Aerial Drone Abandoned Pennhurst State School Hospital
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- Aerial Drone Abandoned Pennhurst State School and Hospital
Done with Permission from the Owners of the Pennhurst Property. Do not attempt without Permission. Steep fines and arrest will occur. Cameras are watching you and this is coming from someone who does this hobby...
1968 News Investigation Report, "Suffer the Little Children" done by Bill Baldini of CBS10 (NBC10).
Want to photograph Pennhurst legally?!? You can sign up for a photography tour by Visiting Pennhurst Paranormal on Facebook or PennhurstParanormal.com . If you want to explore Pennhurst and also be taught how to get those amazing shots, check out AbandonedAmerica.us to sign up for one of Matthew Christopher's workshops at Pennhurst...
Built in the early 1900s in Pennsylvania, Pennhurst was designed to house and help the mentally challenged (a better word than what they described them in those years) children, teens, and adults through life and to get them back into society to live on their own. Families who could not care for their love ones or who did not want to deal with this illness on their own would drop them off to this institution. Some would come back to visit their children, others would leave them and never see them again. Pennhurst was good to its patients in the early years providing help to the mentally challenged. Over the later years, the campus became overcrowded. They tried building more but that only seemed to help a little. By the 50s, there was over a dozen buildings on campus. The overcrowded buildings was not the main issues. There was not enough staff for the patients. Some were living in horrid conditions sleeping in there own fecal matter with bugs flying around their beds. Some were mistreated by being mentally, physically, and sexually abused. Other were harmed in ways of beatings, fights, teeth pulling to the ones who would bite, and being injected with meds that were not really needed for treatment. Pennhurst when it started was supposed to be a successful Pennsylvania funded institution that would help these children and adults but it failed. What caused Pennhurst to close in 1986-1987 was a lawsuit by a former patient. Her case favored her and the entire facility was shut down. After it closure, the buildings were just dropped and left to rot. They remained abandoned for many years. This location was a huge hotspot for urban explorers. A lot of the land was sold to the Army reserve and to build a VA hospital. In the early to mid 2000s, according to records, the remaining property was bought from the state by a private owner for 2 Million US Dollars. He ran a recycling company here but also planned to turn this place into a museum. In 2009-2010, a third party started a haunted house on the property in a few buildings including the one I have pictures to help make revenue to fix up the buildings. It caused a lot of issues with local residents and people who said the haunted house was disrespecting the children and adults who suffered and died here. Today the haunted house still remains and is allows the owners to continue to fix up the property. So far they are offering photography tours which I have done 3 so far and also do ghost hunts in the spring to early fall season. The internet holds a ton of information about this property so please keep reading.
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Disclaimer: Exploring Abandoned Structures can be dangerous and you could be trespassing. You could get a fine, get hurt, get sick, and/or get arrested. Therefore I CAN NOT be held responsible for your actions if you do choose to enter an abandoned site. I am not providing this video to show people where and how to get to these places. This video is meant to give my viewers the feel of an abandoned structure safely in their home plus provide some history. Just don't do it. If you choose to ignore this disclaimer, you are taking full responsibility for your actions!
beautiful
Stunningly ....beautifully....executed...
i may come here not shure yet!
Exploring With Josh Pennhurst is an awesome place. Better if you seen it before 2007 though. I grew up near this area and it was the place to see when I was in highschool. Today they use some of the buildings like the main one in the video thumbnail for a haunted house, some for ghost hunts, etc. They also have mulching company that runs on the property. Before 2007, it was untouched
dam i kno i started exploring around 17 which was in 2010 i didnt drive till 19 so i missed out on some amazing around those years they knocked down the best asylums around are areas
just awesome
+Jonas Erving Thank you
Wow, Steve! Just....WOW! This video deserves a spot on The History Channel. Very impressive all around.
