my husband worked in the kitchen when he was in prison. it was basically a minimum security daycare for misbehaving men, but still. they locked him out in the sleet on Christmas eve because he talked back to the kitchen security guard. good times.
Hey John! In the Bushy Prison did you ever hear of a little person named Jack Jet, who was a prisoner that smoked cigers. He also likes to burn small holes in investagaters shirts, esp. in the Chapel where alot of bad stuff happened too. Another prisoner stabed Jack Jet clear through the neck & blood poured out his eyes & mouth. Where the dining room is a prisoner's arm was hacked clean off & he bled to death. Before being enclosed in the upper cells is where folks were pushed over the railings & they fell to their deaths onto the concrete floor. They said at least one person died in that prison a week. Also in the clinic a man hung himself. Real nice place, huh?! In the Carpent Baggers vid at--1:35-- if you look at the upper windows it looks like a dark figure in the window & the window next to that it looks like 2 faces in the window. It could be furniture or something placed by the windows--- who knows.
Exploration Unknown y'all need to have a little more respect for what prisoners experienced!! I've lived in Oak Ridge my whole life and have heard many stories of what it was like! so please respect the many men that lost their life that should have been released!! not funny at all!!!
My uncle was a prison guard there until he retired. Heard my stories from him and he transported James earl ray from there to Nashville prison after the whole scandal. The prisoners hated the warden who was our neighbor in coalfield. So when prisoners escaped the warden was always in fear of them coming to his home. Many sad stories behind these walls.
I took inmates from there to Jackson, Tn. many times and then back for court appearance. The inmates told lots of stories about that place. I work the Transport team off and on during my career as a Deputy. You need to go visit Cold Creek and The Wall.
cigarsarge1 Wow you might know my uncle. He was there for over 20 years. Escaped with James Earl Ray back in the day. I visited him there several times when I was young.
cigarsarge1 my uncle, Bill Hines was a guard there for many years. Heard many stories from him. Always fascinated to hear more about this place. Shout out to coalfield tn
Bet you knew my uncle Michael Phillips he's still doing time in Tennessee 51 years he has 2 life sentences + 10 years for killing a man who tried to come at him in brushy mountain !! Fuck Tennessee and it's laws
@@acfixer1685 bet we came across each other there !! my uncle was also there when they had James Earl Ray in the jail my uncle was in the same cell they tried to burn the courthouse down to get to him then they went to Brushy mountain man to hear those big doors slam made me cry every time !!
Jacob! There were so many clothes machines becuase that prison had inmates make clothes for guards and inmates throughout the state...another prison does license plates and so on, those were the jobs of inmates...great video btw!
My dad worked there for nearly 25 years covering almost all of the jobs, from towers to kitchen, pods and chain gang. My husband worked there for years and was one of the few that guarded the gate once it shut down. He saw a lot of things there since he worked second shift. If you go into one of the blocks, there’s a handprint traces on the wall in sharpie. That’s his. That’s where he would stand during down time and it was the perfect spot to see all the cells at once.
The prison at Petros was built initially for mining and farming. It was later a maximum security location. Lastly an installation not for permanent residence but for classification. THE Tennessee State Prison has always been in Nashville. And THAT is where executions took place.
My uncle was locked up there all thriught the 90s I was 13 and we went there and the place you said it's like I tiger cage had a grill they let us bring in food and have a cookout with him it was wild seeing all this familiar areas
I had the "pleasure" of going there (and the equally creepy Morgan State Correctional right down the road from there) several times in the late 90's; it was part of my job to go just about wherever there were fire protection systems (the red piping you see hanging in several shots in the video). Brushy was freaking SCARY, I make no bones about saying. The hardcore folks got put in there and when a vendor like me came in, the admin took everything from you so the prisoners couldn't use it as a weapon on you. They also made sure you knew they had a "no negotiation" policy re: hostages. Lovely, right?
