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The Old Idaho Penitentiary State Historic Site was a functional prison from 1872 to 1973 in the western United States, east of Boise, Idaho. The first building, also known as the Territorial Prison , was constructed in the Territory of Idaho in 1870; the territory was seven years old when the prison was built, a full two decades before statehood.
The Penitentiary closed in 1971 and is currently a historic site open to the public as a museum for tours, including many terrifying Halloween season ghost tours.
Constructed 1833–1835, Kingston Penitentiary is the oldest standing prison dating to pre-confederation in Canada. After closing in 2013, the institution began operating tours seasonally from May–October, offering guided tours with online ticketing and Tour Guides as well as retired Correctional Staff on site to provide information to guests.
Take a virtual tour of the country by seeing the most haunted houses in every state. There are grand mansions and quaint historic homes, but they have one thing in common: a lot of ghosts.
Old Idaho Penitentiary: Boise Ada Southwest Prison Operated by the Idaho State Historical Society, includes J. Curtis Earl Arms Collection of historic arms and military memorabilia Old Mission State Park: Cataldo: Shoshone: Northern Native American Historic tribal mission for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe: Oneida County Pioneer Museum Malad: Oneida ...
The Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is known for being one of the most haunted places in the U.S. and has appeared on a number of ghost-hunting TV shows. Visitors and ...
Bara-Hack is a ghost town in the northern part of the state that is reportedly haunted. [38] Daniel Benton Homestead is a historic house museum in Tolland, Connecticut. It is reputedly haunted by the ghosts of Hessian soldiers and 18th-century lovers Elisha Benton and Jemima Barrows, who tragically died from smallpox. [39]
IMSI houses Idaho's death row for men and execution chamber. The IMSI prison was opened in November 1989 to confine Idaho's most violent offenders. The compound is located within a double perimeter fence reinforced with razor wire, an electronic detection system and a 24-hour armed perimeter patrol.