Eastern State Penitentiary

Pennsylvania · United States · Prison

In the abandoned prison shadow figures flit along the cellblocks — a locksmith told of a force that seized him.

Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, once the world’s most expensive prison with its regime of solitude, ranks among America’s most haunted. Visitors report cackling laughter in Cellblock 12, shadow figures sliding along the walls of Block 6, and faces in Block 4. A maintenance worker, Gary Johnson, said a force gripped him so hard he could not move. The ruin is a museum today.

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Where is Eastern State Penitentiary located?

Eastern State Penitentiary is in Pennsylvania, United States.

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Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.

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