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Dark Prison Haunted House
At The Nevada State Prison
3301 Warm Springs Ct
Carson City, NV 89701
The address has recently been updated. If you have issues with your maps app finding the location, we are at the intersection of 5th street and Warm Springs ct, Carson City, NV.
A look inside
The prison.
After dark.
These walls have stories
About the
Nevada State Prison
Built by Inmates. Rebuilt After Fire. Still Standing.
This place is quarried sandstone cut by convicts, scarred by fires, and patched back together for another century of stories. That chill on your neck is not the fog machines.
Learn More at the NSPPS SiteA little history
In 1862 the Nevada Territorial Legislature turned the Warm Springs Hotel into the state’s first penitentiary. Prisoners quarried the on‑site sandstone that later built the State Capitol, then rebuilt the cellblocks twice after fires in 1867 and 1870.
Over the next 150 years the walls absorbed jailbreaks, riots, a full‑blown inmate casino, and America’s first gas‑chamber execution, forging the haunted legend you’re about to walk through.
1862 - 2012
One‑hundred‑fifty seasons of scorching summers, brutal winters, and countless ghost stories separate the day Abraham Curry housed his first inmates from the day the gates clanged shut for good. Nevada State Prison outlived stagecoaches, two world wars, and even its own purpose. It finally closed in 2012 as one of the oldest continuously operating prisons in the United States. Its scars remain. So do its spirits.
32 Executions
From 1924 to 1979 the prison’s infamous gas chamber claimed 32 lives, earning national notoriety after executing Gee Jon, the first person in U.S. history put to death by lethal gas. Eleven more inmates later met the needle on the same steel gurney. Witness windows are still smeared by the breath of journalists, clergy, and guards who watched justice, and sometimes controversy, play out in deadly silence.
Make a night of it
HOTEL PARTNER
Marriott Courtyard
3870 S Carson St, Carson City, NV 89701 (Distance to haunt: 4 Miles)
Courtyard Carson City is a hotel near Lake Tahoe and Reno. Close to area attractions and businesses in Carson City-- and located right next door to the Casino Fandango, we have everything for high rollers and adventure seekers alike.
Getting here
FLIGHT INFORMATION
Flight Information: NONSTOP FLIGHTS TO DARK PRISON HAUNTED HOUSE
100 daily departures nonstop to 22 U.S. cities
AIRPORT: RNO
Distance from RNO to DARK PRISON = ~30 Miles
The past stays with us
About Nevada State Prison Preservation Society
The Nevada State Prison Preservation Society is a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit. Their mission is to preserve the Nevada State Prison for the education of the State's citizens and visitors. A variety of programming is offered year-round, including historic day tours, ghost walks, paranormal investigations, and special events.
Learn More about Nevada State Prison
