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. Website: http://www.AbandonedSteve.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveAbandonedExploration Twitter: https://twitter.com/AbandonedSteve Instagram: @abandonedsteve 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!

• published: 27 Mar 2015
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