West Virginia Penitentiary Moundsville

The West Virginia Penitentiary (WV-Pen) is not on an island but it might as well be. It definitely is in another world. I know it has been featured in some major movies. Anyone who can identify any of the buildings, rooms, cells, etc. in the video please feel free to comment. Normally I work to keep my videos under 10 minutes. But this place has an extensive history and demands more time. This video represents only small portion of the footage that I collected.
At Alcatraz the cells were bigger, the food was better, and no one was ever executed. Alcatraz was closed mainly due to rising costs. West Virginia Penitentiary was closed due to inhumane conditions which included torture of some prisoners. The tour guide informed me that one of the most time-consuming tasks in preparing meals for the prisoners was clearing out the cockroaches. At WV-Pen the 5x7 cells often housed more than one inmate.
Some the areas you will see in the video include:
...The North Yard - The most violent prisoners were locked up in maximum security adjacent to the North Yard where you can see razor wire around the recreation area. The so-called death house was in this area but was torn down. Still, hangings continued and it is believed these hangings were carried out in the North Yard Wagon Gate which you will see in the video.
...The South Yard - The Chapel is in this area.
...The Administration Building - In the early years the warden was required to live in the prison and his living quarters were on the top two floors of this building. Viewing this building from the back you can see a platform with a rust/red awning. This was to allow the warden to step out onto the platform and speak to the prisoners. The area below the administration is the boiler room.
...The maximum security lockup
...The Psych Ward
...The electric chair, called Old Sparky. The black mask that you see beside the electric chair was worn by any inmate being executed.
...The Chapel
The aerial video footage was created using my Phantom 2 Vision+ drone, and for the interior I used a GoPro Silver camera.

[@clarencegorby6521]

I lived in Moundsville until 1959.As a member of the M.H S Basketball.In 53-54 team we used to go in the prison on sundays after church and play the prison basketball team. What a memory! Use to go to all their baseball games. In winter time they had musical shows. You would have to live thru the expirences like I did to appreciate them. Clarence Gorby.

[@robertbyrd7738]

I Was Inmate # 50181 At This Prison Mr. Greg Cox This Video Is Very Sobering To Me Now Because I Left This Place On November 20th In 1990 At Approximately 10:30 A.M.That Morning To Be Transferred To Wheeling West Virginia To Catch A Greyhound Bus Back To My Then Home In Bluefield West Virginia I Now Live In Prinecton West Virginia A Free Man Too Thank You Kindly For Making This Video A Footnote Here I Had 2 1 To 10 Year Sentences To Serve I Started Them In Late 1985 I Even Survived The 1986 New Years Eve Riot That All Became From The Bikers Gang The Avengers It Started At Approximately 5:30 P.M.

[@GregCoxTV]

Thank you for the comments. I am glad you are a free man now - and hope it stays that way.

[@amberzasylum6588]

OMG man I couldn't imagine what that would have been like for you. So glad you are free now. Live your life to the best!

[@steveh9436]

I was born in Charleston. My uncle Richard Collins was one of the last hanged there before they went to the electric chair. He was exacuted Oct 1946 for killing a salesman.

[@eddiemurphy6178]

A death of a salesman?!

[@comradestalin4826]

Damn

[@thedrunkmonkey2254]

You know Danny Collins?

[@otaroyitski5132]

Oh shit searched it up and he told the truth ;-;

[@donttreadonme1619]

It's funny. My family was just there Monday. They tried to tell us no-one was hung there. Although we questioned that. I took a picture of a trap door (well it's the 1 in the video) but it had a noose hanging out of it.. Pretty cool place to visit, I would not have wanted to stay there. They said the prison was so full the cells had 3 people in them. There was a top & bottom bunk & 1 person slept on the floor.

[@CooperSuave]

I have toured the facility a number of times but the MTV Fear episode really gives a lot of the history. The "Sugar Shack" located on the bottom floor was the recreation area for inmates with only one entry, which the inmates were locked into and the guards remained on the outside of the room. So a lot of brutal fights and killings happened in there. The Penitentiary offers a midnight group tour that you have to be over 21, it's from midnight to morning and you are armed with only a flashlight... I'm too much of a chicken for that one.

[@NoStringsAttached88]

J. Paige Nesbit a friend of mine is doing the over night stay tonight , she's super freaked out haha

[@oliviaumberer4549]

We are actually getting ready to make a big paranormal investigation trip and this is one of our stops. We’re staying overnight in the Bellaire House, Ohio. Visiting the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, the Afterlife Museum, and the prison. Do you have any places that you would highly suggest visiting throughout the prison?

