Haunted Joliet Prison / Wendy Moxley Roe.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Roe, Wendy Moxley, author.

Series:

Haunted America (Charleston, S.C.)

Haunted America

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Haunted prisons--Illinois.

Haunted prisons.

Haunted places--Illinois.

Haunted places.

Illinois State Penitentiary (Joliet, Ill.).

Stateville Correctional Center.

Illinois.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (97 pages) : illustrations.

Place of Publication:

Charleston, South Carolina : The History Press, [2020]

Summary:

It was called a living graveyard. The iron bars of Joliet Prison might once have held John Wayne Gacy, Baby Face Nelson, and other notorious inmates as unwilling guests, but their stories now desperately cling to the limestone walls. After 140 years spent crammed with victims of misfortune and agents of mayhem, the grim landmark immortalized in movies like The Blues Brothers is now entirely given over to the ghosts of its past. Follow a singing ghost to the convict cemetery where thousands of unclaimed bodies are said to lie. Listen for the tread of Odette Allen, the warden's wife brutally murdered in her bedroom on the second floor. Unlock the gates of Joliet Prison's haunted heritage with Wendy Moxley Roe. --Back cover.

Contents:

Preface

Acknowledgements

Introduction

The history

Building a Legend

Punishment and conditions

The singing convict ghost

The people

Famous prisoners

Television and movies

The murder of the Warden's wife

The mayhem

Deadly escapes

Suicides

Executions

Stateville

Statevill Prison

Tours and restoration

Bibliography

About the author.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9781439671214

1439671214