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Lanterns & Legends: The Dark Side of New-Gate Prison
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.
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
Sale ends
Oct 02, 5:30 PM
From $25.00 to $35.00
$35.00
+$0.88 ticket service fee
$25.00
+$0.63 ticket service fee
Total
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