| Alcatraz was supposed to be a prison for America's | | | | who began screaming the moment he was thrown in |
| worst prisoners. But even before the department of | | | | one of the cells. It is said that there was something |
| prisons actually took over the island, the military used it | | | | with glowing eyes inside the cell with him. The guards, |
| as a place to keep the civil war prisoners. | | | | however, ignored the screams and after a while the |
| Over the years, there have been a lot of ghost stories | | | | convict stopped screaming. In the morning, the convict |
| and sighting associated with the place. Legend says | | | | was found dead with finger marks around his neck. |
| that even before the military used it, the Native | | | | Since then, many visitors and guards have reported |
| Americans avoided the place as they believed it to be | | | | seeing the glowing eyes in different parts of the prison. |
| the home of evil sprits. | | | | A number of guards from 1946 to 1963 have reported |
| Some of the most reported haunted locations in | | | | seeing extraordinary things from time to time, ranging |
| Alcatraz are the warden's house, the hospital, the | | | | from sobbing women to horrible smells. At times, |
| laundry room, and cell block C utility door, where | | | | phantom prisoners have also appeared in front of the |
| convicts Coy, Cretzer and Hubbard died during their | | | | guards and their families. |
| escape attempt. The most haunted place is the D cell | | | | Over the years, many psychics have come to the |
| block, or the "solitary," as it was called. The peculiar | | | | island prison and all have experienced an intense |
| thing about the D block is that the area is intensely | | | | sense of energy and dissatisfaction. Some claim to |
| cold, particularly cell 14-D; sometimes it is 20 degrees | | | | have had talks with tortured and dissatisfied souls, |
| colder than the surrounding areas. | | | | while others claim to have had ghosts touch and harm |
| The most horrific tale of cell block D is about a convict | | | | them. |