Haunted Prisons (23)

23 verified haunted prisons from around the world. Each location includes its story, a 1–5 scare rating and GPS coordinates.

• West Virginia Penitentiary
  West Virginia, Moundsville · Scare 5/5
  Gotiskt fängelse där 94 män avrättades. Cellerna var så trånga att de dömdes som grym bestraffning.
• West Virginia Penitentiary
  West Virginia, Moundsville · Scare 5/5
  Byggt på en indiansk gravhög — 94 avrättningar och den ökände "Shadow Man".
• Kilmainham Gaol
  Ireland, Dublin · Scare 5/5
  Irlands största oanvända fängelse — ledarna av påsken-uppropet 1916 avrättades här.
• Port Arthur
  Tasmanien · Scare 5/5
  The British Empire's feared penal colony — over 1,000 died during its operation.
• Old Geelong Gaol
  Victoria, Geelong · Scare 4/5
  Geelong's old prison — in operation 1849-1991, today known for ghost tours.
• Fremantle Prison
  Western Australia, Fremantle · Scare 4/5
  44 hangings and countless floggings — a prison built by the convicts themselves.
• Bodmin Jail
  Cornwall, Bodmin · Scare 4/5
  Byggt 1779 — spöken efter avrättade fångar hemsöker den smulande interiören.
• Old Melbourne Gaol
  Victoria, Melbourne · Scare 4/5
  133 hangings — Ned Kelly's execution site is now Melbourne's most haunted building.
• Boggo Road Gaol
  Queensland, Brisbane · Scare 4/5
  Den siste avrättade mannens skugga ses i cellblock E — och en trebent spökkatt stryker mot besökarnas ben.
• Adelaide Gaol
  South Australia, Adelaide · Scare 4/5
  45 män hängdes här och vilar ännu inom murarna — en seriemördares ande vandrar bland gravarna.
• Old Charleston Jail
  South Carolina, Charleston · Scare 4/5
  Fängelse där pirater och Lavinia Fisher väntade på galgen. Hon sägs spöka än.
• Maitland Gaol
  New South Wales, Maitland · Scare 4/5
  Australia's oldest unaltered prison — in operation 1848-1998.
• Nürnberger Lochgefängnisse
  Bayern, Nürnberg · Scare 4/5
  Under rådhuset gömmer sig tolv mörka celler och en tortyrkammare — de torterades skrik nådde upp till torget.
• Alcatraz
  Kalifornien, San Francisco · Scare 4/5
  Cell 14D är tio grader kallare än resten — och kalla fläckar rör sig genom blocket i mänsklig form.
• Ohio State Reformatory
  Ohio, Mansfield · Scare 4/5
  Filmkulissen för "The Shawshank Redemption" — och ett av världens mest hemsökta fängelser.
• Hotell Bilan
  Värmland, Karlstad · Scare 3/5
  Karlstad's old county prison — today a hotel with classic Swedish ghost stories.
• Blokhuispoort
  Friesland, Leeuwarden · Scare 3/5
  Fängelse i 427 år — konstnärerna som flyttat in säger att de arga fångarnas vrede ännu känns.
• Gävle County Cell Prison
  Gävleborg · Scare 3/5
  The old prison in Gävle, once one of Sweden's most modern institutions, carries a dark and dramatic history. And perhaps something more. Visitors and staff at what is now the Swedish Prison Museum have reported strange phenomena.
• 9 of Sweden's Most Haunted Places
  Scare 3/5
  Experience Sweden's eeriest stories! From rectories with weeping women to mental hospitals where time seems to have stood still — Sweden is full of places with both dark secrets and restless spirits.
• Landskrona Citadel
  Skåne, Landskrona · Scare 3/5
  16th-century Renaissance fortress — later a women's prison and house of correction.
• Landskrona Citadel and the Angel-Maker
  Skåne · Scare 3/5
  Landskrona Citadel, on the Öresund coast in Skåne, is one of northern Europe's best-preserved 16th-century fortresses. The building has been both a defensive stronghold and a prison, and its history is filled with both drama and tragedy...
• Cockatoo Island
  New South Wales, Sydney · Scare 3/5
  UNESCO island in Sydney Harbour — a penal colony, then a shipyard.
• Old Gaol Albany
  Western Australia, Albany · Scare 3/5
  Prison in Albany from the 1850s — today a museum.

FAQ

How many haunted prisons are there?

Haunted Places lists 23 haunted prisons worldwide, each with its story and a 1–5 scare rating.

What are the most famous haunted prisons?

Among the most notable: West Virginia Penitentiary, West Virginia Penitentiary, Kilmainham Gaol.

Where can you find haunted prisons?

You'll find haunted prisons in Australia, United States, Sweden, Ireland, United Kingdom, Germany (+1 more).

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