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@oliviaumberer4549 Sugar Shack is also where people go to do acts not so favorly to each other. I highly recommend "reds cell" They will show it to you on the tour. Some people get scratched I tried It didnt happen. The hole is good and so is the Infirmary. I get alot of spiritbox up there. Not sure if you guys have experience with bigger locations and prisons. But just a heads up this location is super heavy. n im so sorry Im reading your comment was last year and now I feel like an idiot. LOL

[@youngstunna1594]

@@NoStringsAttached88 if your still alive , how was it?

[@kingofthecatnap7923]

this music is troubling... i like it...

[@AuthorTyLeishiaDouglass]

amazing video and informal thanks so much for sharing Greg!

[@brenthensley9549]

I was part of the roofing crew that put a new roof on the prison in 2009. During that time they were using the prison to train prison guards (friend of mine who worked at the Northern Regional Jail trained there).

[@dalismo]

found out a week ago that my grandfather was an inmate here in the 40s, this brings chills to me

[@monmixer]

That was a rough , over crowded prison. I'm 65 and live 5 miles north of it.

[@stevenjanssen8182]

Wow, I wonder what your grandpa was in for.?

[@yulito1985]

This video is amazing, by far the best I've seen from other videos 👌🏻

[@blackcat176]

Thank you for the upload. I'd love to go and see this just for the beauty of the building itself. Then I would go on a tour. I love the older jails.

[@chawk2918]

The music you picked for this is perfect. Thanks!

[@reneeraw6927]

Great video Greg! Both the drone footage and the interior was excellent. You really captured the feeling of the prison. And I loved the music. This video should have way more views and likes.

[@GregCoxTV]

Thank you Renee. I appreciate your comments and totally agree with you. No doubt there are silly/mindless/cheap dog & cat videos with millions of views and likes. But something educational - oh my god - forget about it. Many of my videos consume significant resources in terms of money and time. And I make no money from the commercials that KZbin slaps on my videos. So there isn't much incentive to produce a video every month. Hopefully KZbin policies will evolve.

[@ocen]

Actually used to live in Moundsville. Lived here up until I was about 11 or 12 when we moved to Stafford for business reasons. I toured here with my Nana once when I was younger and got to check out some jail cells and stuff. Don’t remember much of it now because I was only around seven or so. They also had this cool event thing or something when I was nine or ten, where you could go in through the west gate. I don’t really remember what it was, but inside there were a few cars on display and some dude taught me how to make balloon animals. Also, fun fact: the elementary school I went to is not far from this place. The church in the back with the reddish-orange roof around 5:09 is just about a block from it.

[@mandelaaffected5059]

As someone born and raised 10 miles from the Moundsville, I’m so glad they closed this place. I’ve toured the grounds and it is chilling.

[@happyhelperandaparakeetlov2926]

Does the air feel heavy

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@happyhelperandaparakeetlov2926 YESSSSSS!!! I describe it alot in my Moundsville posts on Instagram. amberlyn_0221 But it's heavy. It honestly still feels like it's still active. It's crazy heavy. Like hard to breath and it just sits there. There are floors that go up 4 stories and the space from the cell to the rail isnt more than 5 feet. Maybe less. I honestly thought that someone was just gonna run outta the cell and push me over the rail. I would even walk through doorways and feel like someone was just gonna run up on me and punch me. I actually caught a cool EVP where I walk through the doorway and I flinch. I stop and I say I thought someone was gonna hit me so I flinched, hmm must have thought I was gonna walk into the door or something. And right before I was through the doorway I get an EVP that says " HIT HER". I caught quit a few good EVPS from here. It definitly helps that im a female. Anyway If you wanna check them out it's on my channel under BEST of 2020

[@Viper-dc2wm]

I visited from CT. Great tour. If your ever in the area it's a must see. Indian mound museum right across the street and Wheeling casino not far away. Will go back someday.

[@BigSi-xw6wv]

Great vid bud!! Still watching 2019.

[@bartforren312]

Awesome video!

[@reghancossin7092]

West Virginia is where I was born! I did my social studies project on this! I am actually visiting in the summer! My family has been there already. I am excited! Thank you!

[@amberzasylum6588]

Did you have fun or get anything?

