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@ironhell813

5 ай бұрын

I want that gargoyle at 0:05

First program I've seen on this building that didn't involve night vision gear and ghost hunters 👍

@alphaomega1351

5 ай бұрын

That's because the ghosts 👻 moved out to. 😶

@planescaped

4 ай бұрын

Thank goodness.

@noblesicks

Ай бұрын

The video game the suffering had a little video on this prison it’s an old game the OG Xbox

@kalebshaw1477

10 күн бұрын

@@noblesicks I loved that game

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.

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-jesus6967

5 ай бұрын

I ate there when I toured the prison! I also did the haunted house thing they do

@WVUer21

4 ай бұрын

I worked there for two of the Haunted Halloween nights. Firehouse was very good.

@Youngsickbacchus

3 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?

@cactaceous

3 ай бұрын

@@Youngsickbacchus Most likely. Pizza around Fairmount was pretty mid.

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.

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!

@lukedraper4100

4 ай бұрын

There is one here in Australia think it does tours but has regular Lazer tag so fun

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

I’d love if you covered my favorite museum in Philly; The Mutter Museum. Thomas Mutter was a fascinating individual.

@joestrike8537

5 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.)

@SupaTang

5 ай бұрын

I second that...I love that museum....its sad that currently some ppl want it closed.

@PoizNusChEEzCaKe

2 күн 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

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.

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!

@briansingmaster9453

5 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.

@peteheyde7999

5 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

@ritirons2726

5 ай бұрын

That’s the holmesburg prison that you see along 95. It actually appears similar especially an overhead view.

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.

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.

I took a tour of the penitentiary last year, it’s really cool and I highly recommend it

Fascinating! If I'm ever in Philadelphia, I'll have to pay it a visit!

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.

Halloween at Eastern State is amazing. They do it up!

My great-great grandfather hung himself there while serving time for shooting his son in-law during an argument over 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

I live right across the street from Eastern State on Fairmount.

I just flew over this when landing a Northeast Philly airport a couple days ago. I was wondering what it was! Great timing!

Big fan. First time sending a hello & huge thanks from Plano, ILLinois.

Fantastic video, very interesting thank you very much. Hoping to visit this place one day, hopefully soon!

To all future prisoners…if you can’t do the time, don’t do the crime!

I actually went there to visit. Pretty big building near DT. Crazy what happened there tho

Enjoyed this very much so professionally done with alot of history, thumbs up

@ITSHISTORY

3 ай бұрын

Thanks for the visit!

Another great video , thanks Ryan

I like your new intro better! Nice work, old one was always surprising

Honestly speaking, looking at American prisons today, a solitary cell system looks far more appealing. People just were more extroverted back then.

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!!

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 🤣

Thank you very much Philadelphia USA 🇺🇸

I go there every year for their Halloween themed tours!

Been there its wild!! ❤ you can feel the energy and its ALWAYS cold 🥶.

You should cover Holmesburg Prison too. It’s got an interesting history as well

The thing people don't realize about Holmesburg is as tall as that wall is, it's equally as deep underground

I live in the area...love the neighborhood and the community garden on the property is peaceful.

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.😀😀

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

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.

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.

Sure you could describe them. The video might get demonetized but you absolutely can describe them.

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

GRATE‼️✔️☝️👌

I think the Dead Milkmen shot their video for Punk Rock Girl there, too.

The game The Suffering is all about this prison awesome game straight up

Omg I was just there during Halloween it’s so much fun

This was a most impressive video. Thank you very much, sir.

14:43 Mans head is so big his ears are in different timezones

You forgot the famous "Punk Rock Girl" video by the Dead Milkmen. kzread.info/dash/bejne/jK2VrZWjn5e5nJc.html

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.

Looks like it needs to reopen ASAP.

Looks like a great place to make a movie. Also a great place to hide from zombies.

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.

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.

The prison system still use solitary confinement as a punishment.

Crazy.

Literally Shawshank Redemption

Government neglect, this facility looks like good solid construction and it's a shame that they did not take care.

