The old Burlington County Prison is now a museum. It opened in 1811, and over the years thousands of inmates were housed behind those solid-stone walls. More than a few were hanged from its gallows. Some think that if you were a ghost, it would be the perfect place to hang out. Members of South Jersey Paranormal Research -- ghost hunters -- joined Strug on his quest for spirits. "We're actually on a hunting mission and we look for spirits and energy," said Debra Thornton. "I actually joined SJPR to disprove it and I can't." "There are people who would say you're a kook. This is just crazy," Strug said. "I understand that, but I'm just a normal person. I have a family, I work and this is just a really cool hobby," said Susan Bove. When you turn off the lights in a 200-year-old prison, it is spooky. But ghost hunters want to know if it is actually haunted. As they were videotaping, Strug thought he spied something. "Hey, roll that back. What was that little blurry dot that flew past my right shoulder?" Strug asked. "It's energy. I mean, we equate it to spirit energy, but, you know, it's energy. They're usually very quick moving, but not always. I mean, we've had ones come into the frame of the camera, stop, change direction and seem to move with real purpose," Bove said. "It sounds spooky. It is spooky. We'd be a liar if we said we didn't get scared sometimes," Thornton said. With ghost hunters wandering everywhere in the dark, sometimes they scare themselves. But Marisa Bozarth, who is the museum coordinator, and not a ghost hunter, said that she has seen more than orbs flying around the old prison.
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The old Burlington County Prison is now a museum. It opened in 1811, and over the years thousands of inmates were housed behind those solid-stone walls. More than a few were hanged from its gallows. Some think that if you were a ghost, it would be the perfect place to hang out. .