Pronunciation is with a long E. PEE-tros. Not a long O like O,H, but a short O, like octopus. PEE-tros. I live some mies from there where you get off the interstate I40 and turn right up US 27 to go to Wartburg and then Petros. Wonderful old soulful building. Years ago when I was a EMT, I did some relief work for friends up there in the clinic. Right near where James Earl Ray was kept.
Lima Ohio has a great old haunted Prison, used to be the Lima State Hospital and then transitioned to the Lima Correctional Facility. My dad was a guard there for many years, said prisoners spoke about many strange things. A ghost nurse would make rounds. There are also bodies buried in the basement. I got permission to do a photo essay when I was in college, my dad was allowed to be my tour guide, I had to get photo release forms from any of the inmates I took photos of. That was back in the mid 90's and even then a lot of the prison was abandoned and very creepy. The prison closed I think 2004. It would be a cool place to tour, if any of you are interested in tracking to Ohio I could inquire if it's something that would be allowed. It's named in a lot of the Haunted Ohio books and also in many hunted Ohio webpages.
Also forgot to mention, not far from Mansfield State Prison (Shawshank Redemption), they do an over night Halloween tours similar to what yo guys did, but it books way in advance, of course, if ya offer them enough coin they might allow it other times of the year as well.
This is so cool!! I yhink you should do more prison blogs. Get actually stories about incidents that occurred in the prisons and act some out. Can you imagine ??? Kinda stuff. There would be a huge viewing audience for that kind of thing!!
Cool drone view. Claustrophobic people were tortured in solitary. Artwork is beautiful. He dolled the place up. If that conjugal trailer is rockin' don't come a knockin.
Interesting to find this video. I am working on commissioning the new distillery boiler at this location today. Tomorrow I get to take a tour of the place before heading back home.
Last week I almost got threw in jail and they were gonna throw away the key. Looks like you made it there. Always love this kinda stuff from you. I watched when you were live vlogging on this
And that is what you would call "Dumby Locked". We used to do that all the time at our house. It was always fun, To watch my friend jump the gate. Then jump right back over the gate. When "Baby" our Pit Bull, Would come hauling arse around the house. She new if the gate was locked. And she heard the fence rattle. Well, Time to do my job. Then I would stop her. Don't Worry, Nobody every was bit by her.
Haha. Dude in the red hoodie reminds me of myself quite a lot. I act and say things similarly. Seeing these places are awesome. It's cool ppl can even go to these places - with or without permission.
Death row prisoners, as time approached, would be taken from the death row location in Petros on a special transport to Nashville. That is the hole of Ole Sparky. And there is a chair still there.
My first cousin was imprisoned at Brushy Mountain from 1980-1986 for murder. He was later transferred to Riverbend in Nashville after killing another inmate at Brushy Mountain in 1985. He's been on death row at Riverbend since 1986.
James Earl Ray was a fugitive who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray was convicted on his forty-first birthday after entering a guilty plea to forgo a jury trial. Had he been found guilty by jury trial, he would have been eligible for the death penalty. Sentenced to de facto life imprisonment, he later recanted his confession and tried unsuccessfully to gain access to a retrial. In 1998, Ray died in prison of complications due to chronic Hepatitis C infection. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary last named Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex was a large maximum-security prison in the town of Petros in Morgan County, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. It was established in 1896 and operated until 2009.
I always wondered why they play that country old banjo when it comes to entering prisons, like you know you about too do hard time for a long time lol😂😂😂😂
Those OUTSIDE "cages" could be wither for a prisoner who was on punishment and did not get to go in the open yard. OR they could be for protection of prisoners from others, and still allow them to be able to go out in fresh air.
I never spent time there . but those cells with thier own shower stall, wouldve belonged to the trustee inmates. Please the next time you have a chance to visit a prison . Could be so kind as to not make such comments. The groups shower comment , although it doea happen behind the fence. It usually has to do with breaking an inmates code. Most of the knives in the kitchen were chained with a short cable of wire. Most of the flesh cutting were merely accidental at best lol. Most prisons never allowed talkong while in chow hall. Thank you. But loved the video. Keep up the great work.
