The Charleston Horror
The appearance of The Old Charleston City Jail itself is something to shudder at but its history is what holds all the horror. This jail, to give context to how long it was run, began operating “two years before the rise of Napoleon till two weeks after the Nazis invaded Poland” (Tour Guide) which was in 1939. Thousands, tens of thousands, maybe even more have died at this jail and it was not because of an outbreak of the cooties but because there was torture, hangings, inhuman conditions and so much more. This place is said to be haunted and it is not hard to see why. Now this jail was built and began operation in 1802. Needless to say because it was made for prisoners so there was no running water, there was no heating or cooling, and there were no toilets. The prisoners were as open to the elements in the jail just as if they were outside causing them to freeze in the winter and sweat their asses of in the summer. The floors were also covered in woodchip shavings like
