03-05-2006
Been a while since I've visited this site...Sorry. It took someone almost 2 months to respond to my previous comment, I stopped checking after about 3 weeks. Eddie J, it's possible that the company that made the lock is in Haggerstown Md.
Steve G
Wed 04-26-2006
why would people do that kind of shit,
thats just wrong
jeff
Tue 05-02-2006
is it just me or does that wood look sorta new? Everything else is dusty but that wood looks clean.
george
Tue 06-13-2006
i would love to sleep in one of those. tha would be awesome.
Shilo
Sat 06-24-2006
You sure like to steal things, don't you, Steve G?
Matt
Thu 07-20-2006
i was wondering why their wasnt an autopsy table also...but that room is kinda really small...maybe one of the rooms nearby was for the autopsy
mikeymisery
Tue 09-05-2006
The way the freezer trays slide otu obviously means it was a morgue so they could examine the bodies and brains of the mentally ill for research.
AJM
Sat 01-06-2007
this is very disrespectful to the dead. god bless them this is crazy
shaniqua
Mon 02-26-2007
if this was you whay would you do
Tyshay
Mon 02-26-2007
We had planned to sleep in the morgue but we chickened out. We just might the next time we go up with a more able guide.
RAF
Sun 07-15-2007
ive been to pennhurst 5 times, went thru 11 different buildings. ive stood infront of these freezers. if any one ever wants to go sometime then email me: jenn_187@peoplepc.com
jennifer f.
Sat 09-08-2007
i have been to pennhurst like 500 times and the one time i layed on the freezer rack and my friends pushed me and shut the door.......not so fun but defintly something to remember....
kyle d
Fri 09-14-2007
kyle d,

i think i would b a lil freaked out if my friends shut tha door...lay me on tha tbl n push me in...jst dont close tha door
Tabby
Sat 02-09-2008
did you sleep in there motts?
Merc24
Wed 03-24-2010
Steve G,what is it with you and stealing? have a little respect!
natStarr
Fri 06-22-2012

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