In the prison there was a little person named Jack Jet who was a prisoner who smoked cigars. He was stabed in the neck & blood came out of his eyes & neck. The dude was stabed 19 times. An investagater got a small hole burned in his shirt. The Chapel is a known hot spot where alot of nasty stuff happened. That's also where the investagter got the burn mark in his shirt. Before the steers where closed off the prisoners would through people over the side rails & they'd be killed after hitting the concert floor. They said at least one person was killed a week in that place. A guy hung himself in the infirmary.
WOW! You can really tell you were in the south. When you were talking to kid in the gray hoodie & red jacket. That had all lights that looked like a christmas tree. When he said "Ghostizes", I think that is how it would be spelt? LOL
"ghostesses" lol He's so awesome!!
Can we get a Kickstarter going for a ghost hunting show starring all you guys? You have a good dynamic.
my husband worked in the kitchen when he was in prison. it was basically a minimum security daycare for misbehaving men, but still. they locked him out in the sleet on Christmas eve because he talked back to the kitchen security guard. good times.
My dad was in there. Late 70s
You must be so proud.
Awesome adventure had such a great time and it was such a success.
Hey John! In the Bushy Prison did you ever hear of a little person named Jack Jet, who was a prisoner that smoked cigers. He also likes to burn small holes in investagaters shirts, esp. in the Chapel where alot of bad stuff happened too.
Another prisoner stabed Jack Jet clear through the neck & blood poured out his eyes & mouth.
Where the dining room is a prisoner's arm was hacked clean off & he bled to death.
Before being enclosed in the upper cells is where folks were pushed over the railings & they fell to their deaths onto the concrete floor.
They said at least one person died in that prison a week. Also in the clinic a man hung himself. Real nice place, huh?!
In the Carpent Baggers vid at--1:35-- if you look at the upper windows it looks like a dark figure in the window & the window next to that it looks like 2 faces in the window. It could be furniture or something placed by the windows--- who knows.
Exploration Unknown y'all need to have a little more respect for what prisoners experienced!! I've lived in Oak Ridge my whole life and have heard many stories of what it was like! so please respect the many men that lost their life that should have been released!! not funny at all!!!
My uncle was a prison guard there until he retired. Heard my stories from him and he transported James earl ray from there to Nashville prison after the whole scandal. The prisoners hated the warden who was our neighbor in coalfield. So when prisoners escaped the warden was always in fear of them coming to his home. Many sad stories behind these walls.
I took inmates from there to Jackson, Tn. many times and then back for court appearance. The inmates told lots of stories about that place. I work the Transport team off and on during my career as a Deputy. You need to go visit Cold Creek and The Wall.
cigarsarge1 Wow you might know my uncle. He was there for over 20 years. Escaped with James Earl Ray back in the day. I visited him there several times when I was young.
cigarsarge1 my uncle, Bill Hines was a guard there for many years. Heard many stories from him. Always fascinated to hear more about this place. Shout out to coalfield tn
Cool , is the wall still there ?? my brother said they tore it down.. I hope not
Bet you knew my uncle Michael Phillips he's still doing time in Tennessee 51 years he has 2 life sentences + 10 years for killing a man who tried to come at him in brushy mountain !! Fuck Tennessee and it's laws
@@acfixer1685 bet we came across each other there !! my uncle was also there when they had James Earl Ray in the jail my uncle was in the same cell they tried to burn the courthouse down to get to him then they went to Brushy mountain man to hear those big doors slam made me cry every time !!
Cell # 28 Was Just The Last Cell James Earl Ray Was Housed In. He Was Moved Around Quiet A Bit.Toured The Prison 7/4/2019.
I'm surprised at how clean the place is! Can't wait to see part two!
Jacob! There were so many clothes machines becuase that prison had inmates make clothes for guards and inmates throughout the state...another prison does license plates and so on, those were the jobs of inmates...great video btw!
