The West Virginia Penitentiary haunted house is back providing some fun and frights for visitors. The dungeon of horrors continues to bring in 8,000 to 10,000 people from across the region annually.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getty Images What is it about prisons and jails that makes them so susceptible to a haunting? Perhaps it's the negative energy ...

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- One local landmark has been named one of the world's most haunted destinations. The Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia was ranked second on the list of haunted hotspots ...

PETROS, Tenn. (WATE) — A common theme among the most haunted places are areas where people died frequently, and one old prison in East Tennessee fits right into that theme. Brushy Mountain State ...

Eastern State Penitentiary offers tours year-round, but the historic prison is busiest during the fall, when its abandoned cellblocks are transformed into spooky attractions. Halloween Nights returns ...

Eastern State Penitentiary, a former prison turned museum in Philadelphia, used to lure in visitors every Halloween with an event called “Terror Behind the Walls ...