Eastern State Penitentiary
The Eastern State Penitentiary (ESP) is a former American prison in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is located in the Fairmount section of the city, and was operational from 1829 until 1971. The penitentiary refined the revolutionary system of separate incarceration, first pioneered at the Walnut Str
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Reported. Visitors and staff have reported unexplained activity at Eastern State Penitentiary. Accounts like these have circulated for years; The Haunted Guide records them as reports, not as established fact.
Sources: Wikipedia: Eastern State Penitentiary, Wikidata Q489417, NRHP #66000680, National Register of Historic Places (NPS).
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