My dad worked there for nearly 25 years covering almost all of the jobs, from towers to kitchen, pods and chain gang. My husband worked there for years and was one of the few that guarded the gate once it shut down. He saw a lot of things there since he worked second shift. If you go into one of the blocks, there’s a handprint traces on the wall in sharpie. That’s his. That’s where he would stand during down time and it was the perfect spot to see all the cells at once.
The artwork in the cafeteria was designed to maintain a calm environment and reduce violence in a group setting
+Moosie apparently it didn't work
Thats the nicest art gallery in a 200 mile radius
Sorry but that raspy dude with the go pro is my favorite 😂 his commentary is the best
Great video guys..the artwork in the cafeteria is amazing, obviously some very talented artists.
The prison at Petros was built initially for mining and farming. It was later a maximum security location. Lastly an installation not for permanent residence but for classification. THE Tennessee State Prison has always been in Nashville. And THAT is where executions took place.
My uncle was locked up there all thriught the 90s I was 13 and we went there and the place you said it's like I tiger cage had a grill they let us bring in food and have a cookout with him it was wild seeing all this familiar areas
O yes! It's here! What an awesome place, it looks like everyone had a blast
One of your best yet Jacob!!!! Can't wait for part 2!!!!!
James Earl Ray story was aired on Unsolved Mysteries with Robert Stack in 1989.
Thought I would watch this to see where my son spent time. Was kind of surprised when you showed his paintings on the walls.
Margaret Witt must be a proud mother.
@@justinpainter4298 Why be such a prick? Just cant help it or what?
Man that looked like fun.. Also thanks , just received my first post card from you and Anna ..awesome guys
I had the "pleasure" of going there (and the equally creepy Morgan State Correctional right down the road from there) several times in the late 90's; it was part of my job to go just about wherever there were fire protection systems (the red piping you see hanging in several shots in the video).
Brushy was freaking SCARY, I make no bones about saying. The hardcore folks got put in there and when a vendor like me came in, the admin took everything from you so the prisoners couldn't use it as a weapon on you.
They also made sure you knew they had a "no negotiation" policy re: hostages.
Lovely, right?
+moparedtn so if you got kidnapped you were on your own?
I suppose that meant the bullets would fly and they'd "try" to miss you. :-)
im glad you guys can laugh about this, its the prison from hell, makes you glad to be free. next to part 2
This is near my hometown. We enjoy visiting and I stock up on the moonshine there for gifts. Thanks for this video.
Great 2 part Bushy mt. Prison video.👍👍👍
Pronunciation is with a long E. PEE-tros. Not a long O like O,H, but a short O, like octopus. PEE-tros.
I live some mies from there where you get off the interstate I40 and turn right up US 27 to go to Wartburg and then Petros.
Wonderful old soulful building. Years ago when I was a EMT, I did some relief work for friends up there in the clinic. Right near where James Earl Ray was kept.
Bill Farnham thanks for that correction ,, I verbally said it out loud when he said it lol. Family in coalfield 🤗
Lima Ohio has a great old haunted Prison, used to be the Lima State Hospital and then transitioned to the Lima Correctional Facility. My dad was a guard there for many years, said prisoners spoke about many strange things. A ghost nurse would make rounds. There are also bodies buried in the basement.
I got permission to do a photo essay when I was in college, my dad was allowed to be my tour guide, I had to get photo release forms from any of the inmates I took photos of. That was back in the mid 90's and even then a lot of the prison was abandoned and very creepy. The prison closed I think 2004.
It would be a cool place to tour, if any of you are interested in tracking to Ohio I could inquire if it's something that would be allowed.
It's named in a lot of the Haunted Ohio books and also in many hunted Ohio webpages.
Also forgot to mention, not far from Mansfield State Prison (Shawshank Redemption), they do an over night Halloween tours similar to what yo guys did, but it books way in advance, of course, if ya offer them enough coin they might allow it other times of the year as well.
That guys smart I would carry a gun in an abandoned prison.
