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Lovers of spooky cemeteries should head to West Virginia. This smaller state, with less than 2 million residents, is home to over 18,534 graveyards, the oldest of which dates back to 1734 ...
January 1, 1986, was the date of the most infamous riot in the history of the penitentiary. The West Virginia Penitentiary was undergoing many changes and problems, and security had become extremely thin in all areas. Since it was a "cons" prison, most of the locks on the cells had been picked and inmates roamed the halls freely.
West Virginia State Penitentiary. Moundsville, West Virginia The looming Gothic-style prison opened in 1876 and closed in 1995. During that time, there were 94 executions and 36 murders within its ...
The penitentiary has since embraced its reputation by hosting Halloween Nights at Eastern State Penitentiary, featuring five chilling haunted houses and themed bars to boot. VISIT NOW OGphoto ...
West Virginia Penitentiary in Moundsville, the scene of three deadly prison riots in 1973, 1979, and 1986, [148] is said to be haunted. [149] Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston is a previously abandoned psychiatric hospital that is purported to be haunted due to the many deaths of patients which occurred there. [150]
"Eastern State Penitentiary" Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: May 17, 2019 () 5: 5 "Emerald Hill Hell House" McCue Family Estate in Monongahela, Pennsylvania: May 24, 2019 () 6: 6 "Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum" Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum in Weston, West Virginia: May 31, 2019 () 7: 7 "LaLaurie Mansion"
Take a virtual tour of the country by seeing the most haunted houses in every state. There are grand mansions and quaint historic homes, but they have one thing in common: a lot of ghosts.
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