RE: Visiting Mizzou for the 1st time next week
Posted on: September 19, 2020 at 11:26:44 CT
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If you’re going to the Capital in JC anyway then go to Prison Museum which I believe is literally blocks away. Admittedly, I haven’t been there, but I’ve heard about it, knew folks that worked their for decades before it was closed. ‘The Walls’ was a prison built in the 1800s and housed notorious prisoners such as James a Earl Ray and Sonny Liston among others. It’s said that there were tunnels throughout the prison. There was a riot in the 1930s which killed both prisoners and guards which is an interesting chapter of its history. Again, I can’t vouch personally, but it may be worth checking out if you’re in the vicinity.