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Eastern State Penitentiary
Eastern State Penitentiary is a location reputed to be haunted in Philadelphia, US. Its reputation comes from reported apparitions, unexplained phenomena and eyewitness accounts gathered over time.
Where is Eastern State Penitentiary?
- Location
- Philadelphia, US
- Type
- Prison
- Coordinates
- 39.968, -75.173
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Why is Eastern State Penitentiary said to be haunted?
Eastern State Penitentiary opened its cellblocks in Philadelphia in 1829 as a radical experiment: total solitary confinement meant to force inmates into penitence through isolation, hooded and silent, cut off even from each other's voices. The regime broke many minds long before it was abandoned as inhumane, and the prison went on to house notorious figures including Al Capone, jailed there in 1929. It closed in 1971 and sat crumbling for decades, its Gothic cellblocks left to decay into the ruin visitors tour today. Guides and guests have long reported disembodied cackling echoing down "Cellblock 12," shadowy shapes darting across doorways, and a locksmith hired for restoration work in the 1990s who quit after describing faces forming in the peeling walls. Now run as a museum, the site leans into its reputation with an annual haunted-house event held inside the actual ruins.
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