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A walk through of The Old Pen in Rawlins, Wyoming
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From the early 1900's until the early 1980's Wyoming's only maximum security prison was just half a dozen blocks away from downtown. The site of murders, arson, many executions, and even a lynching, Mark Setright walks us through the creepy old building on Walnut Street and describes the brutal and surreal events that happened within its walls. From an escape of almost 30 inmates that lead to locals shooting at prisoners trying to steal clothing from their clothes lines, a prison riot that lead one of Wyoming's governors to listen to the inmates demands, and an escape tunnel that had explosive results, Mark talks about the old pen and its impact on this tiny town along Interstate 80.
Visit The Old Pen
Listen to paranormal stories from the old pen Teenage Tours of an Old Prison
Lorenzo Paseo's attack on Harry Featherstone
The Lynching of Frank Wigfall by Robin Everett
Building a Gallows for Joseph Seng
The 1955 Prison Riot
The Prison Tunnel
Andrew Pixley & His Eyes
The Murder of Orville Ventilng (Come Visit The Pen!)
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