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9/2/25 - A Missouri State Penitentiary Deep Dive and more with Investigator and Researcher Jeremiah Niere

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Take a deeper look into some of the crimes that were committed by inmates at the Missouri State Penitentiary, which is said to be one of the most haunted buildings in the US. Check out https://paranormalamongus.com/ for much more information on this show ...

Highlights

This episode dives into the chilling, layered history of the Missouri State Penitentiary—not just as a former prison, but as a nexus of crime, punishment, trauma, and enduring paranormal activity.
02:56
Missouri State Penitentiary is known as the bloodiest 47 acres in the US
12:24
Traumatic events like riots and systemic overcrowding contribute to intelligent hauntings at the prison
19:35
Hall and Heady murdered Bobby Greenlees before demanding ransom, then were executed in the penitentiary's two-seat gas chamber
29:14
Charles Ray Hatcher was repeatedly released from prison despite a long history of violent crimes, including abductions and murders.
33:18
Chris Bryson escaped from Robert Berdella's house in 1988, exposing years of torture and murder.
51:25
Ex-guard Gil McDonald Sr. claimed an alien base is hidden in the prison and captured UFO photos and videos from 1999 to 2005
1:05:54
The less-blurry objects in the image could be spacecraft entering a portal at a hidden base in the prison
1:13:49
A shadow figure was seen running across a doorway in the basement
1:24:30
360 VR cameras let people explore haunted locations from home

Chapters

What did Labor Day weekend reveal about life—and hauntings—beyond the penitentiary?
00:00
How did 170 years of incarceration, riots, and executions shape the penitentiary’s haunted reputation?
05:49
Why do Carl Hall and Bonnie Heady’s crimes still radiate malevolence from the gas chamber?
16:00
What systemic failures allowed killers like Hall & Heady—and Charles Ray Hatcher—to evade justice for so long?
22:35
Who were the notorious inmates who changed the penitentiary’s story—from Sonny Liston to the 'Butcher of Kansas City'?
33:18
What really happened during the 1954 riot—and why do some say it awakened something darker?
47:51
Could those strange objects in the catwalk photos be evidence—or something else entirely?
58:49
What do shadow sprints, laser crawlers, and singing bowls tell us about haunting patterns?
1:09:38
Where was the gas chamber *really* located—and why does that mystery still matter to investigators?
1:20:55
How is VR technology transforming who gets to experience—and understand—the penitentiary’s past?
1:27:57

Transcript

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