The Hand in the Cell

Although the Carbon County Jail, in Jim Thorpe ,PA ,may seem like an ordinary jail upon first glance, it is the site of a most intriguing and bizarre mystery: The Hand in the Cell.

In 1877 a man named Alexander Campbell was incarcerated for the murder of John P. Jones. Despite proof that Campbell was part of the Molly Maguires, a gang against mine owners, and an admission that he was at the scene of the crime, Alexander still proclaimed that he was innocent. He said that he did not shoot and kill John P. Jones.

Despite his claims, Alexander Campbell was sentence to death by hanging . On the date of his execution ( which was June 22nd, 1877), the sheriff who came to get Campbell was greeted with the prisoners continued protestations that he was innocent. In one sweeping gesture Alexander bent down to the ground and covered his hand in the black soot of his cell block. Then, placing his hand on the wall, he proclaimed “I am innocent and let this be my testimony!” After leaving the handprint he was taken out to the scaffolds and hanged. No other prisoners were ever kept again in that same cell.

Although Campbell was gone his hand-print remained, and nothing anyone did could get rid of it. In the 30′s the cell wall was knocked down and replaced with a new one. Yet in the morning, guards were surprised to find that the print had returned. Another sheriff had painted over the wall with green latex paint, only to find that it once again reappeared before their eyes!

Is this proof of Campbells innocence? Or is there a more natural cause behind the mysterious print? Although no one can say for sure, those who step into the cell often report that a chill runs through their bodies. While the prison was still in operation, prisoners would see a mysterious figure passing through the cells locked door.

Visitors can still visit cell 17 and see the ghostly hand print for themselves!

finished reading haunting of hill house and I would like to revisit my takes on flanagan's adaptation: I think if I wrote about an unpleasant 32 year old weirdgirl getting eaten alive by a house that affirms her fears that nobody likes her and she will be lonely forever and then after I died someone recast her as a cute 20-something who misses her dead husband and turned the story into a bittersweet series abt familial love, I would haunt him for the rest of his days. I would put him on the rack.

anyone. I know you said we’ll see Izuku call Afo “dad” once later in the story, but i have this image in my head of Izuku being distracted by something like making coffee and absentmindedly adressing Afo as dad by accident and then immediately trying to jump out a window to escape the consequences of his action. Afo would be glowing the rest of the day probably.

You know what? It's the one thing that would make AFO forget the entire murder attempt and go back to making breakfast again.

Though Izuku would definitely keep running from the consequences of his actions.

It is mad embarrassing seeing students I recognized from last year on campus from college coming into my timmies to order food now that school started up again. If I get people who recognize ME and not the other way around I'm gonna kill myself in the lobby with a katana

Questions that haunt me after Idolish7: will Iori, Haruka, and Tamake ever graduate? Will Nagi ever get to drink in Japan? Will Momo and Yuki ever escape their mid-twenties? Will Sunohara Ruri ever marry her fiance? Will there be any progression of time at all?

i really need to finish this one day

* the funniest part about betrayus turns up the heat to me is that the writers want you to side with stratos as if he isn't blatantly in the wrong here. you're supposed to view o drool as the bad guy because he's mean as if his actions aren't completely justified and logical.

it was by some miracle [and the age rating] that he wasn't hurt by the machine backfiring, let alone anything serious. it's made worse by how he never consented to being a test subject in the first place and was practically shoved in there against his own will. this is all on live television as well, you can throw in a side order of public humiliation.

while he did give it the once over and seal of approval that doesn't really mean anything. it has been show to us extensively that sir c's inventions have a tendency to backfire or not work as intended. the assumption that the machine itself is to blame is entirely fair game.

it's why when they later go to paint his decision to shut down sir c's lab as an unfair abuse of power it's an argument that's dead in the water. a machine he created could've seriously injured someone and while it malfunctioning wasn't his fault in this case who's to say it couldn't be repeatable? he's still responsible to some degree and this a very reasonable response to the situation, a light slap on the wrist even.

trying to paint o drool as being a bad person for harbouring a grudge against sir c and being a bit catty as a result holds no weight to it. he has every right to mistrust the guy who could've gotten him hurt and wants him to face repercussions for it, how is that wrong of him?

