Ghost Adventures Returns with Violent Pennhurst School

The guys of Ghost Adventures just finished up their first ever live ghost hunting show but they've already had a lot of practice. With the live show behind us its time for a new season of Ghost Hunters as Zak, Nick and Aaron return to their roots and get REALLY locked down in haunted locations. Their first for the season took place in the Pennhurst State School in Spring, Pennsylvania. The location was once a school/hospital for mentally ill children and was shut down in 1987. The school seemed more like torture for those who attended as they went in and many never came out. The history package, which precedes the lock down, interviewed both employees and those who were actually students there and it seems all parties had a horrible time there. The one woman who was a student there said that she was tied to her bed, placed in solitary and basically tortured because many didn't understand what she was going through.

Others who worked there stated that those students who bit someone more then twice would have all their teeth pulled out and many were treated as less then human beings. The history pre-show is usually somewhat boring but tonight's pulled me in. I don't know if it has to do with the location being in my home state or just the pure fact that it was so creepy. They had activity during their day interviews, which was odd, as they heard a loud bang inside the building. After investigating the guys learned that a desk was completely flipped over and the ground where it stood was freshly dug up. It was creepy and led into many other creepy tales. One woman said she both saw and heard a little girl, which the guys would encounter, while a security guard and the son of a contractor on the grounds saw someone pull the currents of a window open then disappear. After further investigation they learned the curtains were behind a metal mesh and there was no way someone could move them.

It was then time for the lock down where they actually got bolted in. The buildings were all connected by underground tunnels where the first big hit took place. It really wasn't paranormal but Nick tripped over a broken chair and cut himself pretty badly on some broken glass. It proves how dark and dangerous these trips are for the guys but things would get worse. Their first encounter dealt with a little girl who they didn't see but could hear. They heard several things on EVPs and heard bumps going around. Zak also had a few spikes on his electrometer/thermometer. They didn't get her to play with anything they placed on the ground but some noises were more then enough to convince me that something was there. In the hall where the table was flipped the guys also had some hits. A rock was thrown at Zak after asking for someone to do something and some crazy voices were heard. You could hear a weird woman's voice then a very clear "sweet!". Not sure if they used that slang back in the day but hey, apparently it was a very hip spirit.

The biggest drama of the night came towards the end when a coat rack was thrown at Zak. At first it seemed like it just fell over but after they showed you were the coat rack started it's kind of crazy. It moved around a wall and THEN fell over. I don't get how it could have happened but assuming the show IS real that is pretty crazy. They brought out the cooky "ghost reader" which says what ghosts are supposedly saying and all it said was "hit". They assumed it meant that's what happened to the spirit but after Zak got hit by the coat rack they figured that's what it meant. Then when Zak asked who did that, a very clear voice could be heard saying "the girl did". It was VERY creepy and honestly I'm hooked. After not watching during the summer I'm ready to settle in for a new season of Ghost Adventures and tonight was a great grand reopening episode!