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Eastern State Penitentiary – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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Eastern State Penitentiary
HRae at English – Wikipedia
This Philadelphia-based prison took solitary confinement to a whole new level. Everything the prisoners did, they did alone: eating, living, exercising. Guards would even cover their heads when they left their cells so they wouldn’t see or be seen. There were around 300 prisoners in solitary, receiving such harsh punishment: being dunked in an ice water bath and then hung on a wall in the middle of winter until ice formed on the skin, the mad chair that cut off circulation, the iron gag, and “The Hole.” This was, apparently, to “help criminals find penance, remorse, and salvation. In reality, it drove many prisoners insane.”
The prison has a number of ghosts haunting the grounds: Chicago gangster Al Capone, who served 8 months here, Warden Herbert “Hardboiled” Smith, 2 guards who were murdered, and hundreds of inmates who were either murdered or had died from disease and old age. Cell Block 12 has voices and cackling. Cell Block 4 has the silhouette of a guard in the tower, footsteps, wailing, whispers. Sometime in the 90s, nearly 20 years after the prison closed down, a locksmith had entered Cell Block 4 and felt someone gripping him so tightly that he couldn’t move. Dozens of paranormal investigators and researchers have visited and left with the belief that it is a “hub of otherworldly activity.” Often referred to as the Prison of Horrors, this is also considered one of the most haunted places in America. Night (and day) tours are offered, if one wants to see the crumbling, dark cells and the long, narrow hallway leading to Death Row.
HRae at English – Wikipedia
This Philadelphia-based prison took solitary confinement to a whole new level. Everything the prisoners did, they did alone: eating, living, exercising. Guards would even cover their heads when they left their cells so they wouldn’t see or be seen. There were around 300 prisoners in solitary, receiving such harsh punishment: being dunked in an ice water bath and then hung on a wall in the middle of winter until ice formed on the skin, the mad chair that cut off circulation, the iron gag, and “The Hole.” This was, apparently, to “help criminals find penance, remorse, and salvation. In reality, it drove many prisoners insane.”
The prison has a number of ghosts haunting the grounds: Chicago gangster Al Capone, who served 8 months here, Warden Herbert “Hardboiled” Smith, 2 guards who were murdered, and hundreds of inmates who were either murdered or had died from disease and old age. Cell Block 12 has voices and cackling. Cell Block 4 has the silhouette of a guard in the tower, footsteps, wailing, whispers. Sometime in the 90s, nearly 20 years after the prison closed down, a locksmith had entered Cell Block 4 and felt someone gripping him so tightly that he couldn’t move. Dozens of paranormal investigators and researchers have visited and left with the belief that it is a “hub of otherworldly activity.” Often referred to as the Prison of Horrors, this is also considered one of the most haunted places in America. Night (and day) tours are offered, if one wants to see the crumbling, dark cells and the long, narrow hallway leading to Death Row.