Haunted?!

This photograph was taken this morning. Some call it the Alcatraz of the east.

Portsmouth Naval Prison is a former U.S. Navy and Marine Corps prison on the grounds of the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (PNS) in New Hampshire. The building has the appearance of a castle. The reinforced concrete naval prison was occupied from 1908 until 1974.

Source:  Wikipedia

Legend holds that if prisoners escaped during a guard's watch, that guard finished out the prisoner's term in the Portsmouth Naval Prison or as everyone dubs it, The Castle. The prison held both naval and marine corps inmates.

But that wasn't enough to scare Beth. Even the developer, Joseph Sawtelle, who planned to renovate and out lease the building as office units, died inside the prison.  He died suddenly inside the prison working while working on renovating it.  Locals believe it is haunted. It may be because there is also a nuclear submarine repair base nearby. Some twelve years later, no one has stepped up to continue this work.

A poor audio of the prison and grounds:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RjOh8TgIkEU

Beth doesn't expect to be visiting this structure anytime soon. Some say the prison was built of concrete mixed with the Piscataqua's brackish water.  This coupled with near constant water seepage into the lower cells, barely heated prison with its resultant dampness caused thousands of inmates to die from exposure.

Even actor, Humphrey Bogart served as a prison guard briefly.  He often referred to it in his films.  But
local legend reminds everyone to stay away.  With its nightmare conditions and atrocities, the ghosts of the former prisoners do not want anyone inside this cannellated prison. Ever.