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@ironhell81311 ай бұрын
I want that gargoyle at 0:05
@brianpayne45495 ай бұрын
Morgan and Morgan are chickenhawks: they’re nothing more than predatory. “Oh, you got hurt? We’ll defend you, for 99% of what you would receive”
@PlumberWRX3 ай бұрын
SIZE MATTERS
@blandrooker654111 ай бұрын
First program I've seen on this building that didn't involve night vision gear and ghost hunters 👍
@alphaomega135111 ай бұрын
That's because the ghosts 👻 moved out to. 😶
@planescaped10 ай бұрын
Thank goodness.
@noblesicks7 ай бұрын
The video game the suffering had a little video on this prison it’s an old game the OG Xbox
@kalebshaw14776 ай бұрын
@@noblesicks I loved that game
@workouts_20245 ай бұрын
America is a third world country. I would hate to have been born there. 😯
@cactaceous11 ай бұрын
Lived for 2 years in the Fairmount area of Philly, Pennsylvania Ave, blocks away from Eastern State. Even went to events there and a tour. It’s actually quite cool and the Firehouse restaurant right in front is really good.
@bio-jesus696711 ай бұрын
I ate there when I toured the prison! I also did the haunted house thing they do
@WVUer2110 ай бұрын
I worked there for two of the Haunted Halloween nights. Firehouse was very good.
@Youngsickbacchus9 ай бұрын
By any chance did you ever go to Fairmount Pizza and Grill? And if so, have you also noticed how ass their slices are?
@cactaceous9 ай бұрын
@@Youngsickbacchus Most likely. Pizza around Fairmount was pretty mid.
@Bluelinenp4 ай бұрын
Yooo I been to the haunted theme too🤣just now finding our about the historic horror this place held
@aaronschaefer416711 ай бұрын
I just did that tour last year it takes way longer than a half an hour to go through everything there are 50 plus stops covering almost every aspect of the prison and human life. Steve buscemi is great in it. Maybe if you can press everything Steve buscemi said with no time to walk between all the different stops it would take a half an hour that does not include all the interviews and extra stuff that's in that tour tour. If you're anywhere near Philadelphia I highly recommend going on it!
@lukedraper410010 ай бұрын
There is one here in Australia think it does tours but has regular Lazer tag so fun
@timbuckjr90815 ай бұрын
I had the pleasure of helping install the AC unit and duct work for it to help preserve what is left of the murals Lester Smith painted on the walls of the Chaplain's office. My co-worker and I were able to park inside and we would get there an hour early to just roam the halls. It was pretty surreal. I remember having a conversation with the roofers and how they had to take large pieces of sheet metal and make it look like the old soldered tin panels.
@Kylewilson6084 ай бұрын
So pretty much this shit fake?
@timbuckjr90814 ай бұрын
@@Kylewilson608 Wat
@Kylewilson6084 ай бұрын
@@timbuckjr9081 u said the roofers would take large pieces of sheet metal and make it look like the old soldered tin panels
@timbuckjr90814 ай бұрын
@@Kylewilson608 Yes because one full sheet of metal would hold up better over time than several pieces soldered together.
@tomtransport9 ай бұрын
The prison is right across the street from Batche Elementary School at 22 and Brown Streets. You can see the school in the high long shot at 27:10. It's that gray 3 story building top left. I went to school there 1st to 6th. I was on the safety patrol too. My post was at 22 and Fairmount Ave. My class rooms always faced the wall of the prison. Walked by it 4 times a day for 6 years. 1949-1955. We would play half ball up 22nd street above Fairmount, that's a rubber ball about the size of a tennis ball cut in half. A broomstick was the bat. The pitcher pitched the half ball across 22 street to the batter opposite the prison. Hit the wall was a single, half way up was a double, 3/4 was a triple, If you hit the half ball over the wall it was a home run.😀😀
@1GirlieGirl6 ай бұрын
I go to Terror Behind The Walls every Halloween! I swear it gets more scary every year, I love it! And when my friend Justin was growing up down the street from the prison, he and his cousin broke in and got stuck inside haha they screamed and screamed until someone who lived on Brown St heard them and called the cops. I encourage anyone who visits Philly to take a tour, it's awesome.
