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The West Virginia Penitentiary is a gothic-style prison located in Moundsville, West Virginia. Now withdrawn and retired from prison use, it operated from 1866 to 1995. Currently, the site is maintained as a tourist attraction, museum, training facility, and filming location.
Mar 18, 2021 · Mar 18. Written By Shannon Stowers. The former West Virginia Penitentiary is now known for its spooky looks and ghost tours, but its history of violence, riots and escapes is equally as haunting. The gothic-style penitentiary sits in the most unexpected location in Moundsville -- right in the middle of the town’s residential neighborhoods.
- Shannon Stowers
WVU Library Resources: Biennial and Annual Reports of the Directors of the Penitentiary at Moundsville, W. Va., 1886-1890, 1890-1892, 1922-1924, 1923, 1926, 1928, 1930-1934, 1933, 1933-1937, 1935, 1936-1939, 1939-1941. *NOTE: Biennial reports from 1900-1908 are available online through HaithiTrust.
Dec 14, 2010 · Discover West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville, West Virginia: Beyond the usual stories that attend old prisons, this one has deep bloody undercurrents.
Mar 13, 2013 · West Virginia State Penitentiary: Tyler, a former police officer, his sister Amber, and her husband Chris, drive from Southern Ohio to Moundsville, WV, where they lock themselves up in the notorious West Virginia State Penitentiary.
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Oct 23, 2016 · Conditions at the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville were tough. Space was limited and privacy was almost non-existent. Inmates showered in front of the cellblock. CHRIS...
Jul 31, 2022 · Lore and Legend. W.Va. Penitentiary at Moundsville focus of strange history. By. David Sibray, Editor-in-Chief. - July 31, 2022. 16174. Entrance to former W.Va. Penitentiary. The former West Virginia State Penitentiary at Moundsville, West Virginia, in Marshall County, was a castellated gothic-style prison in operation from 1876 until 1995.
