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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On the couples episode of the season, Anthony and Skye discuss some Pocatello partiers who got a bit out of control #3043 and #3044 J. M. and Rebecca Chacon (Murder in the 1st Degree and Murder in the 2nd Degree). Trigger Warnings include gun violence.
On today's Stool Pigeon Saturday, we bring our Education Specialist Suzanne Squires back to the studio to discuss our second youngest inmate, #1949 James Whitaker (Murder in the 2nd Degree), to round out our last episode with Bernard "Barney" O'Neil. Please, just help your mom with laundry when she asks you to. Trigger warnings include gun violence.
Skye and Anthony cover The Ultimate Shopper #7121 Barbara Bryson (Grand Larceny) and a man whose life may have been a comic book villain origin story #2064 Bernard "Barney" O'Neil (Making a False Report). Special thank you to Anthony's wife Rebecca and the Old Pen Staff for singing a 1910 political rally song!
Anthony interviews Matt Gambill who has worked as a correctional officer, a probation officer and an investigator with the special investigations unit at the Idaho Department of Corrections. Take a look at IDOC's Most Wanted (https://www.idoc.idaho.gov/content/probation_and_parole/fugitive_recovery/most_wanted)
Anthony and Skye dig into the stories of Canadian Drunk Burglar Turned Enthusiastic Traveling Evangelist #3018 Ray Watson (Robbery) and the first Woman to Spend Time in Prison for Cheating on Her Husband in Idaho #1482 Cora Stanfield (Adultery)
Skye and Anthony discuss Bad Mother and Forger who can't remember her own husband's name #4321 June Gordon and our very favorite Chapel Jesus Painter #7018 James "Blue Eagle" Erard
Anthony and Skye look into Repeat and Repeat and Repeat and Repeat Offender Numerously Numbered Barbara Ann Singleton and the Young-Hobo-Thief Herman Schwartz (#3170). Trigger Warning Content Includes: Violence and Suicide.
Anthony and fellow Old Pen Interpretive Specialist Jacey Brain discuss Thanksgiving at the Old Idaho Penitentiary, and the "Turkey Man" George Charles (#2253)who dedicated his life-sentence to raising turkeys. Special treats in this episode include an 1895 song called My Pearl is a Bowery Girl sung by Karen Kohtz, and a dramatized version of Kate Wiggin's - The Bird's Christmas Carol - performed by Old Pen Staff. Happy holidays everyone!
Skye and Anthony have a chat about the ISP's first African American female inmate #917 Susie Duffy and the Bean Stealer #8045 DeLane Dwight “Red” Anderson
In a heavy-hitting episode, Anthony and Skye retell the well-known stories of Dining-Hall Designer #427 George Hamilton and Glass-Eating Madwoman #422 Margaret Hardy. Trigger Warning Content Includes: Murder, Violence Against Children.
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