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Today's Poll!‘Ghost Hunters’ at Missouri State Penitentiary
Syfy stars have been creeping around old prison, but vanish before ‘mystery’ party
Grant Wilson, left, and Jason Hawes are shown above looking for paranormal activity in a Ghost Hunters episode shot at Pearl Harbor. They spent time last week investigating at the former Missouri State Penitentiary in Jefferson City for an upcoming episode of their Syfy channel series. (Ghost Hunters/SyFy.com photo)
Monday, June 13, 2011
The crew from the hit Syfy network show “Ghost Hunters” just wrapped up a week of investigating paranormal activity at the Missouri State Penitentiary (MSP) for an episode that could be broadcast this fall.
The announcement was made Sunday night at a downtown “mystery” party held by the Jefferson City Convention and Visitors Bureau. Around 100 people attended the $20 event featuring food and drink. It culminated a weekend of activities celebrating the 175th anniversary of the former prison.
Justin Bruns, a fan of the show since its inception, was disappointed that the show's stars, Jason Hawes and Grant Wilson, weren’t at the event. They originally planned to be there, but couldn't attend because of a scheduling conflict.
“I was a little bummed they weren’t there. That was the main reason we went,” he said.
The aging MSP was decommissioned in 2004 and the prison was relocated. Starting in 2009, the CVB began holding two- and four-hour history tours of the former prison. That year, 3,290 people took a tour. In 2010, the number of tourists there leaped to nearly 12,000, CVB Director Steve Picker said.
This year, the CVB started adding various themed tours, including ghost tours and twilight tours, in addition to history tours.
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2warped757 1 year, 11 months ago
My mom lived next door to the prison in the 1940s and said that it was very eerie in the summer - no AC and so with the windows open, they could hear the prisoners in the hospital ward (which was on the west side, apparently), moaning and crying. I'm sure there are plenty of spirits remaining for the Ghost Hunters!
asb 1 year, 11 months ago
No greater example of marketing to ignorance and fear than this show, and its pending spin-offs.
Bucky 1 year, 11 months ago
Not so, ghost hunting is real. In fact, I too used to hunt ghosts. The season is year long and there isn't a limit. But my wife made me give it up because when you get them mounted, they just end up leaking ectoplasm and it ruins your drywall.
sillyrabbit 1 year, 11 months ago
Let me guess. They're going to feel something inside the old Pen that they just can't quite explain, maybe a poke, maybe a cool breeze. Then they're going to record some sounds that are inaudible but if you listen just right you can almost decipher a spirit saying something that might be important if you could figure it out what he was referring to. Then they're going to catch a shadow moving but unfortunately their cameras didn't catch the entire thing or their infrared wasn't working that night. I love people.
hudson 1 year, 11 months ago
Maybe they will find casper ? the freindly ghost !
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