Essay On Alcatraz Ghost

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Have you ever wondered what mysteries are unsolved?
Have you ever wondered if ghost’s?
Have you ever seen or heard a weird noise and feel a like a ghost is around you?
There are a lot of mysteries about alcatraz some seem more real than others. Many people have reported that they heard a ghost or felt a ghost.
Although there are many mysteries about ghosts surrounding Alcatraz, the three best known are a man with glowing green eyes, a man that liked to practice his banjo, and a group of three that haunt a room they died in.

What is said is that a prisoner was put into a solitary cell “Cell 14D, one of the 'hole' cells, is believed by some to be very active with spirits. Visitors and employees have reported feeling a raw coldness and have claimed that at times a sudden 'intensity' encompasses the cell.” (Paranormal Adventures 4)
Seconds after he was put in there he started screaming and saying someone else was in there. two days of screaming and it finally stopped and they went to check in on him.
He was found dead, he was strangled. Later during role call there was one …show more content…

He would always practice his banjo every day and was scared of the other people“Fearing that he would be killed if he spent his recreational time in the prison yard”. (Montaldo) He feared he would get killed by someone so he got permission by the warden to stay inside and practice his banjo in the shower room..”Capone(The man that play the banjo) received permission to spend recreation time practicing his banjo in the shower room.” In recent years, a park ranger claimed he heard banjo music coming from the shower room.To this day it is that you can he his banjo sometimes in the shower room. ” In recent years, a park ranger claimed he heard banjo music coming from the shower room.”(the haunting of alcatraz 46) This was not the most scary ghost but it is the most believable and has the most people that have said they heard

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