Some say Eastern State Penitentiary is haunted. I don’t know if that’s true but it is haunting. Strong energy lingers and ...

Frank and Carson — Eastern State Penitentiary's resident gargoyles — and a few stray zombies and ghouls, made their 2012 debut Tuesday to kick off this year's ...

This year, we decided to try another semi-local spot: Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia. Less than an hour from Wilmington, Eastern State has garnered a name for itself as one of the ...

Centuries ago, it was an international model for how to incarcerate criminals. The Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, which opened its doors in 1829, emphasized reform rather than ...

Eastern State Penitentiary is a 9.8-acre abandoned prison in Philadelphia. In 2019, I took a tour of the ruins and walked through the former cell blocks and prison cells. The crumbling facades ...

Eastern State Penitentiary — the normally serene, former prison on Fairmount Avenue in Philadelphia — will be invaded by stilt walkers, the Bearded Ladies and thousands of Tastykakes for the ...

Let us know! Several dozen visitors gathered late Saturday morning within the Eastern State Penitentiary’s historic walls for a journey replicating reentering society after incarceration. The event ...

Construction of Eastern State Penitentiary began on a cherry orchard outside of Philadelphia in 1822. The chosen design, created by British-born architect John Haviland, was unlike any seen before ...

Fans of Eastern State Penitentiary's haunted houses will find a new experience this fall that asks them to engage with scary characters as they solve a puzzle that takes them throughout the prison.

“How 12 convicts escaped by tunnel from Eastern Penitentiary,” Diagram of the Tunnel published in the Philadelphia Inquirer, April 3, 1945 Philadelphia Inquirer via Easter State Penitentiary ...