Pennhurst State School & Hospital

Pennhurst Asylum

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Below is a list of resources used during the research and telling of this story. (partial)

Episode Sources:

• McGinnis, S. (2010). Pennhurst State School and Hospital. Arcadia Publishing. 
• Baldini, B. (1968). "Suffer the Little Children" [Television series episode]. WCAU-TV. 
• Halderman v. Pennhurst State School & Hospital, 446 U.S. 522 (1980). 
• Tait, S. (2018). Pennhurst and the Struggle for Disability Rights. Temple University Press. 
• Pennhurst Memorial & Preservation Alliance. (n.d.). Retrieved from Pennhurst Project
• https://thelittlehouseofhorrors.com/pennhurst-state-school-and-hospital/
• https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-gettysburg-times-doctor-quits-at-pen/155986/?locale=en-US
• https://usghostadventures.com/haunted-places/americas-most-haunted-hospitals-and-asylums/pennhurst-asylum/
• https://clearinghouse.net/case/490/
• http://www.preservepennhurst.org/default.aspx?pg=36

Images:

• https://pennhurstasylum.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/adminbuilding.jpg
• https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.inquirer.com%2Fnews%2Fimages-pennhurst-still-haunt-20100924.html&psig=AOvVaw2oJQ-sH9ys7sc4_orF6FUj&ust=1721338745217000&source=images&cd=vfe&opi=89978449&ved=0CA8QjRxqFwoTCMjrjtaEr4cDFQAAAAAdAAAAABAE

and of course Ancestry.com, MyHeritage.com, Newspaperarchives, FamilySearch.org 

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