Oregon State Penitentiary

Oregon · USA · Cemetery

A dead inmate walks the tiers of D Block at night. His footsteps sound on the metal stairs, up one side and down the other, and he speeds up if followed.

The Oregon State Penitentiary at Salem is a maximum security prison that has been standing since the 1800s, and the accounts from it come from staff.

The best known concerns D Block, where an inmate who died in the institution is said to walk the tiers and landings at night. His footsteps are heard on the metal stairs and floors, going up one side and down the other.

Anyone who tries to catch him finds that he only goes faster.

That detail is what makes the story travel among the officers. Sound carries in a steel cell block in a way it does not anywhere else, and footsteps on a metal stair are unmistakable and impossible to muffle.

Other accounts are attached to him elsewhere in the building.

This is an operating maximum security prison. Nobody visits, and the witnesses are the people who work the night watch.

FAQ

Hvor ligger Oregon State Penitentiary?

Oregon State Penitentiary ligger i Oregon, USA.