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They’re back! Ghost hunters live 2011 will explore the grounds of Pennhurst State School and Hospital airing live from 7 PM to 1 AM on Halloween. Viewers will be given the opportunity to follow the action on TV and on the website, which will offer viewers extra video feeds, real-time maps, and a panic button to report any action you may see.

Pennhurst has seen over 100 deaths across its 1400 acres and Jason, Grant, Steve, Dave, Amy, Adam, Brit, Haly and Maddy will search out the property trying to find out how many spirits remain. Also on hand will be Ghost Hunters International team members Barry Fitzgerald, Kris Williams and Joe Chin along with the Fact Or Faked Paranormal Files investigators Ben Hansen, Jael De Pardo, and Devin Marble.

I’m excited to see the show return to Pennhurst for a live Halloween show I just hope they refrain from any shenanigans like the famous jacket incident a few years back. This place is active enough that there is no way it needs faked evidence so the real stuff will be entertaining enough.

Friday’s all new episode. Zak, Nick, and Aaron will be at Pennhurst State, a school for the developmentally disabled, which was forced to close its doors in 1987 after numerous, heart-wrenching allegations of abuse and neglect.

Catch the episode premiere Friday at 9 PM E/P on the Travel Channel. “Ghost Adventures Live Postmortem,” a recap of last week’s live event, will air at 8pm before the new episode
Pennhurst State became infamous in the 1980s when word spread about the despicable conditions in which the patients were forced to live. Pennhurst was home to more than 3,000 mentally challenged, mentally disabled, and developmentally disabled patients. There are countless claims of abuse. This partly because while the local zoo was spending $7.15 on their animals per day on their wards, Pennhurst could only afford $5.90.

When Zak asked Dr. James Conroy (Co-President of Pennhurst Memorial) if there was ever sexual abuse at the school. Dr. Conroy replied, “Absolutely. Constantly. Every night.”

While the school was opened, there was a deafening sound from thousands of patients screaming. Today the sound of those screams has been replaced with a skin tingling silence. Needless to say, there is enough dark energy in this place to make your hair stand on end.

Ghost Adventures – Pennhurst State


Ghost Adventures Live Postmortem