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Jun 18, 2014 · A couple believes they have photographed the ghost of a young woman through the window of a long defunct prison visitation block. The image was taken at the notorious Alcatraz Federal...
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Feb 4, 2024 · I n the parched rolling hills of Tallahassee, Florida, sits a rundown low-security federal women’s prison housing one of America’s most infamous convicts, Ghislaine Maxwell.
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There's no prison more notorious or more steeped in America's obsession with true crime than Alcatraz. Though the facility has been closed for more than 50 years now, it still draws tourists who are willing to cross the choppy waters of San Francisco Bay to visit its hallways and cells.
Known as \"The Rock\" for the rugged island from which it took its name, the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary first began holding prisoners in the early 1900s when it was used as a military prison. It wasn't until 1934 though, when it was opened at the United States' premier maximum security federal penitentiary, that its reputation really started to ...
A total of 36 prisoners made 14 escape attempts during the prison's years of operation, though all but one attempt proved unsuccessful. Frank Morris, John Anglin, and Clarence Anglin were the only three prisoners to have successfully breached its walls.
The 1962 escape would become the stuff of true crime legend, mainly because, after setting out to leave the island on a raft, the three men were never heard from again, leaving their fate a mystery. To this day, the case remains open with the U.S. Marshals Service.
Perhaps only second to the 1962 escape in terms of infamous moments in Alcatraz history are the riots of 1946. Known as the Battle of Alcatraz, the riots were spurred during a botched escape attempt. At the end of the three-day carnage, two guards and three inmates would be dead.
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Aug 5, 2013 · In honor of the film's 20th anniversary, which is coming up later this month, we've compiled this slideshow of 27 awesomely eerie photos of inside and outside the prison walls. Like what you...
- Eastern State Penitentiary was supported by some of Philadelphia’s most famous citizens. In the 18th century, Philadelphia's prisons were an overcrowded mess: Adults and children, men and women, were kept in what amounted to large holding pens and left to their own devices.
- There’s a reason Eastern State Penitentiary is called a penitentiary and not a prison. Rush was adamant about this. “Let the name of this house convey an idea of its benevolent and salutary design, but let it by no means be called a prison, or by any other name that is associated with what is infamous in the opinion of mankind,” he said in 1787.
- It took a long time to convince the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to build Eastern State Penitentiary. First, reforms were made to the Walnut Street Jail, and a small “Penitentiary House” with 16 solitary cells was built there.
- Eastern State Penitentiary was designed by John Haviland. The British architect's design was chosen from among four potential plans; he received $100.
Oct 8, 2017 · If a chill creeps up your spine while walking along Southall Street in Manchester, don’t be surprised - plenty of bodies were once buried there. Every person executed for their crimes at ...
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The famous 'white lady' ghost in this dark and disused prison in Somerset is a heartbroken murderess and she is known to sweep through the wing, bringing a cold wind in her wake, taunting...
