Eastern State has five haunted houses: Delirium, Big Top Terror, Machine Shop, Nightmares and The Crypt. Each has its own theme and backstory, to which the character actors are wholly dedicated.

Eastern State has five haunted houses: Delirium, Big Top Terror, Machine Shop, Nightmares and The Crypt. Each has its own theme and backstory, to which the character actors are wholly dedicated.

May 01, 2019 PHOTOS: This guy just climbed Eastern State Penitentiary But it wasn't to make an escape.

It's now owned by the city of Philadelphia and operated by the nonprofit Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site, Inc. that maintains it as a "stabilized ruin" and runs tours every day from 10 a ...

Mr. Capone spent a lot of his life in prison, but his first time in prison was at Eastern State. He got caught with a gun at a movie theater, which carried a maximum sentence of one year in prison ...

In the 1890s, Eastern State Penitentiary's seven cellblocks radiated from a room known as "Center." Architect John Haviland wrote that the design would promote "watching, convenience, economy and ...

In 2009, Eastern State raised more than $5 million toward its mission to make the penitentiary accessible to the public, to “preserve and restore the architecture,” and to impress its historic ...

As it stands today, Eastern State Penitentiary is a stabilized ruin. This approach is about working with what you have, in this case stabilizing the buildings, and inviting visitors in to see the ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Eastern State Penitentiary will reopen later this week after being shut down for almost a year due to COVID-19. The historic site in Philadelphia will be open to the ...

Eastern State Penitentiary Historic Site President and CEO Sally Elk said that the organization can’t wait to welcome visitors back to the penitentiary. “Nothing compares to seeing the massive stone ...