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

@TheREALJosephTurner

Ай бұрын

Agree!

2:24 nobody see the cat being thrown? 😂 on the left side

"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!"....😉😆😂

I have some really cool photos from this place

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

Great video 👍 thanks

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.

This and the joliet prison got history together

I've been told a scene from one of the Transformers movies was filmed in the prison

Sounds like a perfect prison! Bring it back and make it a model for all of them!

@jakepophal985

5 ай бұрын

How does that rehabilitate people??

@francisdv

5 ай бұрын

Agreed!! Bring it back!! Prison should be a place normal people don't want to go too.

@bigbaldbikerinwa

5 ай бұрын

@@jakepophal985 rehabilitation does not work.

@richardbeckenbaugh1805

5 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.

@hightower6645

9 күн бұрын

@@jakepophal985 They need punishment, not rehabilitation.

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.

Jeeesus, looks like the setting for a Silent Hill game.

Oh. This is in Philly? Of course it is.

... but the other guards call me "Vicky"...

Coat of paint and some better ventilation and it'd make an amazing indoor/outdoor market and/or library and/or natural history museum.

Man... They don't make 'em like they used to. Just an opinion, but i feel prisons should be foreboding and frightening. Just looking at it should make you not want to end up there. Now, prisons just look like high schools.. Wonder if that's intentional?

Any one else notice the tilted star on the menorah and are those snakes on it?

I drive by there allot...it smells evil.

Real life Shawshank

Thank you.

Prison isn't supposed to be resort. Many of those convicts were ruthless and vicious, they needed to be punished not coddled and pampered

Could have just fed them to the bears. Pennsylvania has bears, y'know.

this place is pretty cool, i did the Halloween tour several years ago

Very interesting and well-produced documentary on how cruel humans can be to each other both in and out of prisons. None of the corporal punishment and other tactics of imposing solitary confinement come as a surprise to me. Everything was great up until you got to support for Morgan & Morgan legal services. I live in Los Angeles where every corner and highway taken shows innumerable billboards for lawyers...and now they're in your video. I can certainly understand how you need to obtain support for your ongoing professional videos, but really? Lawyers?

This here is a ready solution to the homeless crisis.

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.

They were businesses? They’re mega corporations now.

Should’ve drug rehab for Kensington

My ex wife and i visited this place along time ago. Some say you can still hear her complaining to this day.

Have found the new Amazon Philly headquarters! (Joke is that they've converted a prison into their offices in europe)

Open a wing back up for the Kensington wintering over tranq crew!

Grab that barber's chair! It's worth something.

👍👍

I am like number 193

Heck, we need prison reform NOW with most prisons being little better than criminal factories, taking the non-violent felon and making him or her into a murderer!

Bro I been playing fucking pokemon go outside this thing for the better part of a year and ngl the gyms there are just an unethical as the prisons used to be

Pennsylvania the keystone State

A Brit designed this prison... that so happens to look like a Union Jack.

That’s a lot of expensive real estate. Why not tear it down for development?

We've gone soft as a society. Prison isn't supposed to be a good and comfortable place. It is supposed to be a punishment. This kind of prison system needs to return.

@ianh1504

8 күн бұрын

Prisons need to reform people. If we're going to lock people up at our expense we need to spend that time that theyre locked up ensuring we dont have to do it again. Prisons as they exist today are focused on punishment instead of reform. If we're going to lock people up for traffic tickets or low level drug crimes then thats even more of a reason that they shouldnt be constant punishment. Being subjected to assault torture and rape because you smoked a joint isnt going to reform you or turn you into a productive member of society.

@taber1975

13 сағат бұрын

Being locked away from society is enough.

@taber1975

13 сағат бұрын

What do you want? Hell on earth? Most people in jail or prison are there on petty crimes and are normal people just like you or I

Interesting place to put a prison

I hate to parrot but; it’s straight modern slavery.

So… Philly has a homeless issue and a giant, empty building with ready made housing units?