[@paranormalguy87]

Such an awesome video love the camera work cant wait to visit there for the over night ghost hunt

[@rubbyhangula7353]

LOL

[@tomburcher5237]

Don't EVER let the state or county even think of removing this grand old structure! This country and states seem to delight in tearing down old well-built structures in our towns, and cities. What's next, the cemeteries?

[@jermar1979]

I’m visiting next weekend. I’m looking forward to it.

[@donttreadonme1619]

Very good video. Was just there Monday.

[@Blackbearswan]

I live In wheeling and I've been in so many tours of the penitentiary it's a good experience

[@no_melanie28me32]

Victoria. Same

[@chaeunwoo1361]

Whoa this is very cool! My friend lived here when she was 6-7 and said she lived right by here and she says that there is so many ghost story’s about this place so I came here too check it out and i still can’t believe how haunted this is

[@amberzasylum6588]

I agree! super haunted. I got so much evidence from that place and let me tell you. When we got done we went to leave at around 3 in the morning. N like you said some people live directly across from the prison. Well we wanted to check out the mount which is also directly across from there. So we go to the mound and we are taking pictures and I hear this noise. Like this squeaking noise. So I just kinda ignore it and after a few minutes we decide to head back to the car. Well all of sudden this guide on a squeaky bike comes flying out of this driveway and he starts chasing us back to our car. I have no clue what he doing at 3 in the morning, but I was not taking ANY chances. Needless to say he sacred the crap outta me.

[@1funcar]

Excellent video! I just stumbled on to this penitentiary while looking for things to do in the area as we'll be passing through in the near future. Does anyone know which movies this place has been featured in?

[@lindamccaulley2313]

I have always had a fascination with all prisons. I was terrifed through this entire video

[@vickykrupnik7496]

ME TOO!!!!

[@kalli6895]

Thanks for the video! I actually live very close to Moundsville. Near New Martinsville.

[@travistharp3674]

I think it's pretty cool my grandfather was a guard there for many years.

[@ectovisionparanormal]

Wow! Very impressive video.It must have been pure hell being incarcerated in this monolithic institution, possibly awaiting a date with "Old Sparky."

[@no_melanie28me32]

EctoVision Paranormal. I went there and it was so amazing

[@suestone6156]

It even has The Bucket with the sponge! In the movie The Green Mile "Percy Whitmore" didn't wet the sponge on purpose to cause "Del" to burn to death!

[@amberzasylum6588]

OMG I totally agree. I actually did two investigations here and it's all legit!! I have a spiritbox session where im talking about "old Sparky" and I was asking questions like "What do you wanna do to the guy that built him?" and we "Kill" It was super cool. I put it all in my bets of 2020 video where Moundsville was my top choice

[@stefanimentzer7840]

I live near hear and I've been in there many times. All I can say is "very freaky"

[@ellenstewartbowman3898]

I went on a group tour thru this prison. Very impressive.

[@adisonvargo6177]

i was on a tour there and you feel like the air is heavy and, i was kinda dizzy, and i heard knocks, laughs and doors slamming

[@loganboughton1058]

Adison Vargo I went there too and in the museum you could see all the shanks the inmates made to kill other inmates

[@zanderkeen4170]

Pro Wrestlers vs Zombies was filmed here at the West Virginia Penitentiary. As we all know that it starred 3 WWE Hall of Famers, an ECW Legend, one half of a legendary tag team along with his Playboy wife, a few independent wrestlers, a gay adult actor, a few actors and actresses, and a Penthouse Pet

[@SuntopKinseeker]

The music sets the tone but I muted that 30 seconds in. To get a more LEGIT feel for what I saw and it looks a tad bit scary hence why I muted the music. It would of made it scarier than it really is. But yeah comparing to Alcatraz or Sing Sing . Id rather not visit this one at all for any reason.

[@pyramidhead138]

the inside of that place kind of reminds me of The Shalebridge Cradel (Thief Deadly Shadows)

[@newnormtrump7519]

VERY INTERESTING VIDEO

[@adisonvargo6177]

the wierd thing is i went there yesterday and i live near it

[@no_melanie28me32]

Adison Vargo same

[@happyhelperandaparakeetlov2926]

Was the air heavy

[@tiffanyharris8781]

It was featured as the pilot for MTV's show Fear. I toured it a good while ago. Our guide said that a few prisoners burned another alive in his cell, and the smell still lingered in the air. We weren't taken to that area, because I was with a school group. In 1992, a few inmates tunneled their way out and caused pandemonium. It's a very interesting place.

