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Eastern State Penitentiary scares up revenue, creates controversy

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Chronicle of Higher Education

A video produced by Temple's Office of University Communications appeared on the Chronicle of Higher Education's Tweed blog. The video features Seth Bruggeman, assistant professor of history and American studies at Temple, in a piece which spotlights Eastern State Penitentiary, a historic Pennsylvania prison that is converted into a haunted house each Halloween as a fund-raiser to keep it open to visitors. Some critics say that the haunted tour disrespects the history of the site. Bruggeman takes his students to the prison to explore that question.