GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER II: THE HAUNTED PLANE

The Fisher Price airplane is original to Pennhurst State School and Mental Hospital located in Spring City, Pennsylvania. One only has to look at it and wonder who last played with the toy. I mean really played with it in childlike innocence? 

Our little plane has been indeed popular in the Mayflower Building during the Ghost Hunt, which opened in 2011, my first year. Not only does the plane bring speculation, but it holds an air of mystery to it. Paranormal stories flow amongst the ghost seekers. 

But one night our little plane disappeared. 

This set off a race to find the plane. Lynn, my worker went one way. I went another. I searched the second floor, then the first, asking other employees if they had seen it. No one had. After a searching the entire first floor, I arrived back up at the second, running into Lynn who just came down from the third floor staircase.

Together we returned to the old kitchen now minus the airplane. I shinned my flashlight into all four corners. Nothing. But then something caught my eye. Stunned, I lifted my beam to the lower wall.

 

CAN YOU FIND THE PLANE?

 

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THE HAUNTED PLANE: MAYFLOWER HALL PENNHURST

FISHER-PRICE AIRPLANE

Fisher-Price Plane: Part 1

Can you remember owning a Fisher-Price airplane as a child? Perhaps you have forgotten the airplane over the years. But on the second floor of the Mayflower Hall building, a Fisher-Price plane still exists. Found in the basement, this Fisher-Price plane is a left over icon from the former Pennhurst State School and Mental Hospital. It is an odd site in the creepy atmosphere and evokes pity and childhood memories on Mayflower guests. Countless people have stated during the annual Ghost Hunt that they too had owned the same airplane. 

The Mayflower Fisher-Price airplane is special indeed. Not only have people claimed to have seen it move, but shadows or creepy images have shown up in pictures besides the airplane. People have asserted that while touching the Mayflower plane, they have felt sick or suddenly felt icy cold. One employee said she had been pushed while touching the plane. 

I have on occasion handled the Mayflower airplane, mainly to protect it from being stolen.  Thankfully, the Ghosts of Mayflower leave me alone. Perhaps they know I am watching over their favorite toy. 

Whatever you think, please look for the plane if you visit the Mayflower Hall Building, or ghost hunt during the 2015 Halloween Season. Take a picture of the plane on your cell phone. You never know what might show up. 

Author Tamera Lawrence

GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING 

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Pennhurst State School and Hospital

Pennhurst State School and Mental Hospital was originally known as The Eastern Pennsylvania State Institution for the Feeble-Minded and Epileptic. Opening in 1908, Pennhurst was meant to run as a society in itself, separating the mental and physically handicapped from "Normal" society. It was believed in the early 1900s that people with disabilities would grow to become future criminals. The gene pool had to be stopped. Segregation became the aim. It was also believed that these people could be cured with the right treatment. One could only imagine of what that treatment consisted of in 1908 and on upwards.  Children as young as four could be dropped off at Pennhurst. This included delinquents and orphans.

The state of Pennsylvania created this gateway called Pennhurst for the unfortunate and then failed to maintain it. With inadequate funding, staff and resources were limited - leading to abuse and neglect.Thankfully, Pennhurst closed down in 1986.

With its tainted history, Pennhurst still stands as a testament of society's failure to protect its innocent children.

Author Tamera Lawrence: Ghosts of Mayflower
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NOTE: 

Today, parts of Pennhurst are used for a Halloween Scare during the fall season - Pennhurst Asylum. The Ghost Hunt (one of the attractions) offers a visitor the chance to explore the Mayflower Hall Building looking for spirits or ghosts. 

Pennhurst is located in Spring City, Pa. 

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This is the Mayflower Hall Building, Pennhurst. It is now used for the Ghost Hunt during the Halloween Season. 

 

This picture was taken in 2011 and used for my book cover for GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING.

 

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GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING : Pennhurst State School and Mental Hospital

GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING : Pennhurst State School and Mental Hospital: A few pictures of Pennhurst this past fall Pennhurst State School and Mental Hospital opened in 1908 and closed in 1986....

Pennhurst State School and Mental Hospital

A few pictures of Pennhurst this past fall

Pennhurst State School and Mental Hospital opened in 1908 and closed in 1986. What was intended to be a society for people with mental and physcial handicaps was a failure. 

With over 25 buildings, Pennhurst is a huge complex.  Today the sad remains are a testament of the failings of Pennhurst and the remembrance of the precious children it once held.

GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING

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