Now that's a real roadside attraction !
This is so cool!! I yhink you should do more prison blogs. Get actually stories about incidents that occurred in the prisons and act some out. Can you imagine ??? Kinda stuff. There would be a huge viewing audience for that kind of thing!!
Cool drone view. Claustrophobic people were tortured in solitary. Artwork is beautiful. He dolled the place up. If that conjugal trailer is rockin'
don't come a knockin.
Interesting to find this video. I am working on commissioning the new distillery boiler at this location today. Tomorrow I get to take a tour of the place before heading back home.
Why did this prison shut down? I know someone that was there around 2003 to 2007. They never said anything about being beat while there.
explorers assemble!!! great video man and great location. keep the abandoned videos coming
Thank you for doing more abandoned prisons. Check out the castle motif!
What a fantastic adventure this trip was. Such a great day. Awesome group we had. Everyone go check out the 3 videos on my channel. Take care buddy.
+NTL Vlogs always a blast to have you along
yeah! cool prison let have a sleep over and Taser tag
Last week I almost got threw in jail and they were gonna throw away the key. Looks like you made it there. Always love this kinda stuff from you. I watched when you were live vlogging on this
Awesome video man! This was so much fun to check out and film. Can't wait to do more!
+TennesseeMatt it was a blast
TennesseeMatt wish yall showed a little more respect tho!!
ok...
TennesseeMatt hey. I have a few questions. Did you guys have to get permission to go on site?
@@bruceashworth4268 yes, we paid to get in for the night.
And that is what you would call "Dumby Locked". We used to do that all the time at our house. It was always fun, To watch my friend jump the gate. Then jump right back over the gate. When "Baby" our Pit Bull, Would come hauling arse around the house. She new if the gate was locked. And she heard the fence rattle. Well, Time to do my job. Then I would stop her. Don't Worry, Nobody every was bit by her.
Haha. Dude in the red hoodie reminds me of myself quite a lot. I act and say things similarly. Seeing these places are awesome. It's cool ppl can even go to these places - with or without permission.
You ever get to Illinois Joliet state penitentiary is abandoned now,has been for a while. It's pretty creepy
Dude your Awesome 😎😀💯
For being Abandon they certainly keep the grass nice!
Cool vid Jacob.
Love your videos Carpetbagger..keep em coming!
Now thats ironic, breaking IN to a prison,😄
Awesome music!
Hay love your vidose keep up good work
Death row prisoners, as time approached, would be taken from the death row location in Petros on a special transport to Nashville. That is the hole of Ole Sparky. And there is a chair still there.
open in 1896 closed in 2009
My first cousin was imprisoned at Brushy Mountain from 1980-1986 for murder. He was later transferred to Riverbend in Nashville after killing another inmate at Brushy Mountain in 1985. He's been on death row at Riverbend since 1986.
Would love to buy that place. Turn it into a brewery / restaurant. Grow most the hops on site. Plus lots of other things could be done there!
Someone did..... Wine
wow! Interesting location!all your videos are all thumbs up in my book...I'm hooked.... Keep it up, Jacob!🏆
The electric chair was located at the state penitentiary in Nashville.
Hey Jacob, a really interesting place, I bet it's super scary at night with tons of weird noises. Great video. x
Sue Girling I can take you on a tour. I spent 10 years there.
Cool to see this.
Mural of a guy in a hammock on the beach in the dishroom! LOL Looks like they took the dish machine and left everything else.
James Earl Ray was a fugitive who assassinated Martin Luther King Jr. on April 4, 1968, in Memphis, Tennessee. Ray was convicted on his forty-first birthday after entering a guilty plea to forgo a jury trial. Had he been found guilty by jury trial, he would have been eligible for the death penalty. Sentenced to de facto life imprisonment, he later recanted his confession and tried unsuccessfully to gain access to a retrial. In 1998, Ray died in prison of complications due to chronic Hepatitis C infection. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary last named Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex was a large maximum-security prison in the town of Petros in Morgan County, Tennessee, operated by the Tennessee Department of Correction. It was established in 1896 and operated until 2009.
