British Ghost Hunters to Explore American Prison

British Ghost Hunters to Explore American Prison

Travel Channel Brings the UK's Most Popular Paranormal Investigation Team to the US with Seven-Hour Live Broadcast from Eastern State Penitentiary

PHILADELPHIA, May 22 /PRNewswire/ -- Eastern State Penitentiary, considered by many to be America's most historic prison, will host an unprecedented seven hour live and interactive broadcast on the Travel Channel, Most Haunted Live USA on Friday, June 1st, 2007.

Most Haunted Live, is a spinoff of the popular paranormal investigation show Most Haunted which airs on the Travel Channel in the US and on LivingTV in the United Kingdom. The June 1 program is the first broadcast from the United States and is expected to generate a wide national audience.

The Most Haunted panel of paranormal investigation experts - including presenter Yvette Fielding and spiritual medium David Wells - will be armed with night vision cameras, thermal-imaging devices and other paranormal investigation tools to detect supernatural findings from within the prison walls.

The Most Haunted Live USA experience will be extended to the web, with multiple webcams streaming live images from select areas within Eastern State Penitentiary. Viewers will be able to log onto www.travelchannel.com/mosthaunted to watch all of the action from the webcams, supplementing the live broadcast. Viewers can also participate in the broadcast by e-mailing the studio with paranormal sightings, sending well wishes for the team, offering suggestions on rooms to investigate, and premonitions.

Eastern State Penitentiary opened in 1829 as part of a controversial movement to change the behavior of inmates through "confinement in solitude with labor." Some of America's most notorious criminals were held in the Penitentiary's vaulted, sky-lit cells, including bank robber Willie Sutton and Al Capone. After 142 years of consecutive use, Eastern State Penitentiary was completely abandoned in 1971, and now stands, a lost world of crumbling cell blocks and empty guard towers. The prison hosts one of America's largest and most acclaimed Halloween events each fall, Terror Behind the Walls.

For photos and footage, go to www.press.discovery.com or www.easternstate.org.

Source: Eastern State Penitentiary

CONTACT: Sean Kelley 215 236-5111 x13

Web site:

http://www.travelchannel.com/mosthaunted
http://www.press.discovery.com/
http://www.easternstate.org/

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