[@GregCoxTV]

Tiffany Harris Your comment brings up an important point. I indicated in the opening video that 94 men had been executed by the State. But that does not include the number of inmates who were killed by other inmates. My guess is that number would be significant considering the number of riots. In the video you can see the boiler room below the administration building and this is where one inmate was beheaded and dismembered.

[@younismourabi7428]

Greg Cox Somewhere around 1000 murders throughout the facility's history.

[@222paranormalpodcast2]

omg amassing video. we will be there in 7 hours.....

[@DDay-vv9ec]

Lived in this town all my life.the pen is just a big empty building it stopped being scary when the convicts left. If they would have flown this drone there then it would have been shot out of the sky.

[@michaelemerick8891]

I went here about a month or so ago and it was at night. I definitely recommend everyone to take the 11pm-6am tour. Eerie is the word. I have once instance of audio although I cannot make out what they are saying it's still creepy.

[@AbandonedExplorationUrbex1979]

Awesome video, what drone did u used for these shots? Very impressive for sure. I plan to go here for the overnight ghost hunt soon! 😊👻👍

[@GregCoxTV]

+Abandoned Exploration For the aerial footage I was using a Phantom 2 Vision-plus from DJI with the stock/integrated camera. For the interior shots I was using a GoPro Hero4 Silver.

[@AbandonedExplorationUrbex1979]

Greg Cox oh OK, cool.

[@Singular.shade101]

Greg Cox 10:50 Was that a huge doll or a human....

[@GregCoxTV]

At first I thought it was homeless man taking a nap, but on a closer look I'm sure it was a large dummy/doll.

[@Singular.shade101]

Greg Cox It scared me lol. Cool video, the music fits the setting

[@vickykrupnik7496]

I lived in Moundsville all of my younger life and had NEVER seen inside those huge walls of the WV Penitentiary! I was always scared to death of it!! Thanks Greg Cox, Id have to say had it not been for you're video, I would of left this world never seeing it!! I am "NOT" a big fan of scary things

[@donniey.8891]

My stepfather was locked up there for about 3 years. I remember going to visit him it was creepy then.

[@doyscott6329]

Well, that electric chair was pretty straight forward. At least you knew what was happening next.

[@amberzasylum6588]

Very cool. I did a tour and they showed the back of it. So it had three levels. They would randomly connect a level so two wouldnt work and then one would. Then when it came time for the execution three people would pull an individual lever. This was so that way one people wouldnt have guilt over killing someone since they didnt know who it was.

[@cpurdy06]

My grandfather was present for both riots... he was a local cop...

[@clubmike2910]

Good job, I really enjoyed seeing Old Sparky they should have a mannequin strapped in.

[@WarriorCycles]

i wonder ,is there a place called the dungeon ? no light a hole for a toilet?

[@yellowstone2964]

Grand father was the dentist,remember going to work with him and sitting in electric chair about 10 years old.

[@Marriii111]

Omg I had no idea there was the death penalty there. I use to live in the wardens mansion next door as a child. Good video..

[@dannyclark5638]

Was there water in the fountain when you lived there?

[@backfire394]

you can see my house in this xD

[@TheSWolfe]

+Backfire I was born there; back when the Board of Education was Moundsville Hospital, behind & to the left of the prison, if memory serves. Was raised in Morgantown, tho, so my only recollections of the area are after I grew up & came back to visit. Never been inside the prison, went to the mound instead, but my son took the tour, bringing back many pics, so I got to see inside that way.

[@cryptic.n0va]

I live in Moundville my house is in the country so they never show my house!

[@hannah_9965]

Thats cool as heck

[@suesmith3744]

Wow 😳What a powerful and emotive video , Thank you it was amazing . That music .... need I say more ❗️❓. How I wish I could visit this place . 😔😔. Incidentally why did they move the chair ⁉️. It looked much more intimidating in its former position , I believe it stood on what was originally the trapdoor of the gallows ....

[@no_melanie28me32]

Sue Smith. Where it was in the being fell down about 4 years after and the chair was put back together it was amazing going there

[@suesmith3744]

Melodie Elton I see , thanks for the info 👍🏼. You are so lucky to have seen this place , wish I could .....

