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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Anthony and Skye look into "Newly Discovered" #9721 Ernestine Paul (Grand Larceny) and "Just a kid who thought he was a big timer" #6066 Daniel Williams (Murder in the 1st Degree). Trigger Warning Content Includes: Gun Violence, murder, and attempted suicide.
On this first episode, unintentionally musically themed, of the new season, Anthony and Skye discuss the musical, and criminal talents of ISP's proto-podcaster Forger (#6836) Harry Silvey, and the Crooning Larcener who only had the money for safe keeping (#8676) Mildred Knox
It's Halloween! Skye and Anthony discuss the spooky stories dealing with ghosts, entities, and possession experienced by visitors to the site. Do you think the Old Pen is haunted?
Thank you all for listening to season 1! We are diligently working on Season 2, but, WE NEED YOUR HELP with our first HALLOWEEN EPISODE. If you have a paranormal experience at the prison that you'd like to share, email us at behindgraywalls@gmail.com. We'll be back in November!
Skye and Anthony interview Jeremy Ward, a Correctional Officer at ISCC (Idaho State Correctional Center), a 2,170-bed men's prison south of Boise. It houses inmates in minimum-security, medium-security and close-custody. Jeremy's great grandfather worked as a guard at the Old Pen, and his grandfather grew up as a child on the prison grounds. He compares his work experience to that of his grandfather's, and provides insight into the life of a modern day Correctional Officer.
Skye and Anthony examine and break down the legends of the Old Idaho Penitentiary’s most famous murders, “Idaho’s Lady Bluebeard” #3052 Lyda Southard (Murder in the 2nd Degree) and “Idaho’s Jack the Ripper” #9509 Raymond Allen Snowden (Murder in the 1st Degree). Trigger Warning Content Includes: Murder, Violence.
This week, Skye and Anthony interview former Old Pen staff member Kelly Horsley who discusses a Guitar Pickin' Country Singer turned Armed Robber Rodger Hall #10932, who rediscovers the redemptive power of music while incarcerated at the Idaho State Penitentiary. Trigger Warning Content Includes: Murder, Violence, and the discussion of serial killer Emmett Spencer.
Anthony and Skye look into Not-So-Sticky Fingered #6693 Robert Miller Earley (Burglary in the 1st Degree) and #1464 Alta McGee, who has had it, OFFICIALLY (Assault with a Deadly Weapon). Trigger Warning Content Includes: Gun Violence.
This week, Skye and Anthony interview local high school teacher and Old Pen tour guide James Klimek, who tells the heartwarming story of the famous feline "inmate," Dennis the Cat.
Anthony and Skye discuss Overall Really, Really Terrible Man #2626 Charles Sandusky (Assault with a Deadly Weapon with Intent to Commit Murder) and Broken-Arch Footed Bootlegger #3281 Hannah Folden (Persistent Prohibition Violator). Trigger Warning Content Includes: Abuse Against Spouse and Children, Gun Violence.
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