***** Thanks so much Tiki! Ha that would be cool!
+Abandoned Steve (Historical - Urbex) have you ever done like interviews of any of the people whom worked there? This is a 1st for me. I've never heard of this place. & I'm so glad that this place isn't up & running. As they say "YOU LEARN SOMETHING NEW EVERYDAY." After many years of it not running but still having those buildings up.....still a very sad place(sighs/heart aches). I can only imagine those whom were placed there. & left......😭
Steve, thank you so much for your respectful attitude toward people with mental disabilities and thank you to those viewers who posted comments showing the same respect. Here in Indiana in the 60s there was a similar scandal at similar institution. Last year I lost my brother who had Down's Syndrome and I couldn't bear to watch the news coverage in this video. My brother was kept at our home as long as possible and eventually after the death of a parent I had to place him a group home as his needs were so great because of the dementia that occurs with people who have DS and I couldn't meet those needs. I then found out how bad the group home was thanks to a whistle-blower and I had to get my brother out and Adult Protective Services in though almost nothing could be done as the people being mistreated usually can't complain and can't testify in court so APS staff can't do as much as they know needs to be done. Abuse, neglect, and exploitation of people with special needs still occur. Since my brother was removed from the first group home I've heard that there have been deaths there and I know of financial wrongdoing. One of the people in the organization running the "home" put his slut mistress, who had been pregnant by him at the same time as his wife, and who is an incompetent crook, in charge of the group home. Thanks be to God that my brother's last couple of years were in excellent group homes run by the Stone Belt Center here in Indiana. ***I don't know if it will happen but I hope that people will stop using the word "retarded" or "REE-tard", as some say, as an insult or slang term as it's an insult to some of the most vulnerable people in our society, people we should be protecting.**Your video of Pennhurst is outstanding not just because of the beauty of the content and the quality of the production but because of the message you give to others. My deep and sincere and thanks and appreciation to you, Steve.
Beautiful tribute to those poor tortured souls. I only learned of this place when I watched one of your videos, so thank you Steve for helping to remind us that this must never happen again.
Steve what a great job done with this video, the music conveys the sadness of Pennhurst for all those years it was open,great tribute to the patients who had the misfortune of being there and those who suffered in the hands of supposed professional at Pennhurst state School and Hospital.
i really needed this video in my life.
Great video!
Thank you
NICE WORK!
Pappy Fine Thank you
From what I researched and know of the horrid conditions of those patients, I would have to say that Bill Baldini did a good job exposing the horrible conditions and treatment those patients received. It was something that had been going on for years once the overcrowding came into play. I work for a psychiatric hospital, and we never take in more patients than beds we have therefore we don't allow our facility to become overcrowded which allows each and every patient to get the upmost care and treatment
yes things were very different back then. Sad to know how things were ran in our institutions.
Overwhelming sadness. That is a good thing really, it keeps one always striving to be a better human. Beautiful work on this. I love your videos because you are respectful and I feel that you have great care for these old structures and you have a good heart.
zeldaautumn Thank You so much. That is exactly how I try and do this hobby, in a respectful way
A whole new level of awesomeness!!!!!
Tracy Renee Pratt Thank You Tracy
Steve thank you for sharing your Pennhurst experience. Opening your video with an excerpt from Bill Baldini's 4 part news report "Suffer the children" shows your respect for those who lived, suffered, died and were freed from Pennhurst and other institutions around the country. I'm sure the Pennhurst Preservation group would be very interested in your video if they haven't already contacted you. What happened at Pennhurst was tragic but it was the starting point for the deinstitutionalization of the disabled wharehoused in these facilities, giving back their rights, privacy and most important their voice. Thanks again Steve I will send links to this video to others who wish to help keep Pennhurst State School alive to honor those who suffered.
Very impressive footage. The historic news story at the beginning is a nice touch for those of us who have never heard of it.
We have had similar institutions like this in New Zealand... started with the best of intentions but ended up as a shining example of how NOT to treat the mentally ill. Most of these are now closed and the people who suffered in them forgotten. One such institution not far from where I live was closed about 15-20 years ago and the current owners just recently discovered an unmarked grave yard on the site containing the graves of war veterans (according to old records). It is explained away as "that's how it was back then", .....such disrespect is very sad.
Mark Perry Thank You Mark. We all learn from our mistake but it hard to watch how people were treated back then. SO sad
Appreciate all the work that you've put into this video Steve, Thank you for sharing it...Simply Outstanding!
Abandoned UK Thank so much my friend
That was really amazing! Well done, I enjoyed it very much!
Laura Tuller Thank You Laura
My favorite its actually butiful
Simply beautiful! Job well done and the music you selected was perfect for the video. Thank you for sharing!
Rebecca Sanderson Thanks so much Rebecca
very very sad....
One word sums up you video ... Perfect !!! Great job with video and music ... You must do more !! Thanks for sharing.
Giovanni Berardinelli Thank You. Glad you enjoyed it
This is great stuff man. From 7:38 - 7:45 is a master shot from Hell! A power plant (Limerick Nuclear Power Plant? ) is visible in the distance..
Keeping the blades out of the frame I see!
That music is very good ... whom may I ask?
Beautiful footage. Very well done.
TheCatAteMyShoe Thank You so much!
This is the most amazing urban exploring footage I have ever seen. You have officially blown my mind good man. I subscribed and can't wait for more of this, just wow.
