Tag: Philadelphia

Blood Pavement
Experts, NZGeekChic

Weird and Wacky – The Toynbee Tiles

Somewhere beneath the feet of commuters crossing Philadelphia’s busy intersections, a secret is buried in the asphalt.

You might walk over it every single day without knowing. But if you stop, look down, and catch it at just the right angle, you’ll find a linoleum tile, roughly the size of a doormat pressed into the road’s surface and bearing one of the strangest phrases ever embedded in urban infrastructure: TOYNBEE IDEA IN MOVIE 2001 RESURRECT DEAD ON PLANET JUPITER. Welcome to the mystery of the Toynbee Tiles.

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Eastern State Penitentiary
Experts, Haunted, Kaylee Fowler, Paranormal

The Chilling History of Eastern State Penitentiary

Eastern State Penitentiary is considered to be the world’s first penitentiary prison, built in 1822 near Philadelphia, PA. Today, we explore its eerie design and history.

In the early 1800s, a penal code debate raged across the United States, and at its core was the same question that we still wrestle with today: punishment or rehabilitation? The state of Pennsylvania was one of the earliest in advocating for rehabilitation-based reform using separate incarceration. Though the method was experimental, Eastern State Penitentiary (then called Cherry Hill Prison) was opened on October 25th, 1829, for male inmates only.

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