Most Haunted

There is a series on the Travel Channel that I like to watch sometimes (as long as I'm not alone or trying to go to sleep). It's called Most Haunted. The premise is that they have a team of people, made up of parapsychologists, mediums, historians, etc. go into a place reported as haunted. Usually the kinds of places they visit are ones that are still open to guests and visitors--like inns, restaurants, museums, and historic homes. The team aims to confirm what workers and/or guests claim to see or feel.

This Friday, June 1st, starting at 8 p.m. Eastern, the Most Haunted team will be broadcasting live for 7 hours from the Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia.

A few years back some friends and I went to the ESP for their Terror Behind the Walls Halloween tour (remember, Michelle??). It's definitely a creepy place. At one point, the tour led us up to a second level cellblock where there was a row of dark cells. The catwalk along the row was only but 2-3 feet wide. There was a guide standing at the start of the row to send a few people down the catwalk at a time. My friend Lauren and I stepped up to begin our walk arm-in-arm. But the guide, noting our fright, made us separate and walk down the row by ourselves. I remember being terrified because the cells were these dark, steel-doored holes in the wall. Some of the cells no longer had the doors on, so they just looked so dark and scary that I was certain that someone or something would jump out at me. I covered my eyes for most it because I really didn't want to look inside the cells. Here's a screen capture to show what I'm talking about, taken from the ESP's online tour:

Cellblock 12

You can see a 360° view of the cellblocks and other areas of the Penitentiary here.

I hope to catch as much of the Most Haunted Live special as I can, depending on what I'm doing Friday night. If not, I'll have to fire up the old VCR.