if we want to talk about an actual abuse of power then stratos is right there and his utter refusal to hold his own friends accountable. it was by sheer luck that nothing serious happened but instead sir c is the one who gets the apology as if he's the real victim in this situation.

instead o drool gets stripped of his rank and that's supposed to viewed as the correct choice, as if it's a fitting punishment. what did he do again? deem your friend as an active risk to public safety for nearly getting him killed and punishing him accordingly, you know his JOB?

if being mean is now valid grounds to remove someone from power then maybe stratos should go into hiding, it's the only thing he's good at anyway. like how in invasion of the pointy heads stratos is shown instantly surrendering before running to safety, leaving everyone to defend themselves, while o drool is actively taking part in the fight-

maybe that's the real reason why stratos removed his badge. he felt threatened that someone competent held a high position of power and how that not only reflected badly on him but called into question his own standings. o drool for president he's already more qualified.

Thinking..thinking about Tank and Chrissy again..thinking about

“ you are not mine, I am not yours but I love you..I love you “ Tank and Chrissy, Chrissy and Tank with unshakable bond that’s so profound and deep and complex that they can’t explain what they are to each other

They know they don’t belong to each other, that they aren’t each others intend pieces but..oh how they fit and click. Where there would be a gap between them and another person, there is no such thing with Tank and Chrissy. They both know they didn’t start out nice and they still honestly aren’t but their is solace in the silence.

Truth and acceptance that they both crave like wolves crave blood from their next kill

“ you are not mine, I am not yours but I love you “

The words are never said, never breathed out into the air, into the space between their faces as they look into each others eyes. But they hear it, they feel it, in their hearts and in their cores

“ you are not mine, I am not yours but I love you “

Their eyes whisper it everyday, Tanks deep deep dark ones to Christian’s blue ones

“ you are not mine, I am not yours but I love you “

Christians heart whispers to Tanks as he holds them in his arms as they weep

“ you are not mine, I am not yours but I love you “

Tanks hands say as they cook dinner for the two of them, Christain setting the table up as he waits

“ you are not mine, I am not yours but I love you “

imagine being Misty Fey and leaving your daughters in the care of your asshole sister who frames one of them for murder and is literally just about to do it again, knowing that the asshole sister has a daughter who killed two (debatably three) people and nearly killed another. You keep track of one of your daughter's life enough to notice that that one kid that your niece tried to kill interned with your daughter and defended your other daughter for the first daughter's murder because they met at the crime scene and became instant buddies and the first time you meet your remaining child she doesn't recognize you. You will never be able to tell her who you are because you get murdered that night.

Zombie OC Mourgan with her only friend, he doesn’t have a name yet as evidenced by ‘Ghost’

1700s Librarian 🤝 2020s Zombie IT Girl

She has just barely gotten him to use a dial up phone TT

when cities feel like an important part of the story as if they're characters themselves >>

Essex County Penitentiary Hauntings

Known as either the Essex County Penitentiary or the Newark Street Jail, is the oldest public building in Essex County, New Jersey, and its state of disrepair and neglect stands as a testament to that fact. It was built in 1837 on the new Morris Canal to replace an older jail/courthouse that burned to the ground 2 years prior. In a cost-cutting move, it was decided that the new jail would stand separate from the courthouse and that it would hold offenders from both the county and the city of Newark.

While the original jail was built in a pastoral campus-like setting, with the inmates encouraged to stay active, the Newark Street Jail was a stark box-like structure built for housing, not rehabilitation.

It has seen a few renovations over the years. In the 1890s 112 new cells were added to the complex, and the total of cells just before the building was left to rot stood at 300. It served as Essex County’s main jail until 1970, when a new jail was constructed. It then became home of the Essex County Narcotics Bureau for a short while. After they relocated, the building was abandoned.

Essex County Penitentiary was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1991, but no effort has been made to repair or even preserve the property.

So far as paranormal activity is concerned, the Essex County Penitentiary is a hotbed of activity, as can be expected of a facility of such an age and purpose. There are uneasy feelings, cold spots, shadow figures, and disembodied footsteps, and such reports are common for those brave enough to explore the derelict structure.

Former security guards tell the story of an “Old Man Brown” who still watches over the cell blocks. It is believed that this is the spirit of a former Warden. There are many places where people get the feeling that they are not alone in small spaces, or that they are being watched, and these instances are usually attributed to the ghost of Old Man Brown.

