August 27th
Pennhurst State School
Spring City, Pennsylvania
Just 45 minutes northwest of Philadelphia
Tickets available online only
https://www.visitphilly.com/articles/philadelphia/must-see-attractions-philadelphia/#bartrams-garden
Must be 18 years of age to attend
History and Information
The Pennhurst State School was a live-in facility for people with mental and physical handicaps. The school opened in 1908 and closed in 1987, with over 10,000 patients coming through the doors.
Pennhurst has a history of being one of the most horrific facilities of its kind due to mistreatment and abuse of its patients by not only doctors and nurses, but from all the staff, including maintenance.
The school was understaffed and barely received funds from the state to operate. Patients were trapped in metal cribs, drugged into submission, chained to their beds, and some were so isolated they couldn't speak and even lost their will to live. For patients who would bite, their tooth would be pulled--there is a rusty dentist chair in the tunnels where thousands of teeth were pulled.
Today, the caretakers believe the building and tunnels are extremely haunted by those that lived here
Paranormal Activity
- The spirit of a little girl is said to roam the buildings
- An old timey music box is heard throughout the Mayflower building
- In the basement, of a sealed off building, you can hear children's songs being sung
- Investigators have been told to "get out"
- The King, a former maintenance worker who mistreated patients, is known to touch women
- Lights being turned on when no one is on the floor
- Investigator's names being called out
- Disembodied voices throughout the buildings
- Shadow figures