Haunted Kentucky State Penitentiary

Oftentimes the institutions or former prisons that we discuss on The Grave Talks are long forgotten relics that no longer house the living. The Kentucky State Penitentiary breaks this mold. Today, the behemoth is known as the castle on the Cumberland still houses hundreds of inmates and staff working to keep the worst of society behind its walls. Quite a feat for a structure completed in 1886 and still running today. The Haunted Kentucky State Penitentiary is still home to Kentucky’s death row inmates and houses the execution facility.

Why do spirits still choose to linger behind the large limestone walls and barbed wire fences of such a repressing facility? Do they have a choice in leaving after life has ended, or are they suffering an eternal sentence at the Haunted Kentucky State Penitentiary?

This is truly a story of generations haunted by the crimes of the past, experienced by both officers and inmates.

Listen to Part 2 of our interview on the Haunted Kentucky State Penitentiary here. (for Grave Keepers Only.)

We discuss:

Ghost stories from officers who work and have worked at the Kentucky State Penitentiary.

How much of the paranormal activity is residual and how much is conscious?

Is there anything evil or dark lurking at Kentucky State Penitentiary, and how can you tell the difference between something demonic and a horrible inmate?

How do the inmates feel about the paranormal?

The stories about the glowing severed head and other ghost stories from the early years of the facility, does any of the activity described in those accounts still happen to this day?

What are some of the most disturbing paranormal images caught on security cameras at the Kentucky State Penitentiary?

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To learn more about our guest Steven Asher and his book, visit his website here.