[@no_melanie28me32]

@@suesmith3744 yeah np right the shut down of the prison the building fell down 4 years after the they shut down the prison because there's way too many inmates and they were open for way too long and the buildings are falling apart and the building that had the electric chair in it it fell down so now everything from all the other buildings or inside there

[@no_melanie28me32]

@@suesmith3744 fun fact the inmates built the prison and built all of the blocks and in the back there's some blocks that say KKK and a bunch of other gangs it's cool

[@clarissamckinley8497]

This prison is nuts 😢😢😢😢😢

[@zanemag7273]

this is my home town!

[@19deltascoutA36g]

do you have an uncle named eugene magnone ...used to live in either mcmechen or benwood ...long time ago

[@saxonmcn.9440]

Zane Magnone Do you know Robert Scott?

[@Rxzarue]

Me too

[@brenthensley9549]

I'm so sorry! Please try to stay off of drugs!!

[@richardwikert6503]

Born and raised lol

[@brettpalmer8245]

Please share what song you used for this video?

[@GregCoxTV]

Take a look at the credits. All the audio references are in the credits at the end of the film.

[@charlenegrayson9564]

Dont know if you all noticed the shadow of a person walk to the right of the building @ 712 time and again the shadow walking forward @720. This is done by drone so there should not have been a person standing there or walking. Let me know if you all see it. Its when he passes the blue tanks through the cage and goes to the end.

[@washguy9577]

I think brushy mountain was alcatraz of the east I never even heard of this place till now

[@jane6732]

My grandfather was a guard in the 40’s and 50’s.

[@kezzlewerkz5378]

that hill looks like a sacrificial place of worship. on the top was where they cut there head off.

[@TheSWolfe]

+kezzlewerkz That hill is Grave Creek Mound, an ancient burial mound of the Adena/Hopewell people, one of the largest of its type in the country and over 2,000 years old. A museum sits at its base. Inside, you will find the history of the people who built it/are buried there, artifacts, and recreations of what life was like for these folks back in their day. It's quite interesting, a sacred, spirit-rich place; ironic tho, considering the stone monstrosity looming at its base & the atrocities housed there.

[@warriorcycles9517]

my step dad was in prison there for almost 13 years in the late sixties.he said we would go there one day. thanks to these vid makers im here to experience it. and you also thankyou. i was born not far from there but know nothing of it. David said they would laugh when a new guy got brought in ,they would take him to the possible sugar shack maggots. as we all know demons live in that prison.

[@loganboughton1058]

Last year I went in that prison for a tour and it was pretty big you could see all the shanks the inmates made to kill other inmates

[@comradestalin4826]

Oh hey I went there once on vacation

[@vadag7589]

My mom said she lived near this and her and her friends would ride there bikes around here and the guys would ask to let them out and they would whistle at them. Also one time a guy got out and everyone had to hide

[@cryptic.n0va]

I live in the town!!! my pap worked there ,the prisoner's held him hostage one

[@amberzasylum6588]

OMG during one of the riots!!! That would be so scary. You know Ive done two investigations there and I think ive brought it up a few times, but I dont think I got much results on that topic. They liked talking about "old sparky" more

[@ashleycoleman4542]

I just toured this not too long ago it was creepy

[@timbrown57]

Wow, so they tore the Sculpture of the Demonic Entity down. I lived in Glen Dale, WV in 2010 and there used to be this gigantic welded metal sculpture that sat on top of the building and it looked like a Huge demon made of metal.

[@amberzasylum6588]

OMG I would have loved to see that!

[@nobodyreally8441]

Wish you had a pic

[@jamescarter421]

I had an uncle(my dad's oldest brother)that was killed at Moundsville, in maybe 1972?

[@strifekeever5071]

I grew up in a town about 7 miles from Moundsville called Cameron I’m 13 and my pap don courtwright worked there as a guard he died in 98 so I did not get to meet him

[@amberzasylum6588]

Oh that so sad! Im so sorry. Maybe you could try stopping by and seeing if he communicates

[@strifekeever5071]

@@amberzasylum6588 ITS BEEN 2 YEARS FOR A REPLY🤣

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@strifekeever5071 😂😂 It really has!!!

