Pennhurst State School and Hospital, often referred to as Pennhurst Asylum, was established in Spring City, Pennsylvania in 1908 as the Eastern Pennsylvania Institution for the Feeble Minded and Epileptic. Its original purpose was to segregate individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities often labeled as defective or unfit under the prevailing eugenics movement from mainstream society for care and, in some cases, labor. However, from its earliest years, the facility suffered from

🕯️ Pennhurst Asylum – Pennsylvania, USA 🕯️ Once known as the Pennhurst State School and Hospital, this abandoned institution is one of America’s most haunted places. Built in 1908, it was meant to care for the mentally ill and physically disabled — but what happened inside its walls tells a much darker story. Reports of neglect, mistreatment, and terrifying screams echoing through the empty halls have fueled decades of ghost hunts. Visitors claim to see shadow figures, hear voices calling thei