@Cream_of_wheatАй бұрын
@@1GirlieGirl 😂😂😂😂🤦🏽♀️
@philipdepalma467211 ай бұрын
I have been there and took the tour. According to the tour the real reason the prison closed was because the city grew up around it and the possibility of a prison break with the prisoners escaping into city neighborhoods was unacceptable to political leaders. It wasn’t concern for prisoners but the fear or escaping prisoners that closed the prison. The solitary concept was copying religious hermits without recognizing that this involved a small group of individuals CHOSE to do that to get closer to God or to repent for some act rather than a large group of prisoners FORCED into it by the state. Granted the NY system using violence to keep order in a mass prisoner setting wasn’t much better.
@zevkramer61543 ай бұрын
That's not why. If that were true they would not have closed Holmsburg Prison.
@mrbilky11 ай бұрын
One of my employees was sent there in the late sixties early seventy forget what it was for but it is a fascinating story I once boomed over the wall on the back side of the prison when I worked for a large tree contractor it truly does evoke awe If I remember correctly the word penitentiary comes from the word penitence and the hub a spoke design was revolutionary allowing for the guards to see down every cell block from a central location even today when I pass by it is an awe inspiring view
@ashleyfarrow21754 ай бұрын
My daughter had surgery at Shriners in Philadelphia a few years ago. I could see this building in the distance. Wish we had time to go explore!
@schmumuАй бұрын
@@ashleyfarrow2175 I felt as if I could feel the darkness coming from the walls
@Cream_of_wheatАй бұрын
I hope your little one is doing well🥰
@eventiderapture11 ай бұрын
I’d love if you covered my favorite museum in Philly; The Mutter Museum. Thomas Mutter was a fascinating individual.
@joestrike853711 ай бұрын
I don't know a single friend who went there and weren't totally grossed out. (I turned down an invite to join them because I'd already heard about the place.)
@SupaTang11 ай бұрын
I second that...I love that museum....its sad that currently some ppl want it closed.
@PoizNusChEEzCaKe5 ай бұрын
welp a little bit of caution should be mentioned lol i loved this video, im new here, and ive been scrolling to see what other good videos and material i can find, saw ur comment, figured "why not? give it a quick google, should be fine" ... um yea NOT!! im grown af, and i honestly havent been that shocked, scared, interested, captivated, in a very very long time perhaps since i saw my first gore video about maybe 13 yo ish lol, and it really did took an unusual bit of effort to steel my nerves and not bail on the whole 'google' concept a few times, but im pretty sure since now i have to make it to PA to see the prison, im gonna have see this one too, still gotta figure out what im gonna do with the kids and how im gonna sell their mother on the idea, but every now and then i do have a good idea, and it's been a while since the last one, so this one got to be it, right? lol
@anthonydivon557111 ай бұрын
I grew up across the street from there on Corinthian Avenue in the 70's and 80's. Also my father worked there as a corrections officer from 1967 until it closed in 1971.
@patrickodonnell938811 ай бұрын
I grewup in Fairmount and this place was where we played street hockey in the parking area on Brown st. I remember when kids from the neighborhood broke in through the side door on 22nd street it was news throug out the neighborhood.
@tardissixteen817810 ай бұрын
I took a tour of the penitentiary last year, it’s really cool and I highly recommend it
@peteheyde799911 ай бұрын
It's eerie red stone walls and towers are visible from I-95 a mile south of the Academy Road exit in Northeast Philadelphia. I've driven past it hundreds of times. From the day I first saw it, it seemed to have a twisted aura about it. And THAT was before I actually researched it and found out some of the history of the place. In any event, this presentation is a very welcome and appreciated chapter in "I'ts History". Thanks, RS, nice work!
@briansingmaster945311 ай бұрын
The prison you’re referencing is Holmesburg prison, which also has a very interesting story but different from eastern state. Eastern state is closer to the art museum.
