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If there are audience favorites from past years, we may incorporate these areas into the new floor plan. The experience is not recommended for small children, toddlers, or babies. However, due to the graphic nature of the event, we suggest limiting entry to guests aged 12+. We strongly recommend that when you visit the Old Joliet Haunted Prison, you be fully vaccinated for COVID-19, obtain a negative COVID-19 test result prior to visiting, or wear a face-covering.

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Please arrive prior to your ticket time to allow time for the security screening process. Everyone will need to go through a security checkpoint. The Old Joliet Haunted Prison is open through November 6.

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ILLINOIS — Now is the season to get spooked and scared — and there's no shortage of haunted attractions in Chicagoland. Reports of paranormal activity have been common recent years. However, ghost stories around the prison go back almost a century.

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It seems some inmates are still serving time, and startling tourists. The madness from within the prison has spilled out into the yard where the queen of the damned rules over the most infamous and violent prisoners. This doomsday squad have launched an all-out assault on the living at an attempt to escape their eternal captivity.

Visitors to the prison have reported unexplained issues with their cameras and electronics. Reports show that these issues mysteriously resolve when the visitors leave the area. Spirits around the Old Joliet Prison are also regularly seen. Enough that they have become fixtures of photos taken during tours of the complex.

Reports say the suggestive whistling came from the cells. In 1932 prisoners and townsfolk began hearing singing from the convict cemetery nearby. And this distant, ghostly voice quickly caused a media firestorm. Every night for a month that summer, the ghost could be heard singing.

Everything has been thought out to give you a great experience, but even when you make it out of the prison, they have more things to do. The ghosts of Old Joliet Prison have also known to give sudden and intense feelings to visitors. These feelings have ranged from senses of being watched to electrifying chills. In some cases, more oppressing feelings of negativity.

The ghostly reports around Old Joliet Prison have become more popular than ever. This is due to tourist stories and visits from Destination Fear and Ghost Adventures. So next time you find yourself in traveling Route 66 in northern Illinois, book one the guided tours. (All available on their website.) You might just experience something there worth singing about. It’s been over twenty years since this joliet correctional center closed down. However, the complex has experienced an unlikely revival.

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It was said to resemble church hymns spoken in a foreign language. We work hard to ensure the safety of all our guests. As a result, we require each person to pass through our security screening before they enter.

Haunted House-Themed Attraction Opening In Former Women's Prison - Patch

Haunted House-Themed Attraction Opening In Former Women's Prison.

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Most ghosts within the prison walls aren’t as known for singing. Yet, they make their voices heard in different ways. In its empty years, Old Joliet Prison remained a film and TV staple. It became a filming location for the first season of “Prison Break” and for the 2006 film “Lets Go to Prison.” The empty complex opened for tours in 2018 after coming under city control the year prior. Tales of the paranormal at Old Joliet Prison have been common since the complex opened to the public.

Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group is the world’s largest Halloween themed entertainment company- with over 15 locations and counting. We bring a premier haunted house experience to markets all across the country. Thirteenth Floor Entertainment Group is the world’s largest Halloween-themed entertainment company. If you enjoy Halloween and visits to haunted houses, this is the place to go. This is designed for adults to enjoy, but you can bring your teenage kids. The Old Joliet Prison annex use to be the woman’s prison till 1920, then they built the newer prison across the highway.