Eastern State Penitentiary

Season 1, Episode 5, Aired

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TAPS investigates Eastern State Penitentiary, an abandoned prison with a long, colorful history and a reputation for paranormal activity. While there, they capture a strange, shadowy shape on film. After reviewing the film, Jason decides that the team should return. More orbs are caught on film, but no repeat of the shadowy figure. Efforts to duplicate the footage prove unsuccessful, but Jason and Grant see how it could have been done. Not wanting to ruin TAPS' reputation, they decide that the footage is inconclusive and put it up on the TAPS site so that the public can decide what they think.moreless
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  • Interesting location, but if Jason, Grant and the TAPS team are so oblivious to an obvious fake, they should stick with plumbing.

    3.5
    "Bad"
    By HogggWild999, Oct 12, 2011
    This is another one of the few episodes where the TAPS team actually caught something, supposedly. I get tired of the Dude, Dude, did you feel that, Dude, Dude something touched my arm nonsense. There is also way too much talking and chatter during the iinvestigations. Shut up already! As for the dark figure running towards the camera, abruptly turning and running away, its an obvious fake. The show lost a ton of credibility on this episode. Its so obvious and clear that when the person with the black cloak on turned that they were wearing jeans and light socks and sneakers a cave man could see it. But TAPS either by being forced by SciFi to play along or out of shear stupidity kept up with the I'm not sure what I saw schmeal. Nothing was caught at this location on this visit. The dark figure was obviously a deliberate act by the crew or a prank by local kids.moreless

  • Are they kidding? the black shadow is obviously wearing white pants and a black cloak. Very clear when 'it' turns around to go back down corridor.

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    By faith6454, Oct 12, 2011
    So bummed, fakey black shadow wearing white pants and a black cloak. Show was mostly beleivable until this episode. Is the 'debunk" idea a cover for throwing in a fake episode every now and then? How about the moving lamp at the mertles plantation? I suggest if it looks staged by them they should not air it as an episode, they are ruining the shows credibility. Pretending to be skeptical is not going to excuse fakey footage. The episode with bed covers moving was good because they admitted it had been rigged. Good luck to you all. I hope the show gets better.moreless

  • One of the best episodes ever.

    9.7
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    By 7540, Oct 08, 2010
    This is the reason why I watch this show. There is always creepy things happening. The atmosphere of the penitentiary made my hair stand. It was a pretty exciting episode, especially that great piece of evidence but too this day that is left unexplained. I could swear someone was toying with the Ghost Hunters, but look at how masterfully it was done that you have to say it couldn\'t have been a prank. The Eastern State Penitentiary, as we all can say, is one heck-of-a place to investigate and TAPS should be greatful to be given an opportunity to hunt down a creepy ghost.moreless

  • this episode was great but check out most haunted live at eastern state pen, its a 7 hour live investigation aired last week, 2nd june. people get cut!!

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    By luckycharms82, Oct 08, 2010
    this episode was great but check out most haunted live at eastern state pen, its a 7 hour live investigation aired last week, 2nd june. people get cut!! yup, its on youtube and other episodes are on tv-links.co.uk. TAPS do a great job, but they need to lose the eerie backgound music when the audience is trying to hear noises!! if they implimented a medium and a historian the show would be much more interesting.moreless

  • Completely erie! In this episode TAPS went to the Eastern State Penitentary. While there, the experienced many weird happens like a shadowy figure running and Brian running away from the black shadow.moreless

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    By BlondeSakura, Oct 13, 2006
    The whole episode was fantastic! Get some weird happenings add jokes and things Brian will never live down, mix and you got his episode! The black shadow was an amazing thing to see and expierience and it's definitly on of the best things they have ever caught on tape. The whole episode was full of strange happenings that make you wonder what exactly made them happen. The episode is everything you'd expect from a creepy place like the penitentary with erie noises out of no where and black shadows walking around after dark. Definitly one of the best episodes yet and one of my favorites!moreless
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    • The first night of TAPS' investigation of Eastern State took place on September 3, 2004, according to the date embedded in their camera footage.

    • Also Appearing: Investigation: Eastern State Penitentiary - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bob Olson - Eastern State Penitentiary Tour Guide Brett Bertolino - Eastern State Penitentiary Program Coordinator Gary Johnson - Locksmith Dave Hobbs - Ghost Hunters Cameraman

    • Donna Lacroix and Keith Johnson were listed in the episode's opening credits, but did not appear.

    • For more information on Eastern State Penitentiary you can visit their official site on the web at http://www.easternstate.org/

    • The controversial footage from this episode can be downloaded at the official TAPS site ([url]http://www.the-atlantic-paranormal-society.com/ghosthuntershome.html[/url]).

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    • Jason: I hate having questions that I don't have answers for. Grant: Does the mind, does the body continue after death, and if so, what keeps them here? Jason: Why sometimes do objects move on their own? Grant: Yeah. Jason: These are all things I'd love to have the answers for. Grant: See, like back in the ancient times, why does thunder happen? You know, for all they knew, the Gods were pissed off at 'em, and now an object moves, we think it's a ghost. But it may be something totally scientific.

    • Jason: Isn't this like the beginning of a horror movie? Grant: (whispering)Chop chop chop chop chop, kill kill kill kill kill...

    • Brian: DUDE RUN!

    • Brian: I'm sick of the bickering, I really am. I do everything I can for TAPS and it seems I'm the one who gets yelled at all the time!

    • Jason: (to Brian) You want to investigate the paranormal but your freaking terrified of the paranormal!

    • Grant: This place is overwhelmingly visual. You know what kinda people was in there and it starts to make your mind wander. So you have to fight that constantly fighting that and just treating it like a building.

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