Perhaps concurrent with this haunting, people can often hear phantom footsteps close to the old Warden’s quarters, which was always patrolled regularly by guards.

Perhaps the most flamboyant story about Essex County Penitentiary is that about the inmate in the Central Hall who managed to commit suicide by lighting himself on fire. How the man managed to pull this off is still a mystery, but fire had consumed 90% of his body. There is still a charred mark on the concrete outside the cell in the shape of a man in the fetal position, which is typical in burning deaths.

The spirit that is said to haunt this section of the jail seems to be angry and violent, as this is where abusive EVP’s has been captured and pushes and hair-pulling have occurred.

There have also been reports of phantom sounds that resemble heavy machinery that have been heard in the area of the prison that served as the workshop.

The Essex County Penitentiary has grown in esteem since it was featured in a televised investigation on the SyFy series “Ghost Hunters”, but it is still a very dangerous place to visit because of the disrepair and the fact that as an abandoned structure, it has become a gathering place for vagrants and small-time criminals.

Guess what I’ve been reading

There's 29 fucking chapters and I'm only half way through the fucking 6th one

Casa Massimo is an historic, restored “Museum Piece” house. It’s the ex-prison of the village of Lucca, Italy, 700 yrs. old, haunted, and only €49,995 ($49,741).

According to the description, “The house has a recently fitted bathroom, a roof that was completely replaced in 2002 and certified electrics from that date.”

“The house has the original prison on its title.  You can even see where the prisoners were lowered into these chambers.  Pretty gruesome stuff but totally fascinating for a historian,” It goes on to say. (The prisoners were lowered?)

They didn’t take very good photos, but there appears to be a full fireplace next to the kitchen sink.

I see wood stoves in every room, which leads one to believe that they are your only heat source. 

Has a nice staircase.

The only part of the bd they show. I assume there’s only one. The description concludes, “So why not make a home with a niche museum next door.  The village is known as a village of art.”

https://www.italianpropertygallery.com/property-details/301/lucca/bagni-di-lucca-71?fbclid

Welcome to the photo dump for Episode 170.5: Listener Stories #25! This is the episode where our Haunties (aka listeners) write in with their first-person spooky tales of cryptids, ghosts, curses, aliens, and more! Listener stories from this week’s episode include: a funeral ghost, a tarot reading from beyond, a crouched sleep demon that resembles the girl from The Ring, a grinch hand coming out of a closet, mirror portals, accidentally phasing into an alternate dimension for a year, shadow people with crow voices, a haunted jail hostel, lucid dreaming with a Bangungot, a salon ghost, and a spirit caught in a .gif. Some of the listeners whose stories are featured in this episode include: Justin S., Alanna “A.J.” S., Brett C., Charlotte S., Izzy P, Matt L., Carolina P., Nancy aka “NSA”, Joshua S., & Genevieve F.!  Scroll through this photo dump to see key images from this week’s episode! IMAGE 01: WELCOME TO OUR FIRST LISTENER STORY OF THE YEAR!!! This one’s a doozy, with Nat freaking herself out and Aly spiraling per usual. IMAGE 02: The Triskele or Triskelion is a mesmerizing symbol formed by three interlocking spirals connected in the center. The design is deeply rooted in Celtic culture, and has many meanings. This is the symbol referenced in the story from Alanna aka “AJ” who told the story of the time she switched dimensions for a year. IMAGE 03: Image from the haunted Ottawa Jail Hostel that listener Charlotte stayed in. IMAGE 04: Image #2 of the haunted Ottawa Jail Hostel IMAGE 05: Image #3 of the haunted Ottawa Jail Hostel IMAGE 06: Image #4 of the haunted Ottawa Jail Hostel IMAGE 07: Image #5 of the haunted Ottawa Jail Hostel IMAGE 08: The bangungot, referenced in the e-mail from Joshua S. IMAGE 09: Another image of a bangungot IMAGE 10: The ghost of Greenwood Cemetery, as captured in an iPhone gif by listener Genevieve F.

Hello fellow History Enthusiasts here is a survey for you:

Say you had an opportunity to tour a historic jail and jailor’s house, what kind of stories would you like to hear? Say you know very little about it other than it’s near an active waterway and shipping port.