Eastern State Penitentiary's critically acclaimed haunted prison tour, Terror Behind the Walls, is wrapping up its 20th year with a celebration designed to scare even the most experienced paranormal enthusiast.
The haunted prison tour's 20th anniversary celebration kicks off with two nights of private paranormal investigation led by paranormalpopculture.com's Aaron Sagers and Ghost Hunters International co-lead investigator Kris Williams to be held this Friday, November 11th and Saturday, November 12th. Kris and Aaron will take groups of no larger than 10 people through Eastern State Penitentiary's hottest haunts including Cellblocks 4 and 12, the always charming Death Row and of course, the underground punishment cells below Cellblock 14.
Tickets are pricey ($200.00 plus tax) but, if you've ever wanted to investigate ghosts in a real haunted prison alongside real pros, then it shouldn't even be a matter of price.
Read more about Eastern State Penitentiary's real ghost tour, after the jump:
More than your typical "Haunted House," Eastern State Penitentiary was an actual working prison built in 1829. It was the first prison to implement the revolutionary method of incarceration known as the Separate System where prisoners were housed in perpetual solitary confinement as a form of rehabilitation.
Although the Separate System was abandoned in 1913 due to overcrowding, Eastern State Penitentiary continued to torture...ahem, I mean "forcibly rehabilitate" prisoners well until it was shut down in 1970.
Prisoners were subjected to various types of physical as well as psychological torture. Some of the most gruesome and memorable methods included "dousing prisoners in freezing water outside during winter months, chaining their tongues to their wrists in a fashion such that struggling against the chains could cause the tongue to tear, strapping prisoners into chairs with tight leather restraints for days on end, and putting them into a pit called "The Hole" dug under cellblock 14 where they would have no light, no human contact, and little food for as long as two weeks." (ESP Wikipedia)
The horrific treatment of the inmates coupled with the evil nature of the inmates themselves have culminated in the biggest vortex of restless, angry spirits to haunt the east coast...and, if you ask me, one hell of a freaky "haunted house."
For those of you without the means to attend this weekend's legendary paranormal meeting of the minds, here are a few videos of the pros doing their own investigations of Eastern State Penitentiary:
Syfy's Ghost Hunters at Eastern State Penitentiary:
Travel Channel's Ghost Adventures at Eastern State Penitentiary (the lead investigator is a bit of a goober, but the history is sound):
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