Pennhurst Asylum Review

Posted: October 27, 2011
By: Louis White

Throughout the United States there are those haunted attractions that use an already creepy & haunted setting and transform it into something more terrifying with the addition of props, sets and of course live actors. Pennhurst Asylum was closed in 1987 and since then has remained abandoned and untouched. However, starting in 2010, Randy Bates has taken this haunted ayslum and turned it into a real life nightmare.

Boasting a total of four attractions, Pennhurst once vacant of any activity except that of the paranormal sort is now a bustling scream park! Rated as the top from numerous media outlets including HauntWorld & The Travel Channel, Pennhurst was a promising venue to deliver the most terrifying experience ever. Now of course you want to know what we thought?

First let me start of by saying that Pennhurst is one of the most creepiest places on earth. To be honest walking around the grounds and checking out the old decaying buildings would have been enough to make the 2 hour trip worth it, for me at least. But it didn’t matter if the Pennhurst attraction itself was scary, from the moment you begin your walk down a winding road, before you even make it to the ticket booth, the hair on the back of your neck stands up. You can’t help yourself from wanting to enter a building to explore, but I would have come back during the day for that. So on we went to get our tickets and take on what promised to be the scariest four attractions you would ever walk through.

To sort of ease us into the main three attractions we were advised to take a walk through the Ghost Hunt attraction which took place inside the Mayflower building. Out of all the buildings Pennhurst consisted of, the Mayflower Building was the one with the most recorded paranormal activity. The leader of the group which is about 20 people or so is given a flashlight, however, with phones now having a flashlight app, everyone had one out. Which sort of ruined it in my opinion. But during your walk through two floors of the Mayflower Building you might encounter a paranormal sighting. We didn’t see anything but walking through a building that has been left the same since it was abandoned was awesome! Walkers, beds, cribs, shelves, rubber chairs and other items were strewn about in various rooms where patients once lived. If we were to walk through this at the end of the night by ourselves with one flashlight, I am sure we could be singing a different tune! My personal recommendation would be to save this tour for last, because the closer you get to the end of the night, the less people walk through. Meaning you have more of chance of seeing something actually happen.

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