Ep. 459 - Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary
History Goes Bump: Ghost Tours For The Mind
Diane Student
4.6 • 1.5K Ratings
🗓️ 3 November 2022
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary is located in Petros, Tennessee. This was an old coal mining town that only boasts a population of 600 people. The jail is basically its claim to fame and this location is quite famous for being haunted. There were thousands of deaths here and something dark seems to be on the property. Join us as we share the history and hauntings of Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. The Moment in Oddity features the New Orleans Bull Run and This Month in History features The First Transcontinental Flight.
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Music used in this episode:
Main Theme: Lurking in the Dark by Muse Music with Groove Studios
(Moment in Oddity) Vanishing by Kevin MacLeod
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(This Month in History) In Your Arms by Kevin MacLeod
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Outro Music: Happy Fun Punk by Muse Music with Groove Studios
The following music was used for this media project:
Music: Jailbreak Whispers by John Bartmann
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Music: The Horror Maschine 1 by Sascha Ende
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| 0:00.0 | Music |
| 0:16.0 | History tells the story of the world and of our lives. |
| 0:21.0 | Sometimes that history goes bump in the night. |
| 0:26.0 | Music |
| 0:32.0 | Broadcasting from the center of poverty and the supernatural in central Florida, |
| 0:39.0 | it's the history goes bump podcast. |
| 0:43.0 | Music |
| 0:48.0 | Hello, you spectacular people. |
| 0:50.0 | Welcome to this 459th episode of the history goes bump podcast. |
| 0:54.0 | Ghost tours for the theater of the mind. |
| 0:56.0 | I'm your host, Diane. |
| 0:57.0 | And this is Kelly. |
| 0:58.0 | Kelly on this episode we're going back to jail. |
| 1:01.0 | Oh, no. |
| 1:02.0 | What did you do now? |
| 1:04.0 | Well, we were in St. Augustine for Halloween. |
| 1:07.0 | Uh-oh. |
| 1:08.0 | This is a location that has been suggested to us over the past few years. |
| 1:12.0 | And we finally are getting around to it. |
| 1:14.0 | It's been suggested by Tammy Burrows and Kelsey Meyer. |
| 1:17.0 | That's brushing mountain state penitentiary. |
| 1:20.0 | In case you recently went there, so heck, Kelly, why wouldn't we go there too? |
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