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 ...

Inside Eastern State Penitentiary The first nine of 15 cell blocks radiated from a central surveillance rotunda like a starburst. Along the long hallway, there were door after door after door.

Al Capone’s Cell (1998 vs. 2002)—When the infamous Chicago mobster Al Capone was sentenced to prison, he spent the year 1929-30 at Eastern State Penitentiary in Cell Block 8, Cell 1. His was as comfy ...

The Eastern State Penitentiary offers both self-guided (with audio) and guide-led tours during the day. You can also take a nighttime tour (6 to 10 p.m., Thursday through Sunday) in the summer months.

Today, Capone's cell can be viewed by visitors to Eastern State Penitentiary and it's included with the price of admission to the historic site. While Capone's cell has often been portrayed as a ...

Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary is super spooky, even before it transforms itself from a crumbling historical landmark to a downright creepy haunted house. Here's what you should know ...

Courtesy of Eastern State Penitentiary . Work began in January 2019 to restore and repaint the plaster walls of Capone's original cell. In the process, further research indicated that certain ...

By the 1960s, Eastern State Penitentiary was falling apart. In 1971 it was officially closed by the state of Pennsylvania. Over the course of its 142 years, the penitentiary held some 75,000 ...

The most famous escape in the history of Eastern State Penitentiary was the work of 12 men – they were like the Dirty Dozen, but less well adjusted.The most infamous among them was Willie Sutton ...