Is West Virginia Penitentiary haunted?
United States Reported haunting level 5 of 5
What actually happened
Nearly 100 prisoners were executed here by hanging or electrocution, and the prison saw riots and fires before it closed in 1995.
The history
The Gothic stone penitentiary, modelled on Joliet, opened in 1876 and operated for 119 years. Its yard measured about 682 by 352 feet inside turreted walls.
What people report
Visitors on night tours have reported a shadow figure in the cell blocks and footsteps near the old execution chamber.
That paragraph is reported tradition, not a claim about what is there. The history above it is sourced; the stories are recorded because people tell them.
Visiting
818 Jefferson Ave, Moundsville, WV 26041, United States
Open for booked day tours and overnight investigations.