Untold human suffering occurred inside these gloomy grey walls.
Is it haunted by the ghosts of inmates who spent the final years of their lives in agony?
3.There have been several accounts of hearing someone crying in extreme pain as if theyre being tortured.
4.Observers claim theyve seen sudden orbs or streaks of light appearing, then suddenly disappearing.
5.Many say theyve heard the disembodied sounds of someone walking through the prisons halls.
6.Visitors have often alleged theyve heard someone calling them by their name and then vanishing.
The original floor plan of Eastern state penitentiary
8.Many have reported hearing loud, sadistic laughter.
10.Many say theyve heard the sounds of cell door handles jiggling.
12.There have been multiple reports of people hearing the sound of furniture being dragged across the floors.
Photograph of Eastern State Penitentiary by Duvda
13.Others have heard stones or other large objects rolling on the roof.
14.There have been several accounts of people hearing the sounds of babies screaming inside Cell Block 7.
15.Many people claim to have fallen sick while visiting the penitentiary.
Al Capone who stayed in Eastern State Penitentiary
16.Hundreds of people say they have seen ghosts inside Eastern State.
19.While the prison was operating, there were over 50 suicides and a dozen murders within its walls.
21.Two six-foot-tall stone gargoyles flank the prison entrance, snarling at all who dare to enter its gates.
Al Capone’s cell in Eastern State Penitentiary
22.Eastern State became a National Historic Landmark in 1965.
It finally closed in 1971 and was reopened as a tourist destination in the 1990s.
23.Notorious Chicago gangster Al Capone stayed at Eastern State in 1929.
Photo by Thesab of the main gate
I turned and Im looking down the block and I know theres nobody there.
A couple of seconds later and I get the same feeling, Im really being watched.
Johnson also claimed that he saw the faces of tortured souls suddenly appeal on cell walls.
The dog even had a mug shot taken and a prisoner number assigned.
27.The prisons stone facade is twenty inches thick.
28.Prison reformers envisioned Eastern State as an alternative to crowded, dangerous prisons where rape and abuse was rampant.
It was a place to do penanceand thus the worlds first penitentiary.
Disobedient prisoners were strapped to a leather chair, sometimes for days.
In The Hole, you had no human contact and very little food for weeks.
