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*HAUNTED PRISON* Missouri State Penitentiary (My Very First Bucket List Location)

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*HAUNTED PRISON* Missouri State Penitentiary (My Very First Bucket List Location)

Ghost Gossip

2025/12/22
Ghost Gossip

Ghost Gossip

2025/12/22
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Step inside one of America’s most infamous prisons—the Missouri State Penitentiary, once known as “The Bloodiest 47 Acres in America.” In this episode, we dive into the cold cells, shadow-filled corridors, and chilling stories that still linger long after ...

Highlights

Step into the echoing silence of a place where history bleeds into the present—the Missouri State Penitentiary, a fortress of stone and sorrow that stood for nearly 170 years in the heart of Jefferson City.
10:36
The Missouri State Penitentiary was built in 1836 before the light bulb.
16:01
Time Magazine called it 'the bloodiest 47 acres in America' in 1967 after the 1954 riot.
23:29
Female prisoners were treated as badly as men, and there was a blind cell in the women's unit
32:47
A shadow-like figure captured in the psychiatric ward was identified by a psychic medium as an angry, large guard
35:24
Cell 17 was where Walter Lee Donnell, a snitch killed in a riot, was held
40:10
Two inmates faked illness to reach Death Row and collect a bounty on Walter Lee Daniel
50:32
Sonny Liston joined a boxing program in prison and later became a world-champion boxer, beaten only by Muhammad Ali
1:00:43
Over 40 inmates, including Bonnie Heady, were executed in the MSP gas chamber from 1937 to 1989.
1:05:52
Missouri State Penitentiary operated from 1836 to 2004 and is renowned for intense paranormal activity

Chapters

Why this haunted prison demanded a second, truer telling
00:00
How a 168-year-old prison became known as 'the bloodiest 47 acres in America'
13:17
What made this prison more violent than Alcatraz—and who suffered most?
18:29
Who built these walls—and what did it cost them?
25:52
What happened when investigators stepped into Death Row after dark?
35:24
How did a single snitch ignite an 18-hour riot that freed 2,500 men?
40:10
Did the dungeon break 'Firebug' Johnson—or did it forge his voice?
48:00
What ghosts still walk Housing Unit Four—and who was executed in the submarine-built gas chamber?
52:58
What does it mean to stand where Sonny Liston trained and James Earl Ray waited?
1:05:52

Transcript

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