The440plymouth Thanks so much. Glad you enjoyed it
Surreal with a dash of spooky. Excellent footage and story - I really appreciate how you not only get the video, but also go into the history of the buildings.
+Hallofo History is what keeps me doing this
Loved the video, can't wait for the next video.
Christopher Hutchcraft Thanks Christopher! Next video should be of an abandoned house. On foot tour
Excellent video -
anne holloway Thank You Anne
Fantastic job on the vid my friend 👍
AWESOME, AMAZING, & beautiful but extremely sad .. Thank you for sharing !! These photos & video really capture this bit of not so nice History, kinda makes it real !
Gina Diefenbach Thanks Gina
This is a truly spectacular piece of work, Steve - and that's a total understatement.
smilinachya Thank You so much my friend :)
Wonderful. Using a drone has opened up a whole new window on urban explores. The outside shots are really compelling.
M.R. Storie Thank You!
_the winter is fitting for this place, it was cold._
awesomeness!!!! theres also been claims that pennhurst is haunted they did an episode of it on the show 'the haunting of....' the episode included beverely from 7th heaven u should be able to search it on here just by typing in simple things like 'the haunting of pennhurst' if anyone is interested in that kinda thing
Wow, I loved the footage, You did a great job.
Tammys Adventures Thank You Tammy
amazing video
+elmin82 Thank you
OMG, thank God that times have changed. Kids are more accepting. A student with ADD in the classroom bothers the teachers more than the classmates. Kids are more accepting and open to change.
this is a wonderful video i love all the footage you got.
+Cameron O'neill Thank You
i just want to say thanks to all the good work that you do on the old hospital on pennhurst by putting all the pic on for all of us to see what went on bk in thouse days i live in southampton i take pic of old asylum and hospital
Gary Fussell Thanks Gary. Glad you enjoyed it
Btw great video.
I went to Jr. High and High School outside of Phila. Jeez,the buildings look the same style!!
What great shots with the drone. The roofs are totally rotten in some of the buildings. you did well getting it through that walkway/tunnel beside one of the buildings. You can look right into the rooms. It was good to see you didn't get it hung up in the trees too.
andrewkiwi1 Thank You. Yes a lot of the buildings are far from gone. Even when pennhurst was still opened, the building conditions did not meet code. Ha i stayed away from this trees..
Just blew my mind with this footage and soundtrack
Building some what snowed in, decayed and forgotten ..the abandoned ford pickup and beetle just added to the effect of this video!! Great work !!
P Hoffa Thank You. Glad you enjoyed it
Outstanding footage which I really enjoyed,. So sad all the broken souls that entered that place and never left.
Sassy Cat Thank You
"Broken souls" is pretty much what I thought as I watched. To be born into this world and then locked away-it breaks my heart.....:(
I felt such a sense of sadness while watching this. You did a beautiful job.
Toni MacTavish Thank You Toni
I visited Pennhurst this past weekend on a photography outing. It is amazing how much has been demolished and cleaned up in just 2 years let alone 6 years ago. All of the buildings shown @6:47, behind the little round house are now gone with little trace. These looked like massive building that I would have loved to see in person. The overall creepy feel is still strong. If you get the chance, go visit! Great footage. A step back in time.
Those would be Rockwell, Dietary, and Hershey. The Dietary building had two wings (Franklin & Nobel) with the center attaching to that "round house" you mentioned.
I cannot even begin to describe how AMAZING this video was!! I live so close to this place, and I have always been super fascinated by it since I can remember. It's truly amazing. My dad's older brother was actually a patient in here at one time, but luckily he got taken out before any of the horrible things started happening. Thanks for producing amazing quality content. You have definitely found a life long subscriber!
Carleigh Ann Thanks so much Carleigh and glad you enjoyed the video. I like how it turned out. Spent some time on this one. It was a fun day doing it! :)
To be honest, given the nature of my native Floridian self, I find the snow to make this place so much more....astonishing,
Cool place, love the architecture of the old buildings it's unfortunate about the history of the buildings but still a very cool place anyways.
Be interesting to see the buildings with no snow on the ground.
For the most part the buildings look intact I wonder what they look like inside I noticed a lot of windows broken out but it makes you wonder.
redneckbryon The snow really had to the depth of the buildings when doing aerial. It much harder to see them in the summer time. The building are still standing but a lot of them have roof issues. They are getting worst everyday.
I'm going there in a few weeks! So excited. :) AMAZING job btw.
+ReK Titanz very cool what are you going there for?
They have a haunted house there every year.I am going through the tunnels, and I think the Mayflower building. :)
Wow you really out did yourself on this one Steve! Amazing shots! by far the best drone Video Yet! Awesome job! The shots of the dome were spectacular!
