Haunted Prisons
32 haunted locations across America
Cell blocks and solitary wings, where the punishment seems to have outlasted every sentence served.
All Haunted Prisons
1859 Jail and Marshal's Home
There's one cell at the 1859 Jail in Independence, Missouri where visitors keep meeting a man in a blue suit.
Alcatraz Island
There's a cell on Alcatraz Island, in the dark isolation block they called D…
Allegheny County Jail
At the Old Allegheny County Jail in Pittsburgh, the ghost that staff talked about for decades was the warden's own…
Andersonville Prison
The ghost people report most often at Andersonville, Georgia, isn't one of the prisoners who died here.
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
Leave a lit cigarette balanced on the bars of one specific cell at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary and the burn line…
Burlington County Prison Museum
At the Burlington County Prison in Mount Holly, New Jersey, the worst cell sat at the top of the building.
Colorado Territorial Correctional Facility
The oldest prison in Colorado sits on a hill at the edge of Cañon City.
Crown Point Old Sheriff's House and Jail
The Old Sheriff's House and Jail in Crown Point, Indiana is a red-brick Victorian fused to a concrete cellblock…
Eastern State Penitentiary
The thing people keep coming back to at Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia happened to a man fixing a lock.
Fort Smith National Historic Site
There's a courthouse in Fort Smith, Arkansas where they used to hang people in the yard out back.
Fort Warren
Fort Warren is a granite fort on Georges Island, out at the mouth of Boston Harbor…
Historic Albemarle County Jail
The trap sprung at 7:34 a.m. on February 10, 1905. Life was extinct at 7:53. The body came down at 8:00.
Historic Licking County Jail
Visitors to the old cell block at the Historic Licking County Jail in Newark, Ohio keep reporting the same feeling…
Jailer's Inn Bed and Breakfast
The Jailer's Inn in Bardstown, Kentucky is a bed and breakfast where one of the guest rooms is still an actual jail…
Missouri State Penitentiary
Step into the death-row cell at the Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City and, the way guides tell it…
Museum of Colorado Prisons
The Museum of Colorado Prisons in Canon City lives inside a real prison, a 1935 women's cell house with about 30…
Ohio State Reformatory
The Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield is a castle of a prison, the one Hollywood used for The Shawshank Redemption.
Old Bexar County Jail
The Old Bexar County Jail, built in 1879, now operates as a Holiday Inn Express--but the spirits of those who were…
Old Charleston Jail
On the upper floors of the Old Charleston Jail in Charleston, South Carolina…
Old Denton Jail
The Caroline County jail in Denton, Maryland is still an operating jail, and on a wall inside it there is a handprint…
Old Jail
On the after-dark tours at the Old Jail in St. Augustine, Florida, guides say a shadow crawls toward you in the…
Old Joliet Prison
On the night of July 14, 1932, a family in Joliet, Illinois heard a man singing in the dark.
Old Princess Anne Jail
At the old jail in Princess Anne, Maryland, a guest on a ghost walk named Desiree Wallace photographed the building…
Old Whitley Jail
At the Old Whitley Jail in Columbia City, Indiana, the figure investigators keep reporting is Charles Butler…
Oregon State Penitentiary
On the graveyard shift at the Oregon State Penitentiary in Salem, a guard posted alone in the north tower could feel…
Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum
At the Outlaws and Lawmen Jail Museum in Cripple Creek, Colorado, the most reported spot in the building is a stretch…
Preston Castle
Preston Castle is a hulking Romanesque reform school in Ione, California, and the ghost everyone names first is the…
Sandusky County Historic Jail
The Sandusky County Historic Jail in Fremont, Ohio runs guided tours down into a dungeon cut from solid limestone.
Tennessee State Prison
The electric chair at the Tennessee State Prison killed 125 men between 1916 and 1960. Inmates called it Old Sparky.
The Old Jail
On July 23, 2022, a group called Inspired Ghost Trackers spent the night inside the Old Jail in Chambersburg…
Washington State Penitentiary
When the execution chamber at Washington State Penitentiary was officially retired on September 18, 2024…
West Virginia Penitentiary
In 1931, an inmate named Frank Hyer was hanged at the West Virginia Penitentiary. The rope decapitated him.