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A SHIVERY ACCOUNT BY A FIRST TIMER TO THE ISLAND “ The penitentiary is rumoured to be haunted by tormented souls; that even Native Americans claim it is the energy portal where evil spirits are allowed to come through and is whispered to be the last stop before entering hell.” As a writer of ghost stories and strange tales the eerie stories and dark mystique behind the world’s infamous penitentiary had always fascinated me and so when the opportunity to see the place came, I decided to see the island up close. I am a regular visitor of the United States, vacationing long stretches of time with my maternal relatives who are residents of California and yet for some reason I missed historic San Francisco in my forays to the scenic, historic and interesting places in the area. So as early as September of last year after I had made up my mind to visit them again, I asked my sister who was to be my companion to immediately book us on a De