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GraveYard Tales

203: Pennhurst Asylum

GraveYard Tales

Adam Zero

Society & Culture, Social Sciences, Science, History, Philosophy

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2022

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

This week we look at one of the most brutal asylums we’ve ever researched! We look into the Pennhurst Asylum! The history of this place is just crazy and we discuss some brutal topics. We’ll give you a warning before we do! And the hauntings here are frequent and unique!


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Sources

https://the-line-up.com/pennhurst-asylum

https://weirdnj.com/stories/pennhurst-asylum/

https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/pennsylvania/pa-pennhurst/

https://philadelphiaencyclopedia.org/essays/pennhurst-state-school-and-hospital/

http://pennhurstproject.com/Welcome.html

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/pennhurst-asylum-haunted-house-tours-2019-20191009.html

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2017/08/23/the-shame-of-pennsylvania-inside-the-tragic-and-frightening-pennhurst-state-school-and-hospital/?chrome=1

https://thesnapper.millersville.edu/index.php/2020/11/06/behind-the-walls-of-terror/

https://www.travelchannel.com/shows/ghost-adventures/articles/pennhurst-states-haunted-history

http://www.preservepennhurst.org/default.aspx?pg=36

Transcript

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0:00.0

So Matt we were at Walmart the other day which is a scary proposition in and of itself but I saw this guy and he was throwing Stephen King novels at people.

0:13.0

Just like hucking them at people and I couldn't figure out why then it hit me.

0:33.0

Good evening everybody and welcome to the graveyard. Thank you for joining us tonight. My name is Adam and my name's Matt.

0:41.0

Now we'll have a tombstone or settle into your casket and get comfortable because this is graveyard tails.

0:56.0

Oh right everybody here we are again Matt how you doing tonight brother. Hey man I am I'm doing well. Good.

1:05.0

We are enjoying the false fall. Yep here too. And it's been really nice. We know it's going to be back to Hell's front porch.

1:15.0

Oh yeah. And a few days. Absolutely. Yeah last couple of mornings gotten up and 630 there's a chill in the air.

1:25.0

And it's like that's kind of nice but like you said we'll be sweating our butts off again here pretty soon.

1:32.0

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2:44.0

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3:13.0

our patrons are basically like producers of the show because we couldn't keep doing it without our patrons support they are what helps like we say in our thank you letter you keep the tombstones polished and the casket sealed up tight

3:29.0

which is a funny way of saying you help keep this this junk rolling here so now that that's all I've got so why don't you tell us what are we talking about tonight brother

3:40.0

okay Adam so tonight we're going to head to Pennsylvania and we're going to take a look at the pinhurst asylum now you know no no fancy lead in tonight no build up I mean we're going to talk about one of the most haunted

4:00.0

asylums that I've ever researched yeah it's crazy I know that you know we you hear a lot and I talk about it I make jokes about it about everything is the most haunted this or the most haunted whatever I don't know that they consider

4:20.0

pinhurst to be the most haunted but the stories that I was able to uncover researching this place they're phenomenal yeah I mean there's there's stuff that I have not I have not discovered in other

4:40.0

research of of haunted places especially haunted asylums you know most of the time you get a lot of similar stories yeah that's true but but with pinhurst there's a lot that I've never seen before

4:56.0

and and we've got an absolute incredible story to share later on in the show about an investigation that was done with with folks from Ripley's believe it or not

5:12.0

so as with everything especially a place like pinhurst you've got to understand the history yeah to be able to wrap your head around why a place like this is so active right

5:30.0

right so Adam share with us the history of pinhurst asylum all right as we always say go check our sources down on the bottom of the show notes you can find where we found all this information

5:40.0

and I'm going to be reading a lot of specifics and a lot of testimonial you know stuff right from people's mouths so if you want to see where I found it go in our

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