Touring Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary (Tennessee)
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary was Tennessee's first maximum security prison that held the state's most violent murderers, robbers and rapists including infamous James Earl Ray who shot and killed Martin Luther King Jr. The prison was run from 1896 to 2009. Since it's closing, it has been reopened for tours and also has a moonshine distillery, gift shop and restaurant. Jerry and I decided to take a tour after our backpacking trip to Frozen State Park. There is some pretty interesting history living in these walls.
I was an inmate there from 2007 - 2009 , it was an experience I will always remember . A lot has changed sense 2009 , the chapel/ museum Is gone , it was next to the white bldg near the front of the prison, actually the white bldg and the red bldg were the actual names for the 2 housing units , that's where the work crews were held , and the 3 programs were also housed there T - Crest (therapudic community) work release and pre- release, this sure does bring back some memories , thanks for sharing . Gary Lee West Jr #423710
I would love to hear about your experiences while here if you'd ever like to share!
i want to repport vinna gracia and calvin wiselim
I would imagine back in those days PC didn’t exist so prison was much worse then today’s prison cells. I know in California there are Protected custody for gang drops outs and….still prison is not a place for me..
@@meganmccampbepl1321 I would be glad to share some stories / memories with you , just let me know when
I was their in the 90’s an early 2000’s I worked for M C Hamby, I was their when Cotton Morgan was killed
Gretchen your face is so funny after taking that moonshine. Give me a cold beer anytime.
Moonshine = yuck lol
Thanks for the video just found your channel!❤
Going this weekend. Thanks for the tour
Thanks for the tour. I noticed you asked many questions i.e. when did they close the prison? What was maximum security? Didn't the facility provide you with a pamphlet regarding the prison's history? Maybe if you read the info it may have revealed some of those answers. I also noticed you didn't spend much time at information placards/displays that would have perhaps answered those questions. Just a thought. Thanks again for sharing.
I've never seen Brushy Mountain but I remember references to it on tv news out of Nashville when I was a kid (a long time ago!). Thanks for the tour.
The same for me! Glad you enjoyed the tour!
Very good video. I understand what you mean seeing this place as a kid would definitely make someone scared to do anything wrong. I couldn't even begin to imagine being in the hole my goodness .
I remember listening to an evangelist when l was a kid in the late 70's early 80's who had been known as the most dangerous prisoner there. He was known as Big Red something l dont remember. He told of basically running the place and his journey to the pulpit. The place he described was nothing like the museum for sure. History makes for and awesome adventure.
Thank you for the tour. I am from SF, CA and I think you should visit Alcatraz. You will enjoy it. Really scary!! Make sure to make reservation ahead of time because they sold out quick and pick the late afternoon guide. (secret why). LOL!!
My nephew was a prisoner there a few times. I felt like I was being watched the whole time. My nephew had pictures of James Earl Ray. Did you go to the tombs? Underground cells! It was shone in " Silence of the Lambs: Have you visited the old Fort Pillow prison? Man, it is scary! Many have said that it's scary.
Hello Gretchen, thank you for the guided tour. That is one scary place. One had to be a really bad hombre to be confined to 'the hole'. I hope that Jerry made it out ok. The very best to both of you and your family. 🤗
I wouldn’t wanna be in the hole! Yes they let him out for good behavior 🙂
Hello Gretchen, I'm sure Jerry was a model prisoner. I'm glad to hear that they let him out for good behavior. I look forward to your next guided tour. 🤗
Not really, all you have to do is not listen to a guard to get sent to the hole...
Man Gretchen Jerry seemed to know a lot about prison. Did you check Him out pretty good before the wedding? LOL, I personally enjoy this kind of thing as a change up from hiking. Keep up the good work. Your tour of Brushy gives new meaning to three hots and a cot!!!!
Haha I know right?? 😂 Luckily, he’s just a nerd and likes history and knowing random things. I like changing up the videos too!
Hello, I was known at the prison as TVA , I worked there from 78-08’ , if you want a real tour and stories let me know. Only thing I’ll charge is pay for ticket if you want to bring a group that’s fine . If you watched the video , I was the young officer that got the convict thrown on.. the captain telling that story is my wife’s uncle.
I don’t work thereAs a tour guide because I could not give tours every day if you know what I mean LOL
I'm love to hear more about your experiences!
I bet your job was AWESOME.
You need to watch the movie " The man who broke a 1000 chains". It will open your eyes just as much as Brushy.
One wrong step can get you there quicker than you can get out. Amazing. They say you are innocent until proven guilty but once you get in their clutches you need someone on the outside to help you or you are done.
I love this it’s so interesting and fun it’s like wow I couldn’t imagine living here. It a fun vibe
I'd like to visit I love historic prisons I even worked in one
Really? Which one did you work at? How was it working there?