[@strifekeever5071]

@@amberzasylum6588 I’m 15 now we’ll in 15 days

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@strifekeever5071 Well, happy early birthday

[@twisterdar11]

between 7:18 and 7:28 on mine it changes but when you go into the boiler room or whatever it is after the tanks ...there is a shadow walks in the door way and it is very clear a dark mass has legs goes ...from my left to right and stays there when it pans back you see the legs still at the right side at the door opening..at first i thought it was you let me know if it is please

[@GregCoxTV]

+twisterdar1(dar) This was a new location for me and I was not sure what to expect. I was mainly interested in the history of the place. I am not a big believer in ghosts but I do believe in science. The first law of thermodynamics tells us that energy is conserved - it might change form but you cannot destroy energy. So while I was not expecting spirits I will admit some of those areas made me a bit nervous as I walked through alone. None of the images are re-touched. What you see is exactly what I saw. In the boiler room I did not have a light with me. I got a bit nervous when I saw that shadow walking ... and I was only moving my camera arm at the time. That was when I decided it was time to leave. Perhaps someone walked past the open doorway. Later I was told there was torture and a brutal murder in that space.

[@twisterdar11]

well ty for the reply and agreed creepy place but if it was not you then i think you caught a ghost i framed by framed and ya clear as can be a black mass with legs

[@GregCoxTV]

+twisterdar1(dar) After reading your comments I decided to go back and look at the original footage in hopes of getting a clearer image and perhaps some audio. If the shadow was without a head then you would have convinced me it might be a ghost. Correct me if I am wrong . . .the inmate who was murdered down there was dismembered and beheaded. I am not wanting to sound morbid - it is what it is. As the camera in my hand pans left, the shadow walks to the right. There is no sound. I remember very clearly being unsettled because I was not moving except for the camera. Perhaps one of the maintenance staff walked past the open doorway. In any case, I'll just leave it as unexplained for now.

[@ChaosEternity]

That's the shadow of the person filming. This is not all drone. You think a drone squeezed between the bars of the electric chair?

[@gabriellaexx]

twisterdar1(dar) in the boiler room my dad felt something touch my dad's neck I took pics and there were ghost in them

[@gregorydavis4742]

The old Missouri state penitentiary is way worse they had dungeon cells with dirt floors to sleep on and a bucket to piss and shit in and dark all the time people went blind and crazy down in the dungeon cells It opened In 1836 and closed in 2004.

[@theinsectmanofwv]

Some of my Orchard Manor neighborhood boys did time there.

[@richardhuffman58]

Orchard Manor on Charleston’s west side?

[@theinsectmanofwv]

@@richardhuffman58 Yes

[@theinsectmanofwv]

@@richardhuffman58 Yes

[@theinsectmanofwv]

@@richardhuffman58 Yes

[@luvthecountry_creeker]

We're going Monday.

[@autumnwasemann6257]

AYE IM FROM WV😉😅 it's one of the best places to go for a nice haunted house

[@amberzasylum6588]

I agree!!!

[@gabriellaexx]

I went there yesterday

[@tomburcher5237]

It could be used for a tornado shelter for the town? Who paid for the new roof?

[@saxonmcn.9440]

I had a great uncle locked up here

[@amberzasylum6588]

OMG thats so crazy! Maybe you should go and try to communicate with him. I know that sometimes even when people dont pass away in a specific location they do end up back at certain ones. It's not really explained in the paranormal community very well. But it's basically like leaving a piece of you where you go. And if you didn't understand that I probably sound crazy now lol

[@kaiulbricht1156]

Ich liebe diese Stadt gebrägt von old Negativ Amerikan Indian Spirit ... VW Moundsville 💕✌

[@Jmoneyvitamin]

i walked by that priosn up till 5th grade to trojan elementary...had Mrs.Kirby as my 2nd grade teacher and my first gf lol..Mia=P best friend Ryan Seelbach..I find myself watching this again.. I wonder if my younger friends still live there I remember some of their names...Eric Terloski if I spelled last name right.. Ryan was my best friend Dan Blankenship..Wasn't my friend but was the popular kid in 2nd grade lol. Also there was a break out one night when I live in Moundsville.. I lived on Diamond street right across from the small church. Eric was the first fight I ever got into ..and I spent detention with a kid named Zach that ate ants...I also got shit for trying to rap the pledge of allegiance but failed..by teachers >< man this prison brought ack memories...K and B little store was right by it to..buy shitty old candy that still existed in my time..like lemon heads n stuff. man...that's enough from me now

[@19deltascoutA36g]

i grew up in that area jesse to you remember me ....

