Into the dark: Mayflower Building

There is always that awkward moment when you enter the third-floor hallway in the Mayflower Hall Building, Pennhurst. You can't help but stare down the seemingly endless hallway, searching with your flashlight for something - anything - out of the norm. The hope is, of course, that you won't see anything standing there. But even if you can't see something with your naked eye, you still have the feeling that you're not alone. 

This is me as I have one of those worried moments. 

The Mayflower Hall Building is located at the notorious Pennhurst State School & Hospital. 

Author Tamera Lawrence

GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING

PENNHURST GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER II

(Amazon.com) 

PENNHURST: GHOST ASYLUM EPISODE

Just sharing this picture from last year's October 2015 episode of Ghost Asylum.  These guys (The Tennessee Wraith Chasers) were a lot of fun and true ghost enthusiasts. But despite their best efforts to help and/or rescue a trapped spirit, I don't think they had much luck. And personally speaking, I don't believe the ghosts of Pennhurst want to leave. They like it there. 

But in any event, Pennhurst State School & Hospital will continue to be a draw for ghost hunters and thrill seekers for years to come. 

Pennhurst (1908-1986)  Spring City, Pa. 

Author Tamera Lawrence 

GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING

PENNHURST GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER II

(Amazon.com) 

Mayflower Hall: Penhurst

This is a room in the basement of the Mayflower Hall Building, Pennhurst. As you can see there are toys scattered about. The items are not original to the building but were put there by various paranormal groups in the hopes of connecting with a child spirit. But the truth is that Mayflower Hall was a men's dormitory, not a children's ward. 

The basement beneath Mayflower is huge, cut up into various rooms. The basement also held a bathroom and laundry facilities. These rooms were used during the state school's operation for various activities.

Mayflower's basement is attached to the tunnel system, which leads to most of the other buildings. 

Cold, dark and creepy, Mayflower's basement holds a lot of paranormal activity. Service men have even fled the basement in fear, leaving their tools behind. 

Below is a picture of the dividers that once held toilets. 

Basement bathroom in Mayflower

Author Tamera Lawrence

Books: 

Ghosts of Mayflower: A Pennhurst Haunting

Pennhurst Ghosts of Mayflower II

The Pond 

MAYFLOWER HALL: CHAIRS

Rubber chairs are situated on the 1st and 2nd floors of the Mayflower Hall building, Pennhurst. 

As you can see in the picture, it's hard to tell what color they are or were.  Surprisingly, the chairs have held up over the years. Guests coming into the building will often sit on these chairs, oblivious to the grime. During ghost hunt, a few rowdy patrons will shove or drag the chairs around the common rooms. Still, the chairs prevail with the abuse. 

If only today's furniture would endure this well. 

Author Tamera Lawrence 
Books: 

GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING 

PENNHURST GHOST OF MAYFLOWER II 

(Amazon.com) 

MAYFLOWER HALL: PENNHURST

Known for its paranormal activity, the Mayflower Hall building always keeps me guessing. Having worked in this building for the Pennhurst haunt for five years has been an amazing experience due to the unexpected events that often occur. 

Over the course of the years, I have witnessed shadow people, orbs and have heard unexplained voices. I have had my hair touched, backed into someone who wasn't there and have tripped over something invisible in the main hallway. (felt like a body) 

I believe something had followed me home and had later returned to this building. (because of photos) 

 I had also witnessed an apparition of a young teenager walking down the main hallway. This was the most unnerving of all my experiences because he had allowed me to see him. He had entered the room across from me and had stood between the two windows, staring at me. At the time, I froze in terror, not sure what to do. He faded away. 

My paranormal experiences don't keep me from working in Mayflower. I'm  intrigued by the invisible life within this building but know better than to let myself get to close. Instead, I protect myself with my faith. For without it, I could never work in this building. 

In any event, the photo of the room above was taken on the 2nd floor of Mayflower. The windows don't have glass. I believe I have captured something in the right-hand corner of the window, peeking in at me. This was not part of the wall. And since I know it haunted, it's not hard to believe it was an entity. 

 Also, check out the orb. There is a lot of dust in Mayflower, (fooling some guests) but there are true orbs. I have seen them with the naked eye and so has customers. 

Author Tamera Lawrence

GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING

PENNHURST GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER II

Amazon.com 

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TINICUM BUILDING: PENNHURST State School & Hospital

Although I have never been inside this building, it stands beside Mayflower Hall and Quaker Hall. Overgrown with foliage, this building holds an air of mystery to it. At night, paranormal activity stirs around this building. Shadowy figures have been seen stirring through the trees and growth. 

But during the fall Pennhurst 2015 haunt season, something else emerged from the foliage surrounding this building - a cat. Often skittish, this feline would sit near this building watching the Pennhurst Haunt in action. Taking pity on the kitty, staff, including myself, left food out for the cat who snuck out to take a bite or two. 

In any event, this cat feared only the living.

 If by chance she saw a ghost, she wasn't letting on.

Author Tamera Lawrence

Books: 

GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER: A PENNHURST HAUNTING

PENNHURST GHOSTS OF MAYFLOWER II 

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