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Eastern State Penitentiary - Pennsylvania

eastern-state-penitentiary.jpgTerror Behind the Walls - a massive haunted house in a real prison - Easten State Penitentiary

“Sure to raise goose bumps - and possibly the dead. It’s official: this house really is haunted.”
Cathleen McCarthy, MSN City Guide, October 2007

“Downright Scary”
Richard Dalton Jr., Newsday, October 7, 2007

“Admittedly, I was already terrified by the time I made it to [Lock Down]”
Ptah Gabrie, City Paper, October 11, 2007

“…more thank 130 actors waiting to scare the bejesus out of you…You just know they high-five each other after they scare you to death.”
Angelique Campbell, Philadelphia Metro, October 5, 2007

“Raising high-pitched screams to a new level… [with] many new frightening additions to an already skin-crawling experience.”
Erin O’Hearn, 6ABC Action News, September 21, 2007

“Eastern State Penitentiary has a foreboding air even on a sunny afternoon. But on October nights, the place can be petrifying.”
Elis Lotozo, Smithsonian, October, 2007

“One of America‘s Scariest Halloween Attractions”
The Travel Channel, October 2006

“Perfect for Halloween”
The New York Times
“Not for the faint of heart”
Greg Coates, Toronto Star, October 14, 2006

“Guaranteed to give you nightmares till Christmas.”
US Airways Magazine, October 2006

“If you are looking for a surefire way to turn your macho-man husband into a squealing five-year-old - we’ve got the ticker.”
M.A., Where Magazine, October 2006.

“Readers Pick Award”
Seventeen Magazine, October 2006

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