AbandonedSC Thank You Jason. I really like how it turned out. Gives you a small history lesson on what happened and then your right into what is like today
You did an awesome Job! I watched that '68 documentary last year. Really sad.
AbandonedSC yes it is. Really shows how we changed from other society was back then. If it wasnt for that news report and the lawsuit, pennhurst could of been still open
True. A Scary thought indeed
Hauntingly beautiful Steve. Such horrors and atrocities occurred here yet somehow you found beauty amongst the ruins. Beautifully done.
MsIndigo78 Thank You. That exactly how I tried to edit the video by
It's time that breaks my heart. Never does the clock tick so slow as when you're ill. When you think the sun will never shine again. How these sweet souls must have suffered at the hands of time. And health workers who had no idea how to treat many of the illnesses. And even today we are a hit and miss when it comes to mental illness.
Thank you AS for such a soulful look into what once was and I pray that today, tomorrow and every day after we will learn to be more compassionate and understanding.
Jake92574 Your very welcome :)
You bring it on, Steve. Awesome, awesome job!!!!!
chiefamylee Thank You
Several moments in your video reminded me of the exterior aerial footage in Shawshank Redemption (which I believe was an old asylum in Ohio)... very beautiful. The whole site looks breathtaking. I wish I could go there and see it for myself, but your wonderful work has been quite satisfying. Thank you!
It was an old prison in Mansfield, Ohio, right off I-71. If you're ever through there, stop for a tour.
Hauntingly beautiful, outstanding footage and really a touchy story, how many souls forgotten in time and space? How sad that society would judge innocents for what wasn't their fault?
If I could, I wish I could help them to cross over and rest in peace, my heart feels broken...
Could you please share the mane of the music? Is going to stick with me for a while.
Great job and thanks for sharing!
mhonnyks All 3 songs I used are credited at the end of the video. They are done by Kevin Macleod.
that place looks spooky and sad at the same time...
This is just AWESOME Steve, You getting so good now with your vids,very professional mate, love the drone, love the intro. Nice to see some history on the place too, I saw this on ghost adventures one time, very interesting...Almost hoping the drone would go into one of them open windows :D
Steve Norton Thank you steve. Ha yea problem is these drones can go crazy and i can no longer see it inside. It is goes down, Pennhurst has now claimed my drone haha
Lolz No please don't loose your drone we need it! Any chance you could do Pennhurst prison some time, The layout of that place would be drone perfect...
never heard of pennhurst prison, where is it
Nope, I got totally the wrong name...sorry.
Steve: I have always admired your videos on abandoned structures especially the Demidio mansion that once housed the theatre pipe organ. The Pennhurst video reminds me of the Kings Park Psychiatric Center not far from my house. After it closed in the mid 1990's a number of structures either burned or were torn down and just a few years ago the state leveled 16 more. I have always been in awe of the classic architecture that was used in the construction of these institutions which belies some of the horrors that went on behind the walls in a lot of them. Long Island had at four of these institutions all of them quite large in size. Pilgrim State, Central Islip, Kings Park and Edgewood. I believe that only the first three have structures still standing while Edgewood is completely gone but not entirely sure. I have extensively photographed the exteriors of the KPPC buildings which is allowed by the state. I have no interest in going inside for a number of reasons two of which are it is illegal and hazardous . Thanks for your well done videos. The use of the drone only adds to the quality and allows one to see even more. Your presentation is very professional.
allegheny48 Thank You! New York State especially along the hudson houses a lot of these structures. It amazing
I lived in Dover DE and planned to driver here but never did. Once I'm back in the states I'm definitely going back
Fantastic job Steve, the intro was just... great! Love your work!
brian70Cuda Thank You Brian
is there a liink for the 68 video, highly interested in watching the rest. great drone footage, sense of sadness in this video. its disturbing and sad some of these folks were treated worse than animals. Tennessee wraith chasers filmed here.
So sad. In europe, there are buildings such as these that are thousands of years old, but in America, they don't even last 100 years.
***** some of the old homes built in the 1700s last a long time. Here in Pa we got a ton of them with people still living in them. 1900s though is a different story. It is just the change or building standards
I was just a boy living across the Schuylkill River from Pennhurst and could see the buildings from our back door. If it was not for Bill Baldini's documentary done in 1968 and the public outcry afterwards, this tragedy would have continued many more years.
