Prisoners at Eastern State Penitentiary were kept in solitary confinement which some say induced mental illness . The guards are believed to have tortured the inmates and covered their heads with hoods when outside the cells . Shut down in 1996 and reopened in 1971 as a museum and Halloween attraction but ghostly sightings continue . Visitors have reported anguished cries coming from the cells and a shadowy figure who watches over the prison .
Prisoners at Eastern State Penitentiary were kept in solitary confinement which some say induced mental illness . The guards are believed to have tortured the inmates and covered their heads with hoods when outside the cells . Shut down in 1971 and reopened in 1996 as a museum and Halloween attraction but ghostly sightings continue . Visitors have reported anguished cries coming from the cells and a shadowy figure who watches over the prison .