Stay Connected“Behind Gray Walls” is a podcast featuring stories from the men and women who lived and worked at the Old Idaho State Penitentiary. Each week, Anthony, Samuel, and Skye explore prisoners whose crimes led them to serve time at the “Old Pen.” Their history is explored in depth and compared to corrections topics faced in communities today.
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In this episode of Stool Pigeon Saturday, Skye and Anthony interview Curtis Nixon, the grandson of this weeks feature #3498 Nathaniel Gardner. Curtis compares his own personal experience serving time in Idaho's prison system with his grandfather, who served time at the Old Idaho State Penitentiary.
Anthony and Skye dig into the stories of notorious saddle stealer #3498 Nathaniel Gardner (Grand Larceny) and the ex-wife who just wanted her money back #8407 Josephine Fort (Voluntary Manslaughter).
In this episode of Stool Pigeon Saturday, Anthony sits down with former member of the Idaho House of Representatives and author Max Black, who dedicated years researching and writing his book Diamondfield: Finding the Real Jack Davis. Max reveals how he uncovered the story and all of the coincidences that dotted the way.
Skye and Anthony examine a tragedy survivor who crimed while high #11630 Phyllis Mae Mink (No Account Check) and one of the most infamous Idaho miners of all time #672 and #820 John “Diamondfield Jack” Davis (Murder in the First degree)
Anthony and Skye talk about a bootlegger who just can’t abide by the rules of Prohibition #3126 Henry Poynter and a Madame who lost the Burley Mayoral race #11861 Sarah Sue Roach
In this week's Stool Pigeon Saturday, Anthony sits down with Hayley Noble to discuss Kenneth Hastings' role as a Staff Sergeant in the 7th Infantry Division of the United States Army during WWII, and what role it may have played in his post-war criminal career.
On the first episode of season 3 (woo!), Skye and Anthony discuss the teenager who did “something about the old man” #6325 Flossie Phillips and an inmate haunted by the ghost of his past #8330 Kenneth Raymond Hastings
We have something to mark on your open calendars! Season 3 starts TUESDAY March 24th! Let's get through our Covid-19 quarantine's together because as William Owen states - "Without friends, the world doesn't turn very fast for you."
Thank you all for listening to season 2! Mark your calendars, season 3 will drop on March 24, 2020! We will be doing our first LIVE recording during Treefort Music Festival at the Storyfort stage on March 26, 2020 at 9:00pm! Did we mention that it's FREE! Come say hello! Oral history with former correctional officer Chet Stinnett, July 20, 1992 (Idaho State Archives).
In the Season 2 Finale, Anthony and Skye discuss the Triple Murderer who refused to hang #5264 Douglas Van Vlack (Murder in the 1st Degree), and the Youngest Horse-Thief #901 Ida Laherty (Grand Larceny). Trigger Warnings include murder, gun violence.
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