This Abandoned Prison Had The Electric Chair And Death Row

Fran and I drove through the night about 14 hours to document and explore Brushy Mountain State Prison. Since abandoned, it was passed down to locals in the area who's family worked for the prison over its entire reign as one of the states select few maximum security prisons. We were fortunate to gain access from the family so we spent about 8 hours going through the whole complex over and over to explore and document this amazing site. The prison is on a beautiful piece of land with its rear part of the complex secured from the amazing Cumberland plateau. Its also adjacent from the Frozen State Park even when you were locked up, you did have the opportunity to view another amazing view looking out. Every building was unique in it's own way which gave it so much character in all of our photos. The explore of the place was also just as amazing because of the history that lingered through the halls. Not only was it an amazing day but we all got amazing shots along with a very cool video. Thanks for reading!
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[@jimhiner1244]

Excellent production! Love the music choice. The interview pieces and voice-overs add so much depth. I love learning about the history of a place like this. The technical commentary about photography techniques is interesting as well. What a great blend of Urbex and Documentary. Cheers!

[@abandonedcentral]

Thank you ver much for your feedback! Glad you liked the video!

[@larryross2690]

I was incarcerated in brushy in dec 2005 til March 2006 for diagnostic and classification process it was 23 hour Lock up 1 hour for yard and library very old creepy place I've learned my lesson to pay my probation fee's on time.but the rest of my time was spent at northwest correctional center in Tipton Tennessee pool tables couches they paid me to attend ged classes every month like 30 bucks a month if I remember right.i got released in December 2006 thank God I'm a changed man prison is no joke wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy

[@abandonedcentral]

Wish i would of been able to get some stories from you for this Documentary. Im glad you changed your life around man! Good luck out there!

[@rurubaby615]

I feel you was at brushy for 2 years the whole vibe was off creepy and just off

[@Lisa1111]

How are you doing today? ♥️

[@ImGoingSupersonic]

Id wish prison on my worst enemies.

[@Youre_Right]

To those that are confused by all the RIP Becca’s. Rebecca Bunting was a well known urban explorer who lost her life while documenting a flash flood in a storm drain. She was swept off her feet and drowned by the raging waters of the Pennypack creek. As a life long East Tennessee resident I’ve lived close to Brushy Mountain Prison my whole life. My friend was a correctional officer out there for a few years. She was a nice lady, but didn’t take shit from anyone. She never had issues with anyone, but has some stories that will blow your mind. In prison where you have nothing what meager things you do have, like a candy bar is grounds for killing someone over.

[@TheMW2informer]

You're Right “documenting a flash flood in a storm drain” Seriously !?

[@James-ru8mm]

Man it's hell on earth

[@joanrepenshek2991]

Bgg

[@cfeit]

Becca was an incredible photographer. I can't speak for her personality but im sure she was an incredible person. Rest in peace.

[@nationdecay]

Rest In Peace Rebecca 😞. It’s so sad to hear of a fellow explorer passing away. Our hearts go out to you guys and the family. Much love from the entire Nation Decay team.

[@wingit7602]

funny how these prisions are actully built in amazing places

[@Lyc4n1121]

i didnt know about this channel till josh's new upload so i came here to pay respect to Becca and the crew RIP becca and my kind regards to her family and friends

[@mam2ish]

Coming from someone in the industry I greatly appreciate the effort put into your videos they are great! Sorry to hear about the bad news people don't realize the dangers in making videos and should be really touched upon so hopefully nothing like this happens again..

[@dleigh80]

Outstanding work on this. Photography and editing among the top explore creators. Appreciate you made the effort to get first hand accounts for interviewees.

[@InfamousCrimeLocations]

I've seen several other videos on this place but yours has a nice feel to it. I've been to Petros before to film October sky filming locations but did not have a chance to go to the prison

[@klobsurbex5999]

Rest in peace @_bword you are an inspiration to so many people.

[@AlfredHawthornBennyHill]

I just heard what happened. I didn't know it happened. Even though I didn't know her, it still brings a tear to my eye. I am extremely sorry for your loss.

[@djmfilms1999]

RIP Becca 🙏🏼😓❤️

[@HorrifiedTv]

DJM FILMS what happened to her?

[@hybridzero3627]

Horrified Tv Fran and her were in a drain on Saturday shooting footage for about 40 mins and taking they're last few pics then they started to hear water rushing that's when things turned bad

[@virtually2830]

HybridZero how do you know ? i’ve been trying to see what happened but i haven’t seen anything

[@hybridzero3627]

virtually exploring with Josh shared a post of Fran's on fb

[@sircat3038]

Omg I wouldn't want to die like that I feel bad and I subbed no to long ago

[@Badgirl360]

This was a great video guys I Love Watching old abandoned places keep up the good work Loved it Thanks For sharing😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@ericacampo4879]

Rest In Peace Becca!! So sad!!

