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 ...

Eastern State Penitentiary is marking America’s 250th birthday with a yearlong lineup of free, family-friendly events in 2026 focused on how ideas of liberty and justice have evolved in the U.S. The ...

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 ...

The Eastern State Penitentiary, which today operates as a historical museum drawing thousands of visitors annually to the heart of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was formerly the world's most renowned ...

For years, Eastern State Penitentiary's Terror Behind the Walls was arguably the most popular Halloween attraction in Philadelphia, drawing thousands to the 19th ...