West Virginia State PENITENTIARY
From 1899 to 1959, ninety-four men were executed. Hanging was the method of execution until 1949 with eighty-five men meeting that fate...
Beginning in 1951, electrocution became the means of execution. Ironically, the electric chair, nicknamed "Old Sparky", used by the prison was originally built by an inmate there...
January 1, 1986, took one of the most infamous riots in recent history. At around 5:30 pm, twenty inmates, known as a group called the Avengers, stormed the mess hall...
Inmates put knives to officers' throats and handcuffed them with their own handcuffs. Over the course of the two-day upheaval, three inmates were slaughtered...
Off The Beaten Path #Paranormal
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