@peteheyde799911 ай бұрын
You are absolutely correct. Thanks Brian I used to deliver to the former Coyne Textile Services Plant at 48th and Brown in the middle eighties. When Ryan said that the ESP was on Brown Street, I thought I may have driven past it, but the Pen is at 2100 Brown inside the Surekill Distressway! @@briansingmaster9453
@ritirons272611 ай бұрын
That’s the holmesburg prison that you see along 95. It actually appears similar especially an overhead view.
@mindyhiteshueАй бұрын
I toured the prison about 10 years ago, it was absolutely terrifying. Thank you so much for this documentary, very interesting to learn even more about it.
@hughie52211 ай бұрын
Fascinating! If I'm ever in Philadelphia, I'll have to pay it a visit!
@TurtleSauceGaming6 ай бұрын
The thing people don't realize about Holmesburg is as tall as that wall is, it's equally as deep underground
@slamjackson21374 ай бұрын
Holmesburg is such an overlooked landmark. It’s just a testament to how much shit/history there is.
@keneason7754 ай бұрын
@@TurtleSauceGaming Graterford prison was the same. 40 foot walls and the same deep. It's closed now, but SCI Phoenix has replaced it.
@TurtleSauceGaming4 ай бұрын
@@keneason775 pretty much standard construction practice for these prisons from that era I imagine. They filmed law abiding citizen there. Was quite a sight seeing someone running through the halls with a fire arm.
@Stussmeister9 ай бұрын
Very interesting and informative. I've been to this prison twice, though I can't say I had any paranormal encounters, and one of my relatives worked here as a security guard.
@slamjackson21374 ай бұрын
Never been inside but I’ve walked past it a bunch, it’s certainly a presence, and a striking visual. I think there’s a cool little public garden on the side with chalk and plants and walking paths.
@275Vet-RLTW9 ай бұрын
That place has been an abandoned pa tourist attraction since before socash was born. I was touring it at 12 years old in the late 70s
@tdsollog10 ай бұрын
Halloween at Eastern State is amazing. They do it up!
@tylerlittle443611 ай бұрын
I just flew over this when landing a Northeast Philly airport a couple days ago. I was wondering what it was! Great timing!
@Hukkavei11 ай бұрын
Honestly speaking, looking at American prisons today, a solitary cell system looks far more appealing. People just were more extroverted back then.
@robertabrams856211 ай бұрын
To all future prisoners…if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime!
@twenger111 ай бұрын
I like your new intro better! Nice work, old one was always surprising
@visualsweets24 күн бұрын
I just came back from Philly and went to the penitentiary for the whole day. I was surprised that it was in the middle of a nice peaceful neighborhood. I especially enjoyed the Speakeasy at Al Capone’s cell. They had some great performers singing which you can only see if you sign up for the VIP tour.
@richduerr44713 ай бұрын
To call the prison 'abandoned' is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard! It holds daily guided tours, and really fun Halloween tours that are over the top! It has been kept restored to the utmost, including a recreation of Al Capone's cell. I have toured it about five times, two of them Halloween tours. They even have a little drinkng bar at the end of the tour, and give discount tickets for the bar/restaurant across the street. It is only abandoned by the ghosts of those who were incarcerated there. Or is it? If you have a couple hours to kill in Philly, I highly recommend you work that tour into your schedule.
@ILLinois70249 ай бұрын
Big fan. First time sending a hello & huge thanks from Plano, ILLinois.
@DMD.The.MeNaCe11 ай бұрын
I live right across the street from Eastern State on Fairmount.
@DrFooMod211 ай бұрын
I lived several blocks from Fairmount Penitentiary. Penitentiary derives it's name from "penance",. The Quakers that dominated society at the time were strong believers in such.
@Doepeshiomc11 ай бұрын
I’m from CA, I be in PA I passed by there a few times.. always tripped me out how it’s houses right across the street lmao 🤣
@slamjackson21374 ай бұрын
Right, a prison in a residential neighborhood haha
@rudykr3oc9 ай бұрын
My Great-Grand Father was there in the late teens to early 1920's. Not really a bragging right if you look up his name in Ancestry and get the documents. I wish I had a mugshot of him because I have no pictures at all, but they said many of the historical books where just pilfered, lost, damaged, who knows. His name was William Oscar Frame and any more info on him would be great.