Warehouses for unlucky humans. The fact of the matter is that the disabled people were taken from their families early. Even the doctors told worried parents "Just forget about him". Without families to defend their rights, these people were very vulnerable. The "Good Old Days" weren't good for everyone!
i have family that worked here.. they described the deplorable conditions they had to work with. they all said the same.. sad. there is a labyrinth of tunnels beneath that even the male employees wouldn't travel alone
we were there today on the grounds visiting my grandad. the VA center is now located there.
yes the va is across the street
Gorgeous shots! It's so sad. I want to walk around!! How do you go about getting permission for all these wonderful places?
secondhandsweetness7 Thank You. I got to know the owners of Pennhurst and property manager. I still donate money to them every visit and they allow me to photograph. They offer photo tours. Check the description out.
DVincentW2 For some reason I cant respond to your other name so I tagged you with this name in response to your comment. You are correct about the power plants. Been there since the 70s. It was such a windy day and the blades do peak in the frame sometimes.. The music I use it all composed by Kevin Macleod..
Sad. Abandoned children. Brings a tear to my eye. No love for them.
Very well done video Steve!!!! It is maddening how they treated these people like that. Makes me think who is mentally challenged. If they are trying to save the building with the copper dome, it has some very serious issues with the seams. they need to be redone as they look like they have come apart. Trying to find reasonably priced copper smiths for that is hard to come by though. It would be a shame to let the new roof work go from leaks in the dome corners etc... The other roofs....OMG !! The 3rd floor is the roof on some. Looks sort of like some of the older buildings were done in some sort of Dutch revival architecture. Looks a lot like some of the buildings found in Holland and the old Dutch colonial sites like Willemstad, Curacao. I hope they are able to save that main structure at least.
alibabafurball Thank You! Yea i am not sure what they are doing with that dome. I have an older photo from 2008 where it was just missing a lot of things. They seem to put over some green walls of some sort. Some of the buildings roofs are in terrible shape.
Stunning work, Steve. I just saw your SS United States tour.
Recently, I viewed a post of a guy who toured Pripyat, the abandoned city which hosted Chernobyl's workers and families, among others. The government won't let people stay in the area more than 2 weeks at a time, even if they are armed with intricate knowledge of radioactive properties and safety equipment. This is because the abundant signs of once flourishing human presence reduced to a state of decay gradually took a cumulative toll on people's psyches.
While your imagery is powerful, I'll probably have to spread my viewing dosage of your posts out a little.
Watch it feels like death.
You can see the hesitation to fly in at 5:11 lol
I thought that was maybe Three Mile Island in the background, but I see not.
The Limb Reaper Yep not 3 mile island
_eerily beautiful_
_gee, when he said he drugged them because of their hyperness, I thought of what they do to the children now, in school, very sad_
Why are so many windows left open? I can understand a few for ventilation but so many leads to faster decay of the buildings and their interiors from the elements. These hospitals are always like this, why?
+S Luzardo Most of the windows are broken, but they don't see the need to really keep these buildings since they didn't have much money into them to begin with, even when the institute was running they didn't have much to put into it.
it is so creepy
Abandoned Steve Nice job. It would be great if you had the opportunity to fly the drone through an open window and fly around inside one those building with a light attached to the camera.
John East Thank you. yea that is a super difficult task
Which is the Quaker building?
Please share the name of the music used. It's a most beautiful requiem and I'd like to know which it is.
ByrdMann2010 The music titles and artist are at the end of the video
I went here with a group of friends to tour it, its pretty creepy walking the halls at night, I also got a creepy picture of a black mass standing in a door frame. If people are interested I'll go through my old phone and post it. Creepy shit.
Kroeckinator share your work on my facebook page if you have one
Was there heat in the building with the tower? Looks like the snow was melted off in one area.
Inferalanding There is no heat in any of these buildings
Oh ok
Americans , that is your history rotting away .
There's plans to make a museum!
QUAD COPTER
mike mcq correct. However for my video to show up in searches, Drone is more used. It an SEO thing
Have you explored the tunnels down below??
lookks like nothing been done
Tony Thatcher 4 out of the dozen building have be given roof repairs. There main goal is to fix the roof and stop the leaks.
Old place.
No not good
Abanddoned Steve I want to say this when Bill Baldini was done the place closed and when they closed they had gotten things right people were being taken care of as it closed Because of Bill Baldini they were loaded on buses given $50.00 each and left off in down town Phoenixville Pa to fend for themselves, do you really think that was good for people who could not live on their own? All I can say is Bill Baldini did this to them to be a big time reporter! And many of them died out on the streets! I never worked there but used to go with my car Club to play Baseball with the poor souls, I think Bill Baldini is and was a person looking to make himself a big shot in the news! He really did not care about the poor souls just glory for himself. I knew people who worked there those last years, and loved the poor souls who lived there, Bill Baldini only cared about himself he was a very rotten self serving news man!