Love this guys iwatch most of there videos
AA meeting...I was thinking THE SAME THING!
I'm going to love this vlog.
We used to have a prison like that in Portland. Now it’s an Interstate. Bummer. I would’ve loved to explore it…
Carpet bagger your funny.
Hey, I'm a new subscriber! I'm loving your videos so far, they're very informative :)
Awesome song! Did you play it?
Welcome to TN
This place is wicked
Cool adventure!🖒Not far from me at all. I've heard a few interesting story's about that place.
I THOUGHT I HAD VOICES WHEN HE OPEN THE GATE AT 1: 16. VERY INTERESTING PLACE AND SCARRY. BUT I DID LOVE IT.
You know a man with three first names is going to be trouble.
Jacob, I love your take on prison life....LOL
Im sorry this aired in July 1993 on Unsolved Mysteries with Bob Stack
Awesome!!! What a cool place!! I’m glad you all got to go, it was so much fun watching everyone together!
Took me a couple minutes to realize this was the prison from the live stream. LOL
Giving a shout out to all explorers!
Now you did it..... Thanks...
Now I have to go watch "Exploration Unknowns" vid for his perspective... LMAO..
The DJI Osmo Mobile IS a great platform for a smartphone. Really has some great professional effects and qualities.
Ok, makes me want to go there!
And explore!
ALL day!
That sounds nice!
Thank you for the video Carpetbagger, and bringing your friends along too!
I always wondered why they play that country old banjo when it comes to entering prisons, like you know you about too do hard time for a long time lol😂😂😂😂
Old sparky is in Starks prison in Florida.
I think Earnest T. Bass was exploring with you.
Deer Lodge old prison in Montana is awesome!
They have opened up a moonshine distillation, a restaurant, museum and they are going to start giving tours on Aug 4th
Love your videos. I was wondering when was it built and closed and why? And any other statistics...
One thing you should always have ,
Pellet gun , drones hate them !
Very coo video
Those OUTSIDE "cages" could be wither for a prisoner who was on punishment and did not get to go in the open yard. OR they could be for protection of prisoners from others, and still allow them to be able to go out in fresh air.
My brother was formerly a guest there.
I never spent time there . but those cells with thier own shower stall, wouldve belonged to the trustee inmates. Please the next time you have a chance to visit a prison . Could be so kind as to not make such comments. The groups shower comment , although it doea happen behind the fence. It usually has to do with breaking an inmates code. Most of the knives in the kitchen were chained with a short cable of wire. Most of the flesh cutting were merely accidental at best lol. Most prisons never allowed talkong while in chow hall. Thank you. But loved the video. Keep up the great work.
At 1:06 you encountered the automated defenses, fortunately, nobody turned on fully autonomous mode.
In the prison there was a little person named Jack Jet who was a prisoner who smoked cigars. He was stabed in the neck & blood came out of his eyes & neck. The dude was stabed 19 times. An investagater got a small hole burned in his shirt. The Chapel is a known hot spot where alot of nasty stuff happened. That's also where the investagter got the burn mark in his shirt. Before the steers where closed off the prisoners would through people over the side rails & they'd be killed after hitting the concert floor. They said at least one person was killed a week in that place. A guy hung himself in the infirmary.
Real interesting
Mike sounds like Stevo of the south lol Great video.
He’s a hoot
Hey I got a question how come it was abandoned and how come it's not being used now
Your suppose to be breaking out of prison, not into it lol 😂
I saw an episode of that MSNBC show that was in here before it closed
Ghostses..... Hahahahaha love it.
That would have been a trip !!!!!! Great !!!!!
Great location and video. Thank you Jacob!
WOW! You can really tell you were in the south. When you were talking to kid in the gray hoodie & red jacket. That had all lights that looked like a christmas tree. When he said "Ghostizes", I think that is how it would be spelt? LOL