@empressvogt11 ай бұрын
I saw the Penitentiary wall on my trip up to Salem, Mass! I had enough time to look up from my phone and look left! I freaked out because I've always wanted to see the building for so long! I will always remember it!!
@greatwall81584 ай бұрын
@@empressvogt it's always better to look at your surroundings on a road trip as opposed to a cell phone.
@barbararoberto12589 ай бұрын
Enjoyed this very much so professionally done with alot of history, thumbs up
@ITSHISTORY9 ай бұрын
Thanks for the visit!
@SupaTang11 ай бұрын
I live in the area...love the neighborhood and the community garden on the property is peaceful.
@Kimpossible_choc11 ай бұрын
I go there every year for their Halloween themed tours!
@chrisbarkerguitar6 ай бұрын
Fantastic video, very interesting thank you very much. Hoping to visit this place one day, hopefully soon!
@funken0797 ай бұрын
Another great video , thanks Ryan
@Duececoupe11 ай бұрын
"Being alone with your thoughts"!? Freddy Krueger wouldn't last 5 minutes in my head, before he runs for the hills screaming at the top of his head "f*ck that, I'm not mentally prepared for this kinda sh*t!"....😉😆😂
@pluck2639 ай бұрын
I actually went there to visit. Pretty big building near DT. Crazy what happened there tho
@tracey7209Ай бұрын
This place is pretty cool. My time was limited but spent about 2 hours there and I was content. Definitely check it out if you’re visiting Philly and the self guided tour is more than enough.
@smoshpoint1205 ай бұрын
Did the tour there a few years back was actually really sick!
@johnfrancis00633 ай бұрын
The "round house." was another treat.
@swimmer1997fly2 ай бұрын
I visited here over a year ago and had an experience there. The moment I stepped into the cell the escape started I felt immense dread and anxiety that I’ve never felt before. I was terrified and couldn’t explain why. Prior to that, I’ve never believed in ghosts or energy staying after. But not I’m a lot less skeptical of stories people have
@ericalampley4805 ай бұрын
Went on a regular tour there. Very cool. Got great pics and video.
@gratefullthirdeye8 ай бұрын
Been there its wild!! ❤ you can feel the energy and its ALWAYS cold 🥶.
@218philip5 ай бұрын
During this era people were imprisoned if they couldn’t pay their debts, no excuse was considered. Making restitution was impossible and rendering the wife and children destitute was intentional. Many people subjected to total isolation, no communication even with guards. This type of deprivation led many to permanent brain damage.
@buckscountyeasarchive899511 ай бұрын
You should cover Holmesburg Prison too. It’s got an interesting history as well
@LaurieValdez-zk3dy5 ай бұрын
Thank you very much Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸
@xnbk-yotiex52472 ай бұрын
I still remember this prison. When I was a child, my father use to drive me by it every now and then
@tugginalong11 ай бұрын
I’m in Philadelphia quite often and I’ve seen it from a distance. If yours are still occurring, I’ll be going in early 2024. No AC- did you really expect there to be AC? I live in SC and we didn’t have AC in school in some of my classes in 1976 and we didn’t have AC at home until 1971. Some criminals, not all, deserved the worst possible punishment that be given. And you make a great argument for the death penalty as compared to solitary confinement. But so many people went to prison for what would be considered frivolous crimes today.
@josecolon50344 ай бұрын
I grew up a few blocks away on 17th and Fairmont and the prison is on 22nd and Fairmont. Al capone once spent time there as well as many others
@billyhatcher6434 ай бұрын
i love the history of this place and the paranormal activity it has and i plan on going here at some point all day just for the history and hopefully stay overnight just for the hell of it
@brianpayne45495 ай бұрын
They do haunted houses there, during Halloween. It’s pretty cool.
@LKS-19764 ай бұрын
This is a cool place to visit, grew up in Philly.
