Hauntings of Old Licking County Jail, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 2 May 2026
⏱️ 43 minutes
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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!
Old Licking County Jail was built to confine—but some believe it never truly let everything go.
Constructed in 1889 and modeled after the Tower of London, the jail held inmates for decades, with a history that includes violence, hardship, and more than 20 recorded deaths within its walls.
Today, the building stands as a reminder of that past—but for many who visit, it doesn’t feel entirely still.
Reports of footsteps in empty corridors, voices where no one is present, and sudden drops in temperature have made it a frequent stop for those looking to understand what might remain. Paranormal coordinator Darrin Smith has spent time inside documenting those experiences and trying to make sense of what continues to be reported.
In a place built to hold people in, it raises a question that hasn’t been fully answered: When the doors closed for the last time… what stayed behind?
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| 0:00.0 | Today on The Grave Talks, a conversation about the old Licking County Jail in Newark, Ohio. |
| 0:17.0 | The Old Licking County Jail, built in 1889, resembles the Tower of London and its impressive castle-like architecture. |
| 0:27.6 | With nearly 100 years as a jail and over 20 deaths within its walls, it's no surprise that legends of hauntings circulate around the old Licking County Jail. |
| 0:40.8 | Disembodied voices have been reported regularly in the cell blocks, ranging from whispering into |
| 0:46.8 | people's ears to loud echoing bellows audible throughout the halls. |
| 0:53.1 | Strange sounds, apparitions, and cold areas have been reported by visitors. |
| 0:59.0 | They've also heard loud hammering and tapping noises. |
| 1:02.6 | Some claim to have heard screams and cries for help. |
| 1:06.7 | Today we'll talk about the history and the hauntings of the old Licking County Jail with paranormal coordinator Darren Smith. |
| 1:19.4 | Like if you were to drive by this building, it does not look like a jail. |
| 1:23.7 | I think you would drive by and think maybe a courthouse, maybe somebody's old mansion. A lot of |
| 1:30.3 | people think it's a castle and, you know, out-of-town people that drive by. It has turrets. It has |
| 1:34.9 | turrets on it. Yeah. Yeah. It's called a Romanesque style building. That's what it's supposed to replicate. |
| 1:42.6 | So it was built in 1889? |
| 1:45.8 | Yes. |
| 1:46.9 | And what was that? |
| 1:47.7 | It took about a year to build. |
| 1:48.8 | Which is surprising to me that it only took a year because it looks like it would |
| 1:53.2 | have taken a lot longer. |
| 1:55.4 | Yeah. |
| 1:55.7 | And, you know, the way they worked back then, you know, they worked. |
| 1:59.0 | And there wasn't a lot of work in the area in those days, |
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