[@Adrian-zd4cs]

I had NO idea this so close to home! Thanks y'all Incredible story!

[@abandonedcentral]

Our pleasure! Glad that you enjoyed it Adrian! Thank you!

[@TheElectrocar]

Sorry to hear about your friend. RIP.

[@schm1nty]

Rest in peace Becca

[@coffeepigeon8490]

You guys make one of the best videos! How do you find these places :0?

[@thetds101]

RIP Becca,...my condolences to all who loved her.

[@mynamejeff2006]

I love drones. they have definitely changed the way videos are shot these days! great views!

[@robert615moore7]

My father did 2 years in the prison, he told me some crazy stories while he was there,watched a man get stabbed with a mop handle

[@AidenGibson1]

I knew Immediately. Brushy Mountain. I have a distant relative who was incarcerated there, there is a picture of him and James Earl Ray on Facebook. It's a very interesting place.

[@markwhite6968]

Wot an amazing vid great stuff

[@LtdES7638]

New sub here, I really enjoyed this video, very well put together. Informative. Going to check out past vids, looking forward to seeing future videos. Stay safe

[@abandonedcentral]

Welcome aboard! We really appreciate the support Lance. We drop a new video every Sunday!

[@kenshan5378]

The prison closed down and moved over the mountain. There were 2 brushy mtn. Prisons in morgan county. The regional and annex. The one by frozenhead is still open. Several men in my family did time here.

[@tamipeterson5872]

Sorry for your loss!

[@detcordxxxi]

RIP Becca. :(

[@nickyoung630]

R.I.P Becca the Urbex community will never be the same 😭💔

[@deniseshephard3347]

RIP Becca thank you for all that you have done may you rest in peace

[@pixnyx9836]

At least she passed doing what she loved. You will be missed by all Becca. 😔❤

[@bradroberts6447]

We toured the weekend before July 4th 2019. Two former inmates talked about many things that happened here. He told us how James Earl Ray was killed. The distillery is open. The restaurant is open as well.

[@DracoPadilla]

James Earl Ray wasn't killed.

[@bradroberts6447]

@@DracoPadilla stabbed multiple times. Cell mate survived because he had been the prison lawyer that got one guy out. The guy came back very soon. James Earl Ray got stabbed. The Hospital had blood from prisoners that was tainted. Ray received this blood in transfusions. Call the man a liar in person at the prison. He gives tours at Brushy.

[@geneland]

Prior to his death, Ray was transferred to the Lois M. DeBerry Special Needs Facility in Nashville, a maximum security prison with hospital facilities.[43] Ray died at age 70 on April 23, 1998, at the Columbia Nashville Memorial Hospital from complications related to kidney disease and liver failure caused by hepatitis C.[44]

[@kksadventures4270]

Great video rip becca

[@RemainsOfJersey]

What’s the name of the soundtrack/background music that starts at 1:10?????

[@docgalt2801]

Very interesting. New subscriber!

[@abandonedcentral]

Welcome aboard! Thanks for the support Dave!

[@ausreflectindustries6107]

Beautiful

[@sloppystick]

Good stuff

[@abandonedcentral]

Thanks for helping brotha!

[@VanillaGorilla502]

Just toured there yesterday. 🤘

[@abandonedcentral]

Awesome! How was the tour?

[@reapercrew3159]

R.I.P. Becca

[@jojnderby9130]

Very Kool Vid that's too all

[@elizabethspedding1975]

Great video.

[@abandonedcentral]

Glad you enjoyed it Elizabeth!

[@lindamoore8748]

Was there any escapes from, there while they were still open.?

[@OhMuhGwad]

Rest In Peace Becca....😔

[@loverboyOnAir]

what's happened with her?

[@geneland]

@@loverboyOnAir people.com/human-interest/rebecca-bunting-storm-drain-dead-photographer/

[@dalejrfan8878]

Is that in Tennessee I think I passed that place a few years ago when I was driving through the mountains

[@abandonedcentral]

Yes it is in the mountains of Tennessee. They now allow tours there. You should stop by and check it out next time you drive past!

