PHILADELPHIA (AP) — When mobster Al Capone was jailed ... preservation at Eastern State Penitentiary. They decided to preserve the various paint examples in Cell 1, and move the Capone exhibit ...

When mobster Al Capone was jailed in Philadelphia in 1929, one newspaper portrayed his cell as a luxurious lockup, adorned with richly colored Oriental rugs, polished wood furniture and other ...

In 1929, infamous organized crime figure Alphonse “Al” Capone was incarcerated in Philadelphia’s Eastern State Penitentiary for ... walls of Capone's original cell. In the process, further ...

Prohibition-era gangster Al Capone, the organized crime boss who is ... rugs, and a cabinet radio." Today, Capone's cell can be viewed by visitors to Eastern State Penitentiary and it's included with ...

For 20 years, visitors to Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia ... they “moved’’ Al Capone next door to Cell 3, giving the bootlegger a more historically accurate exhibit that finds ...

Some say Eastern State Penitentiary is haunted. I don’t know if that’s true but it is haunting. Strong energy lingers and clings, calling for notice as you walk past empty, ruined cells. Block after ...

The infamous Eastern State ... and even Al Capone who headed a criminal syndicate illegally supplying alcohol during the prohibition in the early-1900s. Since its 1971 closure, the penitentiary ...

Inside the "haunted" penitentiary that housed criminals like Al Capone, a history of torture ... “I spent about three hours inside Eastern State exploring cell to cell and photographing ...

An curved arrow pointing right. We toured the former prison known as Eastern State Penitentiary, it housed notorious gangster Al Capone and serial bank robber William Francis Sutton. Follow BI ...

The penitentiary was ... Sutton and “Scarface” Al Capone. Mr. Capone spent a lot of his life in prison, but his first time in prison was at Eastern State. He got caught with a gun at a movie ...

Eastern State Penitentiary offers tours year-round ... VIP visitors can enjoy cocktails and live music at a speakeasy in Al Capone's former cell. One complimentary drink is included with each ...