Haunting Stories of U.S. Prisons

Many who study paranormal activity believe that some U.S. prisons, built in the 1800s and early 1900s -- each with its own history of immense pain and suffering -- attract spirits who are caught between worlds. They speculate that some of these spirits were too evil to move on, others have old scores to settle and some wander the prison's cell blocks still looking for the way out. Find out why people think these prisons are haunted.

Haunted Prison Photo Galleries:

• Alcatraz Federal Prison
  
• Eastern State Penitentiary
  
• West Virginia Penitentiary (Moundsville)

^{Photo: EasternState.org}