[@Jmoneyvitamin]

i am not sure shawn did you know ryan? my brothers name is steve cox was older than me was in seth yater gator class

[@19deltascoutA36g]

i think so ...it has been a long time though

[@johnriggle5336]

@@19deltascoutA36g did u go to sherrard Jr high back in early 80's

[@dyrnenorka]

I lived in the USA from April 1976 to Sep 1984 i lived in the town called Malden not far from Charleston then in Saint Albans i went to school called ( Lakewood Elementary ) then Saint Albans junior high got kick out then i went to ( McKinley junior high now called McKinley Middle school ) after that is where all hell started is wen i went to (Saint Albans High School ) there i got with the wrong people and it got my ass in Dunbar juvenile detention center now it is a new facility called ( James H Tiger Morton Juvenile Center ) then i was send to what use to be ( Salem Industrial Home for Youth in Harrison County ) now it is a medium/minimum security prison for adult male offenders. Once i was 18 years old they send me to that hell hole that is Moundsville State Pen but i only did 4 months. All of that just for having been with some people in a stolen car that i did not steal but i had some weed on me and i was 17 and 1/2 at that time. In the 80s they did not Fuck around wen you had some weed, President Reagan war on drugs and the First Lady Nancy just say no to drugs, what a JOKE.

[@tangowhiskey-jc5zt]

My uncle eugene exscped from there in the late 50's he made it about 15 miles from his house in weston but was cold and hungry he turned his self in

[@kezzlewerkz5378]

DAVID RAMSEY SAID HE ESCAPED 3 TIMES FROM PRISON I ASSUME AT LEAST ONCE WAS HERE.HE SAID ONE ATTEMPT WAS FOILED BY THE GUARD NOT HAVING THE KEY ,THEN THE GUARD HAD A HEART ATTACK AFTER ONE INMATE WANTED TO KILL HIM AND DAVID AND ANOTHER SAID NO .

[@dubvdipper690]

I went there on my school field trip last week

[@happyhelperandaparakeetlov2926]

We r going too

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@happyhelperandaparakeetlov2926 On a school Trip??? LOL Wish my school was cool enough to do that!

[@richardhuffman58]

I wonder if it’s Haunted

[@garnettadams2968]

I was a inmate there for 8 years Strange place for real

[@amberzasylum6588]

Oh thats so cool. I couldnt imagine how the inmates lived when it was operational. I have a video of the EVP's I caught from there. Please check them out if your interested. They are in my Best of 2020. I wonder if y you watching it if you could recognize some voices and can confirm some things they might have said when it was operational.

[@garnettadams2968]

@@amberzasylum6588 If it contains anything illegal or a crime or to put anyone in a bad light I'll not confirm anything.But on a super natural level i can only say one thing.It has many ghosts.

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@garnettadams2968 Hopefully it doesnt have any of that. Wasn't sure if youd be able to confirm voices for names, Stuff like that.

[@garnettadams2968]

@@amberzasylum6588 Which video is it i looked at a few but im not sure which one.The sugar shack was closed down before i got there.Weston state hospital in WV is a very strange place too.Its forensic is closed.But they still performed lobotomies there until the late 70's.

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@garnettadams2968 Oh ill definitly have to add that to the list of places I gotta got to. The video is the last video I uploaded. Best Paranormal evidence of 2020. I talk abut moundsville at the end of it. Id say like last two minutes of it

[@jesseriffle1825]

i am going here on a filed trip in 2 days i live 2 and a hALF HOURS AWAY

[@GregCoxTV]

I hope you will have a few hours to spend there. This is a huge structure. Best to have a tour guide explain the history.

[@jesseriffle1825]

+Greg Cox thanks i hope it will be fun to we leave at 7:00 and get back at 6:00

[@clarissamckinley8497]

There was a lot of hanging with killers

[@Lumotaku]

I hate the whole bullcrap about ghosts. But I like looking at historical places and old things. keep up the good work.

[@dannyclark5638]

It's only haunted for the tourists.

[@amberzasylum6588]

Ive been twice and I am a paranormal investigator an ive gotten some pretty compelling evidence from there. Have you been and what was your experience like?

[@dannyclark5638]

@@amberzasylum6588 I'm standing in my kitchen looking at it.

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@dannyclark5638 So you live like right across from it. I noticed there was a few houses around. Normally they arnt so close lol

[@dannyclark5638]

@@amberzasylum6588 Behind it.

[@amberzasylum6588]

@@dannyclark5638 Oh cool

[@smithlavelle9340]

Did ten years In that prison