[@ashleyladuke1701]

It is worth the visit to stop and look around if you are ever out this way again around petros

[@kenworthh9776]

@@ashleyladuke1701 No thank you. I spent enough time there. Don't want to revisit. It definitely weird seeing it on film and empty though ✌

[@craigparker3434]

Looks like a great place to put a new prison. As bad as this place was it doesn't compare to what some of these" people" did to others. I can't feel sorry for them. They did it to themselves.

[@rikkidouglas298]

We went here Sunday of the 7th of April

[@geneland]

The State Park nearby is called Frozen Head State Park. Named after at a 3,324 foot nearby mountain.

[@stephenflowers8516]

That one cell with the days crossed off is either BS Or done after the prison closed. There is no way in hell you'd do your entire sentence in one cell. You're constantly moving. Whether it's Classification, disciplinary reasons, Or whatever.

[@mikeoneil5770]

I spent 14 calendar years in the Penitentiary and the longest I ever stayed in the same cell was a period of just over 3 years, but usually you could expect to be moved for some reason or another about once every 6 months or so; they really don’t like for you to get TOO comfortable...

[@stephenflowers8516]

@@mikeoneil5770 You're absolutely right. They definitely don't like you getting too comfy. I did 5 years and I was moved to 5 different units in 2 different prisons. So right about a year in each.

[@mikeoneil5770]

@@stephenflowers8516 The only reason I was allowed to stay in one cell for three calendar years was because I worked in the Industrial Laundry, so I lived on the “Honor Tier” (Workingman’s tier) and I was the ONLY MAN in the entire jail that could operate my machinery, at least, that was the case for 2 1/2 of those 3 years, so the administration pretty much left me alone, but in general you can count on being moved at least once or twice a year, just to shake things up and to keep you from getting too comfortable on any particular tier.. They move C.O.’s around, too- you’ll seldom see an officer work the same tier for more than a year at a time before they rotate him/her to a different assignment, so that they don’t lay down roots at any one post...

[@mistere963]

🙏blessings

[@peanutlee9813]

RIP Becca 😢

[@gabbyomega]

Rip :0

[@debbieryan2768]

I would love to go n your Brushy Mountain...it's History...

[@wonderfulworld5134]

Ahh, I remember it well, when the Electric Chair was a deturrent. Cruel and Unusual as it was. Those were the days.

[@creeperxd5613]

I am going there on Saturday XD

[@AndyDaClimber]

How many years they give ya?

[@amoslaguna6020]

You just never know if you ever go in one of them never know things happen good videos

[@toyotaracing5578]

Good system. We should bring systems like this back. "They had to grow their own food" ..hard work etc.....Good! Its prison....

[@gregorydavis4742]

Idk I think old Missouri State Penitentiary is worse they had dungeon cells.

[@chrisogg4764]

I knew this place by the thumbnail. This place is just down right scary as soon as you walk in you feel wrong and can’t breathe right.

[@abandonedcentral]

This cell block did have a weird vibe to it. I believe this is closed off now and you can't access the death row block when you take the tour. Really happy I was able to photograph this section of the prison.

[@chrisogg4764]

@@abandonedcentral yes, I’ve been in the death row block and it’s scary.

[@ronniebuchanan7151]

WOW old prison building a long time ago how?

[@shyaneparker9865]

My aunt worked there and met my uncle when he was locked up there.

[@siraldhernandez5534]

This is a cool video and I can see it was a long time ago but it would have been better if they would have filmed more of the inside of the cells instead the camera was kept straight ahead didn't see much

[@justinmccartt2763]

My great grandfather worked there for many years

[@hamoodrehman8529]

R i P becca!

[@davidmccracken288]

Sad to see it in this condition...

[@bendavis8678]

Ironically i watched this the day MLK day

[@robertgildea2841]

Don't know why the old prison closed but very good footage nonetheless. In Elmira NY there are a lot of abandoned places. One abandoned place in Elmira NY is an old Baptist Church on Church Street near Wisner park. It has been abandoned for 30 years or more. Everytime someone goes into these abandoned places in Elmira NY to film document the history and put it on KZbin they get the police called on them. Apparently people in Elmira NY don't want the history of these places filmed documented and put on KZbin. People who explore abandoned places assume all the risk of being injured they are liable for their own injuries if they get injured exploring abandoned places not the city or the owner of these abandoned places. Sincerely Robert Gildea Elmira NY

[@briangleason5597]

I am in Horseheads not to far away. Very interesting. I am from Illinois but recently was transferred to Horseheads by my work. I Love History. Beautiful buildings out here.

[@derffurwood4820]

War and prisons are hell on earth.

[@NoName-dc8zf]

I saw the ceil I was once in on this video.cold feelings of death every where,and lots of ghost too.

