[CLOSED] Lanterns & Legends: The Dark Side of New-Gate Prison

Name: [CLOSED] Lanterns & Legends: The Dark Side of New-Gate Prison
Start: 2026-10-03T10:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-10-03T12:30:00-04:00
Location: Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine - Seas

Sat, Oct 03

Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine - Seas

Step past the sandstone walls and above the subterranean vaults of Connecticut’s infamous Revolutionary War prison. Forget the dry textbook summaries, this is a look into the dark, bizarre, and surprising human stories of the men confined in "Hell" beneath the earth.

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[CLOSED] Lanterns & Legends: The Dark Side of New-Gate Prison

Time & Location

Oct 03, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:30 PM

Old New-Gate Prison & Copper Mine - Seas, 115 Newgate Rd, East Granby, CT 06026, USA

About the event

The Experience

We kick off in the upper prison yard, tracing the footprints of Tories, rogues, and revolutionaries. You’ll hear real stories that didn't make the history class curriculum like daring prison breaks engineered with smuggled rope, subterranean mutinies in the pitch black, and the peculiar daily reality of early America’s first state penitentiary.

After unearthing the yard's secrets, we will take the plunge and descend down into the cool, abandoned copper mine beneath the prison ruins to where the worst of the worst were housed. To kick off Spooky Season, the stone tunnels will be illuminated by dozens upon dozens of glowing artistic jack-o'-lanterns, offering a eerie, atmospheric trek through history.

Event Schedule & Details

Date: Saturday, October 3, 2026
Time: 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM

Tickets

General Admission
From $25.00 to $35.00
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$35.00
+$0.88 ticket service fee
$25.00
+$0.63 ticket service fee