Eastern State Penitentiary will reopen its gates this fall for Halloween Nights, the prison’s seasonal haunted festival that runs from Sept. 19 through Nov. 8, 2025. The event, staged on select ...

In 1787, four years after the American Revolutionary War, the United States was a country brimming with possibility, and no city felt the excitement more than Philadelphia. Delegates such as Alexander ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- If you missed the scares and screams of "Terror Behind the Walls" last year, have no fear. The team behind it is back with a whole new look and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Halloween Nights return to Eastern State Penitentiary. It's one of Philadelphia's spookiest haunts and it routinely ranks as one of the most haunted places in the world. Five ...

Eastern State Penitentiary is hosting Shared Light: Winter Celebrations from Dec. 20 to 31, inviting visitors to explore how people found moments of connection and hope inside the prison during the ...

The genius of the message lies in the simplicity of its delivery. In the spring of 1957, Jeffrey Curry was serving a two-to-five stretch at Eastern State Penitentiary in Fairmount for burglary.

Eastern State Penitentiary will host "Family Weekend: Pets in Prison" Aug. 9 and 10 and Sept. 27 and 28. Terror Behind the Walls, a trip to the Eastern State ...

One of the most famous penitentiaries in the world—now a haunting world of crumbling cellblocks and empty guard towers—is the subject of 11 years of research and an exhibition by photographer Eric T.