6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

If I were to pick some places to enjoy a climate of terror, no doubt the abandoned prisons would be on the list - second only to forgotten psychiatric hospitals, of course. These places hold many memories and stories that few people know, becoming buildings full of mystery.

Meet six of them:

1. The prison on the island of Procida in Italy was built in 1563 to be a castle. It was not until 1815 that the place was transformed into a prison, which remained in operation until 1988.

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

2. This is a penitentiary opened in 1829 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It has been closed for 45 years. Famous smuggler Al Capone was detained here

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

3. Also located in Philadelphia, Holmesburg Prison was closed in 1995 and served as a testing site for pharmaceutical biochemical weapons

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

4. The Tennessee State Prison was opened in 1898 and has been closed since 1992.

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

5. Between 1949 and 1956, Croatia's Goli Otok Island was transformed into a high-security prison for political prisoners of the Yugoslav government.

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6. It may not seem like it, but this prison was only deactivated in 2006. Located in Russia, it has a dark look beyond it.

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps

6 abandoned prisons that cause goose bumps