7 Most Haunted Places in America
| March 4, 2015
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6. Eastern State Penitentiary – Philadelphia
This prison was built to hold 250 people, but estimates say that at one point there were 1700 inmates crowded into filthy conditions – not to mention tortured on the premises. Guards would soak prisoners with cold water, outside, in the depths of winter. They would leave their charges in solitary confinement for unnaturally long periods of time, and forbid inmates from talking to each other.
Such cruel conditions created the perfect environment for subsequent paranormal activity, and when the prison shut down in 1971, ghosts are said to have taken over.
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