Located right in Sydney Harbor, and a quick, ferry ride away, this former prison has a lot of history. Besides a prison, it was a school for girls, a shipbuilding and repair center, and a construction site for WWII ships.
Open to the public in 2007, you can now take two-and-a-half hour walking tours on weekends and even camp out on the former Plate Yard for a night.

During the Halloween season, the prison is transformed into a haunted house, but you better be careful, you may run into someone who isn't part of the show!

Joel Clough brutally stabbed his girlfriend to death with a knife. Sentenced to death, he escaped from the prison but was quickly recaptured. He spent his final days in the death row cell known as "the dungeon". Clough was hanged in 1833. Shortly after his death, guards and inmates heard moaning and the sounds of rattling chains from the empty cell. They also claimed to see apparitions and items levitating in the cell.(from their website)

This former prison dates back to the civil war, and has a violent history. In the Ohio area, it is one of the best places to visit during the Halloween season as has it's fair share of hauntings. They offer Ghost Walks and Ghost Hunts throughout the year as well.

Victorian splendor distinguishes the Crown Point Sheriff's house, under renovation by the Old Sheriff's House Foundation of Indiana. A large jail building was built onto the back of the Sheriff's house in 1926. The large chimney belongs to the jailhouse. The building is best known as the jail from which the notorious John Dillinger escaped in 1934.

After nearly 50 years as an active Jail, it's doors were closed, but not everyone has moved on. People have reported many apparitions in photographs, and some have even heard voices and footsteps when no one else was around. Check out hauntedhouses.com for more information.

Built in 1872, and renovated and restored in 1989, the Wyoming Territorial Prison is currently a state park and museum. Visitors can take a self-guided tour when the Museum is open, and maybe even run into one of the Jails permanent inhabitants!

Over its century of operation, the penitentiary received more than 13,000 convicts, of whom 215 were women. Spurred in part by conditions that sparked a general riot in 1971 and an even more severe riot in 1973, the inmate population was moved to a modern penitentiary south of Boise and the Old Idaho Penitentiary was closed on December 3, 1973. After the Penitentiary closed in 1973, the site was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.(from their website)

Visit their website for hours and admission prices. This is a cool place to visit, and you may even run into a prison who never left!

Alcatraz Island offers a close-up look at the site of the first lighthouse and US fort on the West Coast, the infamous federal penitentiary long off-limits to the public, and the 18 month occupation by Indians of All Tribes which saved the tribes. Rich in history, there is also a natural side to the Rock - gardens, tide pools, bird colonies, and bay views beyond compare. (from their website)

I don't think anyone would argue with me that Alcatraz is haunted. With it's varied history, you might just run into a former prisoner who never left!

Be sure to visit alcatrazcruises.com to book your tickets.