Built in the 1820's and used as a penitentiary until 1970. Many say that it is haunted. Located in Philadelphia center city. Condition poor. Al Capone served time there. | Cool place to visit haunted prision penitentiary Eastern State Penitentiary
The Eastern State Penitentiary is the oldest of its kind in the United States. It closed its doors in the 1970s, and opened as an historical site in the early nineties, administered by the Pennsylvania Prison Society ESP Prison Penitentiary Atmospheres II - Corridors
I tried to overexpose the lights in the stock photo to intensify the contrast between light & shadow. | | As with the rest of the series, this ESP images were shot intentionally with a high ISO setting to give them their grainy quality, and to accentuate the eerie environment around ESP Prison Penitentiary Atmospheres VI - Good & Evil
The penitentiary is designed around a central room, with seven corridors branching out from it. Thanks to the decaying character of this prison it has been featured in the movies "Return to Paradise" and "Twelve Monkeys ESP Prison Penitentiary Atmospheres IV - Lights
The now desolated & collapsing corridors of this, America's most historic prison (now converted into a museum), create an eerie atmosphere that reflects the reality of her past ESP Prison Penitentiary Atmospheres I - Reflections
The immense, castle-like Eastern State Penitentiary was an institution once known worldwide for its system of strict silence ESP Prison Penitentiary Atmospheres V - Broken Silence
Built in the 1820's and used as a penitentiary until 1970. Many say that it is haunted. Located in Philadelphia center city. Condition poor. Al Capone served time there. | Cool place to visit. Ghost hunters did a show on this site penitentiary jail prison Eastern State Penitentiary
Built in the 1820's and used as a penitentiary until 1970. Many say that it is haunted. Located in Philadelphia center city. Condition poor. Al Capone served time there. | Cool place to visit haunted prision penitentiary Eastern State Penitentiary
Built in the 1820's and used as a penitentiary until 1970. Many say that it is haunted. Located in Philadelphia center city. Condition poor. Al Capone served time there. | Cool place to visit haunted prision penitentiary Eastern State Penitentiary
Built in the 1820's and used as a penitentiary until 1970. Many say that it is haunted. Located in Philadelphia center city. Condition poor. Al Capone served time there. | Cool place to visit. Ghost hunters did a show on this site penitentiary jail prison Eastern State Penitentiary
Built in the 1820's and used as a penitentiary until 1970. Many say that it is haunted. Located in Philadelphia center city. Condition poor. Al Capone served time there. | Cool place to visit. Ghost hunters did a show on this site penitentiary jail prison Eastern State Penitentiary
The cells contained a small cot, a table, and a toilet. The only material possession of the prisoner was a Bible. A long, narrow skylight at the top of the room lets the only light in. At the rear of the room there is a doorway to the solitary exercise yard ESP Prison Penitentiary Atmospheres III - Shadows
Built in the 1820's and used as a penitentiary until 1970. Many say that it is haunted. Located in Philadelphia center city. Condition poor. Al Capone served time there. | Cool place to visit. Ghost hunters did a show on this site penitentiary jail prison Eastern State Penitentiary
Built in the 1820's and used as a penitentiary until 1970. Many say that it is haunted. Located in Philadelphia center city. Condition poor. Al Capone served time there. | Cool place to visit. Ghost hunters did a show on this site penitentiary jail prison Eastern State Penitentiary