I was in cell 32 and 33 for most of 1992 to 2002. Nothing looked the way it does in this video back in the days when this was used as a prison. Jerry wouldn't have made it at Brushy except as somebody's boyfriend
You don’t know that. Usually the loudest man is also the weakest. He may have flipped the script on someone.
😳yikes! Thanks for taking us along.
It’s a pretty interesting place
I used to visit my uncle there when it was a prison :(
I believe I would want to go as far as the restaurant and gift shop, too creepy. I once years ago took the Tennessee state employment test and went for an interview at the Centerville prison. When they locked the doors behind me I changed my mind about that kind of job. I took a more pleasant job.
Oh gosh I don’t blame you! That has to be a hard job to do!
I lived on b side back 19 years ago it was a rough place and then white building but it was exactly as rough almost anyways
I was there in 84 D, B, A block
@@jerrychappell6402 it was really rough in the 80s I hear
Alcatraz of Appalachia. Home to late James Earl Ray, who killed MLK Jr. Backside built into mountain, no where to go. Blood hounds had no trouble finding runners.
Great video Thanks!!
Wow...that was an interesting video. A little taste of prison life. That place is down right scary.
Yes I agree! I would’ve hated to have been stuck in there for life.
That was cool Ms Braids....where exactly is that ? Jerry needs a haircut..I can say that cause I am exactly the same...thanks for sharing.....
It’s in Petros, Tennessee. Very close to Frozen Head State Park. Haha I’ll tell Jerry his hair is getting too long!! 😂
As the child of a correction officer I can tell you that the slot in the maximum security cell door is known as a “bean hole”. I found the tour of Brushy to be interesting and lacking at the same time. My wife and I talked about ways to improve the tour all the way home. The biggest one was a broom and dust pan to clean the fallen debris up.
Yes, I wondered if they make it dirtier on purpose to seem scarier lol.
If you actually done research (or even followed directly and went to the museum first you might have been more informed and thankful for the dirt, because its probably covering a lot of blood) you definitely should have paid extra for the guided tour!! 🙄🙄
@@meganmccampbepl1321 I really hope that this was posted with a heavy dose of sarcasm, if not the fact that you think that 30 years after the prison closed there would still be blood on the stainless steel sink in the kitchen makes you sounds as dumb as a brick.
Thanks for the tour. I appreciate your thoughts on the dichotomy of this being a tourist attraction and being a working prison.
I can’t decide if the irony is sad or kinda crazy.
I love this place
It's just from time it looks this way the inmates would keep it painted and cleaned up
i was in brushy
Hey that’s me at the register!🤣
Been there cool spot
It was a for hire prison. Basically they could "rent out inmates" inmates built brushy
At least they found another use for it to save it
I want to go, thank you for posting this, also moonshine :)
You’re welcome! They also said they’re gonna be making vodka there soon too lol
You got me at vodka!! 😱🥰
Ole buddy is answering all her questions with all the right answers and say idk “I think” and that’s EXACTLY right….. have you been to prison and are hiding it……😂
Great video
Gretchen and Jerry's Hoosegow Adventures
I had to google that word 😂🤣
Jerry seems to be the healthiest of all the other men tourists. They all have beer bellies.
He tries and luckily doesn’t drink beer much 😉
Tool shirt hell yea these are my people
Let the rabbits wear glasses!!
My way of thanking prison should still be that way they have it to easy now days its not a vacation
I just stumbled onto this video under a Merle Haggard video I listened to and thought I'd check it out. Mostly reading comments, I find it rather odd that people are so curious about the inside of old prisons. I wonder what it cost to go through on a tour. I'm pretty sure tax payers didnt contribute that much while the prison was in a working state to keep it up. Makes me wonder why they would be making money off it now.
There food was GOOD
Dare you to spend the night inside- solo!
Hold my beer! 🍺
Not to be mean but I would like to help you pronounce a word you used a few times. 1st, a question - you're sitting down, and you put something on your legs. Is that your lap or your lip? Now, dilapidated is pronounced with your lap, not your lip. I hope this helps you with your English.
Its called research maam
Food looks worse than prison food 😆
Thank for the walk though eastern state prison is the big king
Stealing is stealing
Go to alatraz
She is not too smart at all she is about as bright as a burned-out light bulb
Say it with me-- DIL APP UH DAY TED
DILAPIDATED.
NOT the five other ways the female channel host butchered the word in the first half of this ridiculous video.
Please attend middle school. Then high school. If you can manage to make it through allllllll that hard work, pls learn the term "inevitable". That's another word she finds too difficult to pronounce.
The ignorance is so sad. Zero thumbs up.
Hey, thanks for boosting my video by commenting. I’d respond to your insults but I couldn’t care less about your opinion of me. Although you’re absolutely right, your ignorance is sad.
I remember correctional officers Ron and Barbara Wright worked there for years.
I done a few years at BMSP.
I knew James Earl Ray.
Maynard called.... He wants his look and talking voice back