The first thing you notice about Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary is the bone-chilling cold of the place. The proprietors of the century-old prison, in recent years a tourist attraction in a ...

PETROS, Tenn. — Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary in Morgan County once held some of the worst criminals in Tennessee. The historic penitentiary is now a tourist attraction and several former inmates ...

When the whistle blew, everyone in Petros, Tennessee, knew it was lunchtime at Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary. To the outside world, it was the place that housed James Earl Ray, Martin Luther King ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WATE) – Visit a Morgan County prison for an experience that is almost too real. The Historic Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary became operating as a prison and housed some of the ...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Many ghost stories have been told at spots around Tennessee, but the dark history of some of the state’s old prisons and jails alone is enough to give visitors an eerie ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. PETROS, Tenn. (AP) — When the whistle blew, ...

The one portion that's not a secret is Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, which closed for prison business in 2009. Barkley runners jump into a creek and wade through a tunnel that goes under the ...

PETROS, Tenn. — A Tennessee prison that was home to Martin Luther King Jr.’s assassin and many other of the state’s worst criminals is closing its doors. The Brushy Mountain Correctional Complex is ...