Pennhurst Mental Hospital

PROP

Shop Sign

FUNCTION

Set

DESIGNER

Vanessa Riegel

TV SHOW

Stranger Things

YEAR

2016 – 2025

DIRECTOR

The Duffer Brothers

PRODUCTION DESIGNER

Chris Trujillo

GRAPHIC ARTISTS

Heath Hancock (S1-3), Robert Ludemann (S2-4), Christopher B. Forster (S2-4), Vanessa Riegel (S4), James R. Hall (S5), Michael Helou (S5), Jura Bardauskaite (S4), Stranislovas Marmokas (S4), Dominic Chenier (S1), Justin Paul (S1), Thomas Andrew Lawson (S3)

Victor Creel was imprisoned at Pennhurst Mental Hospital, where he would spend the following three decades after accepting a plea deal for the gruesome murders of his family. Although he was convicted of the killings, Victor maintained his innocence, insisting that a demon was responsible for their deaths. This piece of information is what brought Nancy and Ruby to disguise as psychology students to (infiltrate) the hospital to get a chance to talk directly to Victor and see if the demon he is referring to is what they think.

Credit Vanessa Riegel
Credit Vanessa Riegel