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The Paranormal 60 Network

Screaming Souls of Pennhurst Asylum - A True Hauntings Podcast

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture

4.6627 Ratings

🗓️ 18 October 2024

⏱️ 69 minutes

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Summary

This is the story of the souls that survived under terrible conditions and how a place of deep trauma has now been reinvented to give a voice to the voiceless. This is a horror story of the treatment of those who were mentally ill and physically disabled in the early 1900's. This is Pennhurst Asylum! Join hosts, Anne and Renata as they tread on this unholy ground in search of the truth and the spirits of Pennhurst. Screaming Souls of Pennhurst Asylum - A True Hauntings Podcast SUPPORT THE ADVERTISERS THAT SUPPORT THIS SHOW Mythical Meats - To grab the taste sensation sweeping the nation and save 10% go here and use code P60 at check out,  https://shop.mythicalmeats.com/ Mint Mobile - To get your new wireless plan for just15 bucks a month, and get the plan shipped to your door for FREE, go to www.MintMobile.com/P60 Haunted Magazine - https://bit.ly/hauntedmagazine Tarot Readings by Winnie - www.darknessradio.com/love-lotus-tarot Follow Anne and Renata: Facebook: @AnneAndRenata Instagram: @AnneAndRenata YouTube: @AnneAndRenata TikTok: @AnneAndRenata

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0:35.6

In the mid-1960s, TV reporter Bill Baldini ran a five-episode of Penhurst State School and Hospital on a local TV

0:40.0

channel. It shone a light on the neglect and abuse in the institution that turned out to be

0:46.9

very hard for the regular viewers to stomach. On the black and white screens in people's homes

0:53.5

appeared the images of full grown hands and feet

0:58.3

bound by straps to adult-sized crib beds. Patients of the institution were shown rocking, pacing and

1:08.4

twitching. Many were severely disabled, either mentally or physically.

1:13.6

But others were quite lucid and coherent, but withdrawn into themselves,

1:18.6

because of overstimulation of the senses in the loud and sometimes frightening place,

1:23.6

and a lack of much-needed mental stimulation.

1:31.1

The five-minute news segments were called Suffer the Little Children.

1:34.3

When one patient was asked by the interviewer what he would like most in the world if he could have anything he wanted,

1:39.1

the sad and withdrawn reply was simply to get out of Penhurst.

1:45.2

Beware, the history of this place is far more horrific than anything a ghost could do.

1:51.4

Hi, I'm Renata.

1:52.8

And I'm Anne, and we invite you to look behind the security doors of the Penhurst State School and Hospital,

1:59.6

as we discover the many shades of blackness

2:03.2

in its corridors and in the cold, dark heart of man.

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