It sure is still there. It’s preserved, and they run a good haunted house around Halloween.

It’s still there and you can take yours thete

Took pictures out there a few years ago. Sad site to visit with a heartbreaking history.

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We came across it when I was trying to follow the River from roads. It’s beyond surreal.

We didn’t go in, but found the entire area spooky

They have 3 “haunted attractions” but that’s only during Halloween season as far as I know. I’ve only been to it once. Here’s the website in case you want to look into it more.

When it’s not a Halloween attraction they let you stay overnight and do “paranormal” investigations. They allow you into 3 of the buildings, the rest are closed off probably due to deteriorating construction/unsafe air quality issues like mold. My ex and I had an absolutely blast running around there one night exploring. Convinced her to turn off the flashlight in the basement and just stand still, it was interesting, maybe it’s just the heavy concrete and overall oppressive architecture of the space but you could really feel a sense of uneasiness down there!

I visited Pennhurst as a student nurse. Very sad.

We used to explore it in the ‘90s. Everyone just left. There is a morgue, laboratories, dentist room, and underground tunnels. It was fun, but really creepy. My wife’s grandfather was a doctor there.

About 20 years ago, it was a fun place to break into and deink/smoke when you were in high school

It’s an AMAZING haunted house, def check it out. Super spooky walking up to it, the whole place is eerie and one of a kind.

There are several buildings still standing, but only a couple that they use for haunted house, paranormal tours and ghost hunts.

I visited a year ago and did a historic tour. They’re trying to restore it and make it more into a museum and educate people. They also do a haunted house in one of the buildings

It's kinda fucked up they do a haunted house at a place where kids were abused and killed, when you think about it.

They run Halloween haunted tours that let you rent out ghost hunting equipment as well as a monthly historic tour. When I went for the historic, two former employees from 60s/70s led the first half of the tour. Very interesting!

Is part of the place still an Armory?

It’s messed up. Families would literally drop off their disabled relatives there and come back to visit for 20 minutes at Christmas and Easter.

But sure… let’s make it a haunted attraction because capitalism. 🤦🏼‍♀️