When the whistle blew, everyone in Petros, Tennessee, knew it was lunchtime at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. To the outside world, it was the place that housed James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King ...

PETROS, Tenn. (WATE) – Thousands of inmates died at the historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, but their spirits are still very much alive at the prison. Brushy Mountain offers paranormal tours ...

Fall isn’t just for pumpkin spice. Tennessee is full of haunted history waiting to be explored! From eerie penitentiaries to ...

PETROS, Tenn. — Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Morgan County once held some of the worst criminals in Tennessee. The historic penitentiary is now a tourist attraction and several former inmates ...

PETROS, Tenn. — When the whistle blew, everyone in Petros, Tennessee, knew it was lunchtime at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. To the outside world, it was the place that housed James Earl Ray, ...

I did some time at Brushy Mountain last weekend. Not long, though, and I was on the outside looking in. Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary at Petros, a small town in Morgan County outside of Wartburg, ...

October is the spookiest month of the year. What better time to hunt up the haunted locations around you? From a downtown theater to a former prison to local restaurants, historically haunted spots ...

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As long as the door swings both ways, visiting an historic prison can be an arresting experience. From haunted-looking Gothic castles to prisons that bear bitter testimony to man’s inhumanity to man, ...

Roane State Community College dual enrollment students at Scott High School recently toured the notorious former prison that housed James Earl Ray, the killer of Civil Rights leader Martin Luther King ...

Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Petros, Tennessee, was transformed into a local distillery called Brushy Mountain. Brushy Mountain uses spring water from nearby Frozen Head State Park The ...