What Still Lurks Inside Boise’s Abandoned Prison Walls | Paranormal Deep Dive

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🗓️ 22 May 2025

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Tony Brueski digs into the chilling history and lingering hauntings of the Old Idaho State Penitentiary, which is one of the most infamous and paranormally active locations in the American West. From brutal inmate conditions to notorious executions and prison riots, this 19th-century fortress saw more than a century of suffering, violence, and unrest. But when the prison closed in 1973, the real mystery began.

Visitors report ghostly whispers, icy touches, and the clanging of cell doors in abandoned blocks. Paranormal investigators have captured unexplained sounds, shifting shadows, and phantom footsteps in the dead of night. Is it the trauma of 13,000 souls echoing through stone? Or something more intelligent, and more sinister? Join us as we explore the dark legacy and supernatural stories of this historic site.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the paranormal deep dive from Real Ghost Stories Online and the Grave Talks.
0:07.0	You can almost hear it. The echo of boots on stone, the rattle of chains, the low murmur of
0:12.9	someone who isn't there. In the heart of Boise, Idaho, surrounded by sagebrush and silence,
0:19.4	stands a place that once echoed with agony, anger, and fear.
0:24.1	The old Idaho State Penitentiary, built by convict labor and kept alive by suffering,
0:29.1	was home to over 13,000 inmates during its century-long rain.
0:34.1	It had no air conditioning, no insulation, and no mercy.
0:38.2	The walls are made of sandstone, but they've absorbed more than just weather.
0:42.0	They've soaked in pain.
0:43.5	And some say they've never let it go.
0:45.8	From the state's most infamous serial killer to the inmate who died in its only gas chamber,
0:51.9	the stories that unfolded behind those cold iron bars didn't stop when the
0:56.0	doors slammed shut for the last time in 1973. What came next? A stranger. Visitors started hearing
1:03.3	things, seeing things, feeling things they couldn't explain, and if you're lucky or unlucky enough
1:09.0	to walk through the prison at night, you just might hear a
1:11.7	whisper in Cellhouse Five asking you to leave. Are these just tricks of the mind, echoes of a brutal
1:18.3	past, or is something still waiting behind those walls? I'm Tony Bruske. Let's dig in. In 1872, Idaho wasn't yet a state.
1:28.3	It was still a rugged, lawless territory where miners, trappers, and drifters carved out a life among the dusty hills and jagged rocks.
1:37.3	The need for order was growing.
1:39.3	So when the first walls of the Idaho Territorial Prison rose from sandstone, quarried just down the road.
1:46.1	The message was clear.
1:48.1	Civilization was coming, and it was bringing bars.
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