@buckbuck92253 ай бұрын
It's never been "abandoned" closed in 71'. Registered as a landmark in 65'.
@ItsEverythingElse11 ай бұрын
Sure you could describe them. The video might get demonetized but you absolutely can describe them.
@classic.cameras11 ай бұрын
Such an interesting video! And I think I will be watching Shawshank Redemption as some of these stories clearly inspired Stephen King with that story.
@luisd33311 ай бұрын
14:43 Mans head is so big his ears are in different timezones
@danielhouser88454 ай бұрын
Torresdale & Enfield in Philadelphia thought your talking about this when they didn't have enough room on State road we went here and they put us all in gym
@GLaV4564 ай бұрын
I did state time in New York witch I’m from and I also got pinched in Scranton and had to go up state and that was some of the worst time I had to do, with comfortably between each state and from what I hear from other states I think New York is the best state to get locked up in if u want to do your time as comfortable as can be..
@josecolon50344 ай бұрын
You should do a piece on the Philadelphia County prison system
@Michaelengelmann11 ай бұрын
My sister went one year or a couple for Halloween. I couldn’t. I’ve been a scaredy cat since elementary school but now, I wouldn’t mind doing spooky things
@cerneysmallengines11 ай бұрын
just want to say, prison is not meant to be a nice place. a friend of a friend served 10 months in a minimum security prison, and he described it more as a college dorm. it was open cell, almost like a bunch of cubicles in an office. there were recreational activities, entertainment and even arts and crafts. that's not prison. in an episode of doctor who, the one where the 10th doctor meets Shakespeare, they visit an insane asylum, Shakespeare says something along the lines of, fear of this place kept me out of here when he was battling his own problems. while I do not condone unjust punishment, for people like capone who caused untold trauma to society with his criminal enterprise, and even to major criminals today, they deserve the retribution that will be paid by going to a prison like that.
@chervaunbryan4794 ай бұрын
Lived in Philadelphia for 23 years never seen this before
@jimtownsend78994 ай бұрын
If I'm ever in a "precurious" situation, I'll call Morgan & Morgan. Maybe they can tell me what I will eventually be curious about. They might even be able to help me if I am in a precarious situation.
@frankgrima11 ай бұрын
Government neglect, this facility looks like good solid construction and it's a shame that they did not take care.
@toldyouso558811 ай бұрын
This here is a ready solution to the homeless crisis.
@RCAvhstape11 ай бұрын
I think the Dead Milkmen shot their video for Punk Rock Girl there, too.
@jojohill2711 ай бұрын
The game The Suffering is all about this prison awesome game straight up
@glenstribling612311 ай бұрын
Looks like a great place to make a movie. Also a great place to hide from zombies.
@wofat630011 ай бұрын
The prison system still use solitary confinement as a punishment.
@Shabazzelbey10 ай бұрын
Literally Shawshank Redemption
@davida52965 ай бұрын
I thought it was unethical and against the code of conduct for a law firm to advertise without giving a physical address
@o0oTyPow14 күн бұрын
You should do a mini doc on the Missouri State Penn.
@JacobVilla-tl2zy11 күн бұрын
But the homies that are locked up nowadays are over here talking about they're "LIKE ANIMALS"😮😂
@Jonny_World10 ай бұрын
Omg I was just there during Halloween it’s so much fun
@simon_a.j.725511 ай бұрын
Prison isn't supposed to be resort. Many of those convicts were ruthless and vicious, they needed to be punished not coddled and pampered
@fermio10011 ай бұрын
This was a most impressive video. Thank you very much, sir.
@warpo00711 ай бұрын
places like these do not need the bullshit ghost stories, if anything they get in the way of the much more fascinating, true stories of real life in the penitentiary
@TheREALJosephTurner7 ай бұрын
Agree!
@larrysorenson47899 ай бұрын
Looks like it needs to reopen ASAP.
@josephpatterson404211 ай бұрын
My great-great grandfather hung himself there while serving time for shooting his son in-law during an argument of non payment of a loan. We didn't know anything about it until my aunt started doing genealogy on her and my dads fathers side of the family after she retired
@ITSHISTORY11 ай бұрын
That’s quite a story!
