Comments on: Overnight at Eastern State Penitentiary: true stories from my years on the ghost-hunt http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/ Fiction Need Not Apply. Tue, 21 May 2013 23:49:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Eric Surrarrer http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-7764 Tue, 26 Feb 2013 00:11:14 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-7764 this is a creepy place i would stay overnight there if i could i love the paranormal

]]> By: Six Tips for Strong Writing That Have Nothing to Do With Word Choice « Alaina Mabaso's Blog http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6929 Sat, 22 Dec 2012 03:13:58 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6929 [...] but a lot of my interview skills were actually built during my years at my former day job, as a tour guide at a large historic site. Interacting with hundreds of people every day, and giving tours with the [...]

]]> By: Alaina Mabaso http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6185 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:55:30 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6185 Cool, thanks for weighing in and glad you enjoyed. I am also thinking it doesn’t necessarily have to be travel – after all, this is not an experience that the average tourist can pursue. Good to know I’m not the only one who thinks this stuff has a future.

]]> By: Lindsay http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6183 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:16:02 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6183 Just read the last one — great stuff. It could probably be a stand-alone too, not just a travel piece… although it would work perfectly in an airlines mag in the essay section, or really any lifestyle pub. Trying to think what I’d pull out as the hook… hmm. If you’re gonna go for a mag, polish it up in like Feb and let me know how it goes!

]]> By: Overnight at Eastern State Penitentiary: true stories from my years on the ghost hunt (Part 3) « Alaina Mabaso's Blog http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6168 Thu, 01 Nov 2012 04:18:58 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6168 [...] Patricia Leeb, and are used by permission of the artist. (Missed installments one and two? Catch up here and [...]

]]> By: Alaina Mabaso http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6160 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:52:11 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6160 yeah – I think what I’ll do is keep this series live only for a limited time, then bring back into the vault to re-work for possible publication next year.

When I originally wanted to write this, I thought the piece would “write itself” but it’s actually challenging (albeit fun) to condense so much material and get across a sense of the place and its history. I used to carry a notebook around with me all the time even before I was a reporter – so glad I saved these details/dialogues!

]]> By: Lindsay http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6159 Wed, 31 Oct 2012 13:41:17 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6159 Pitch it as a destination travel story to a non-Philly pub. The fact that you worked there gives you an awesome in for an article, and you’ve got tons of the historical background. The piece would probably write itself…

]]> By: Alaina Mabaso http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6140 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:24:20 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6140 Yes – lots more to come. This is kind of a test-run of some content I’ve been sitting on for awhile, I’m hoping it has a future somewhere!

]]> By: Lindsay http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6139 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 16:18:55 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6139 Save this one up and pitch it somewhere in advance of Halloween next year — it’d make a great essay!

]]> By: MOM http://alainamabaso.com/2012/10/29/overnight-at-eastern-state-penitentiary-true-stories-from-my-years-on-the-ghost-hunt/#comment-6126 Tue, 30 Oct 2012 03:23:43 +0000 http://alainamabaso.wordpress.com/?p=1761#comment-6126 Haunted or not, it is a creepy place – glad you don’t work there anymore.

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