[@abandonedcentral]

Wow man, what number cell was it? A friend of mine did time at an abandoned prison in PA. I didn't realize I did a video of that samea prison. The cell he spent 2 years in was the opening scene. He said it was insane to see that cell again.

[@NoName-dc8zf]

I went to brushy mtn in 1983 to get my no. It was a mean place to be I stayed there for about 4hrs.it wasn't a good place to do time.i hated the place myself.

[@SarcasticMary]

Okay, I did see this lol. Had a like already there. Did you see any ghosts? Supposedly it's super haunted. 👻

[@abandonedcentral]

Haha I figured you have. We didn't see any ghost here but yes they said its supposedly very haunted.

[@SarcasticMary]

@@abandonedcentral You get that much bad energy locked up in one spot, I don't see how it can't be.

[@CPGreeno357]

RIP

[@robinbuckeye6841]

What state is this in? You don't see too many abandoned prisons these days.

[@abandonedcentral]

This is brushy mountain prison in Tennessee.

[@seandcforever302]

They should explore pembina prison

[@davechristian7543]

12:08 may i ask why the toilets are out side the cell ? like thats very strange indeed.

[@davechristian7543]

or im guess they have all been ripped out n put there 'or?

[@keithreiffenstein9909]

Why do most videos about Brushy say that they did executions? Their website even says they didn't. This one didn't say that.. They also never mention that James Earl Ray never stayed in the cell for very long, or he stayed at the Nashville Pen from time to time. And about the Moonshine, I found it local (Chattanooga, Tn) bought some, and I didn't like the taste, I think it is made with Rye.

[@nathanseny3464]

Rip Rebecca

[@andybaker5976]

Incredible!

[@addisonarmes6844]

i live beside there

[@johannesmaier368]

It would have been even more creepy with the chair still there

[@jmoo876]

I wish jail was still like this. Jail is like sixth grade camp now

[@abandonedcentral]

Not gonna lie, my 6th grade camping trip was pretty damn fun lol.

[@justinc4924]

elaborate

[@rmagdos]

Very nice video but the background music overpowered the voices.

[@lindamoore8748]

Where was this prison. WS it alcatraz.

[@devynreeves5457]

Good Minecraft build

[@toofine9]

i wonder what the update is?

[@abandonedcentral]

They are open for tours now.

[@highbloodsugar9]

There are almost 8 years tallied off on that cell wall.

[@abandonedcentral]

Yeah, super cool to see that kinda stuff. Thank you!

[@AidenGibson1]

I just went there yesterday. I found out a family member was there

[@abandonedcentral]

How was it to visit after it opened to the public? Were you able to check out the deathrow part? We were told that wouldn't be open to the tours.

[@RealZunnan]

@@abandonedcentral what is death row parts?? Like I mean death row inmate are the most serial killer people But the life sentence were all the people bartual murders Also why can't we talk to death rows?

[@supersaiyangod9877]

Im going tomorrow

[@addisonarmes6844]

I live next to there lol

[@jooniesdimples6841]

Woah

[@drewdicenso2090]

What's the name of this prison in the video

[@noahlove5136]

Brushy Mountain

[@RussianViolet_3]

How many times are they going to repeat the same sentence..? We heard you the first time.

[@clarkkent7821]

Never got to see the wardens office never got to see his office and the medical staff's office I like to see that part and you were walking where prisoners walk I like to see you walk where are you wouldn't allowed to walk that makes a good video

[@abandonedcentral]

We covered this entire property. You're not allowed in Death Row. Thats why out of the 50 videos on youtube, next to none of them go in Death Row like we did. The Wardens office and medical office were filled with junk. Nothing to see there.

[@CatchinSpirits]

There was never a Death Row at Brushy Mountain so I don't know where you got your title from.

[@susanfrye1440]

Love how you keep repeating your selves

[@Murgames11]

My moms dad gives tours of this place he used to be a Gaurd their

[@VeXis101]

What happened?

[@geneland]

people.com/human-interest/rebecca-bunting-storm-drain-dead-photographer/

[@timmyo3162]

If this place ain’t haunted no where is 😂

[@romanianisraeli]

That would be a terrifying place to get stuck in.

[@mccartneycharlesetta2518]

R i p.

[@christopherwilliams9135]

I did time there, it was a very bad place, I celled next to him James E Ray, we went to Nashville to river bend, I knew him personally.... Ill just say, it was a bad place there...

[@jooniesdimples6841]

Oh wow what did ypu do and how long was your sentence?

[@MatthewGragg]

There were many deaths at Brushy Mount due to poor conditions and abuse, but it never housed death row.