Ep. 220 - Kentucky State Penitentiary

History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind

Diane Student

Travel, History, Places & Travel, Paranormal, Haunted, Society & Culture, Ghosts

4.6 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 5 September 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The Kentucky State Penitentiary is known as the "Castle on the Cumberland." The prison is perched along the Cumberland River and is Kentucky's oldest prison facility. Construction on the facility began in October of 1884, headed by Governor Luke Blackburn after the Kentucky legislature passed a bill authorizing the construction. The prison officially opened in 1889. The worst of the worst have found their way to this place and male death row inmates have been housed here. And since 1911, 164 men have been executed at the penitentiary. Because of the deaths and the energy, the prison is reputedly haunted. Author and paranormal investigator, Steve E. Asher joins us to share the history and hauntings of the Kentucky State Penitentiary. The Moment in Oddity was suggested by Shelby Hammond and features the tomato as the Wolf Peach and This Month in History features French aviators Dieudonne Coste and Maurice Bellonte making the first non-stop flight from Europe to the USA.

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Vanishing from http://purple-planet.com (Moment in Oddity)
In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod http://incompetech.com (This Month in History)

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0:00.0	Society 13 Podcast Network. Redefining Podcasts. Do you like to listen?
0:10.0	Hello there fellow spooks. This is Emily Reidner and I'm Hello,
0:12.8	fellow Spooks. This is Emily Reidner, and I'm an executive producer of the History
0:16.6	Goes Bump Podcast, Ghost Tours for The Theater of the Mind.
0:20.5	This podcast is entirely listener supported.
0:22.6	If you'd like to hear more history and haunts every month,
0:25.4	join me as an executive producer by checking out the support the show tab at historygozbumpe.com.
0:30.5	Thanks for listening.
0:31.5	Ah, and remember, don't say I'll be right back.
0:34.6	Stay spooky and don't tempt the spirits. History tells the story of the story of the world and of our lives.
0:58.0	Sometimes that history goes bump in the night.
1:10.0	Broadcasting from the center of oddity and the supernatural in Central Florida, it's
1:17.0	The History Goes Bump Podcast
1:31.2	Ghost Tour for the Theater of the Mind.
1:33.4	I am your host Diane, and this is Denise.
1:36.1	Today's episode, we are heading out to another jail.
1:39.4	This one is the Kentucky State Penitentiary.
1:42.1	We're going to be joined by author and
1:43.9	paranormal investigator Steve E. Asher and he is going to share the history and
1:49.4	hauntings of this place with everyone. Before we get into that we do want to point you towards another podcast out there
1:56.0	and this one is co-hosted by one of our spectacular crew Denise.
2:00.0	Oh very cool. This is Rachel and Brandy from over at History Dweeps have started the podcast Haunted Visions.
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