@nervouswreck39211 ай бұрын
GRATE‼️✔️☝️👌
@stelampology2 ай бұрын
You can reeeally get a sense of how huge it is when you walk the perimeter, during the Fairmount Avenue fleamarket… 😅
@FC-qe1wl3 ай бұрын
Some of the schools in the area and even in NJ close to philly are designed like ESP. with wings and a center hub.
@gregg92262 ай бұрын
@FC-qe1wl American public Schools are prisons.
@irjr617510 ай бұрын
2:24 nobody see the cat being thrown? 😂 on the left side
@williamchamberlain226311 ай бұрын
Coat of paint and some better ventilation and it'd make an amazing indoor/outdoor market and/or library and/or natural history museum.
@Fvphilly2154 ай бұрын
My favorite haunted house for Halloween and it’s creepy everytime 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@bigbaldbikerinwa11 ай бұрын
Sounds like a perfect prison! Bring it back and make it a model for all of them!
@jakepophal98511 ай бұрын
How does that rehabilitate people??
@francisdv11 ай бұрын
Agreed!! Bring it back!! Prison should be a place normal people don't want to go too.
@bigbaldbikerinwa11 ай бұрын
@@jakepophal985 rehabilitation does not work.
@richardbeckenbaugh180511 ай бұрын
Treatment like this- solitary confinement- actually makes people more violent, not less. It also gives them PTSD - you never know what will set them off into a violent rage. Once PTSD sets in, it takes a lot of time and effort (read MONEY) to treat it to get it down to where the person can function in society again. Basically, you’re taking a possible nonviolent criminal and turning them into the most violent person possible. Think taking someone convicted of possessing marijuana and turning them into a cold blooded killer. Not really the desired outcome. Research has shown that that’s what actually happened to the inmates of the prison.
@hightower66456 ай бұрын
@@jakepophal985 They need punishment, not rehabilitation.
@favjr11 ай бұрын
You forgot the famous "Punk Rock Girl" video by the Dead Milkmen. kzbin.info/www/bejne/kKrEfGagpJmGopY
@conradroberts901811 ай бұрын
MY GRAND DAD AND GRamma grew up on Brown 19th st 1920s mom born there. legend has sutton was coming out of manhole slick willy they were on way to school mamma was born in 48
@amyjojinkerson-b6o4 ай бұрын
just like the Great Escape
@aarona.aaronson962110 ай бұрын
Places like this are a good example of how many countries and the US in particular have a hard time coming to terms with both their history and current politics and culture. I'm glad to see it is now a museum, but to have this be a location for holiday celebrations and filming, some might consider distateful.
@gabrieladkinsGS3 ай бұрын
America has gone soft on punishment and reform. Wanted to improve society but things just got worse...
@BriannaMassey-i2i26 күн бұрын
I just went there for a trip at school it's so crazy looking
@gradyrm2375 ай бұрын
Charles Dickenson? The famous writer of A Christmas Carolson?
@loadedfun476411 ай бұрын
I grew up there in the neighborhood back in the 80’s & 90’s While most ppl wanted out of the prison we wanted in. In the late 80’s you could scale the wall in the rear of the prison where they had a refrigeration building. From the roof there was a pole leading up the wall to the tower at 22nd. & brown. At the time the city stored municipalities vehicles and streets department vehicles inside on the prisons grounds. (We drove those vehicles all day inside the the perimeter of the yard. I knew two ppl who fell off the wall into the prison back in the Late 80’s.
@loadedfun476426 күн бұрын
It was never abandoned. The city of Philadelphia had always used the prison as a parking lot for municipal vehicles as well storage for the police department. There has always been activity inside of the prison.
@MarlieAstra11 ай бұрын
I have some really cool photos from this place
@johnshields685210 ай бұрын
I think it was this place that I first saw the ghost hunter show that caught that thing move towards the camera, then quickly move away, it shocked me, I didn't really believe in ghosts but since then the countless captures from the cameras everywhere world of today, proves to me ghosts are real.