Texas Prison Museum - Texas's Infamous Electric Chair - Huntsville, TX

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  • @incredingo
    @incredingo 3 роки тому +61

    i have to admit i am addicted to your videos

    • @stifledvoice
      @stifledvoice 3 роки тому +7

      I know, right? This genuine little guy popped up on my home page two weeks ago doing well-curated videos on oddities and things, and I got hooked too. An infinite jest thus far.

    • @alexschmitten4035
      @alexschmitten4035 3 роки тому

      every morning now i wake up and recite the words "heyy... you.... alll...carpetbaggerherecomingtoyouLIIIIVE"

  • @HeavyMetalCrone
    @HeavyMetalCrone 3 роки тому +78

    ".....let us know if prison was fun." 😲🤪

  • @annaratliff4638
    @annaratliff4638 3 роки тому +45

    Prison museums are so interesting.

  • @mcwatersd
    @mcwatersd 3 роки тому +26

    I have always found prison art so amazing and creative. That furniture was beautiful. Hopefully that lead some to a useful life outside. Keep Safe❤Keep Well ❤

  • @ericlee4004
    @ericlee4004 Рік тому +1

    I been to prison in ga and I seen and learned things I thought you would only see in the movies

  • @stephy2524
    @stephy2524 3 роки тому +12

    I’ve been to the prison museum before in Huntsville. It is very interesting to see all those things, but when I ran into old sparky, there was something that just would not let me stand to close it (even being behind the barricade). I normally don’t really get intimidated but something just kept me at a distance from that thing.

    • @eileenj1855
      @eileenj1855 Рік тому

      I detest capital punishment. Its very frightening to see. Maybe that's what kept you away.

    • @LilRobloxian-of4po
      @LilRobloxian-of4po Рік тому

      I went two days ago and I didn't get close to it. Just 361 people getting killed in that chair 😲

  • @sistersamich2075
    @sistersamich2075 3 роки тому +10

    Love to see your take on the Alcatraz east crime museum in Tennessee. Went there recently, it was great! They have prison history, as well as the history of forensics!

    • @angelariggsby6285
      @angelariggsby6285 3 роки тому +3

      He has a video on that. He is the reason I went there 3 years ago.

  • @andreahill6776
    @andreahill6776 3 роки тому +57

    Who’d think prisoners could be so talented? It’s such a sad waste. Thank you for bringing us such good videos Jacob 😊 I love watching these videos, not only can they be educational but they’re so fun too! Well done and keep up the good work Jacob xXx

    • @devan1715
      @devan1715 3 роки тому +6

      Last time I checked they are humans but ok

    • @andreahill6776
      @andreahill6776 3 роки тому +2

      @@devan1715 I didn’t say they were not humans. Some people in prison can be really nice.

    • @FrenkTheJoy
      @FrenkTheJoy 3 роки тому +4

      @@devan1715 What's your point? She said it's a waste of talent, not that they weren't human bUt OkAy

    • @devan1715
      @devan1715 3 роки тому +3

      @@FrenkTheJoy well how bout this engineer go to prisons for all their employees mhmm...

    • @Targ_Obsessed
      @Targ_Obsessed 3 роки тому

      @Devan ?

  • @ErictheACKACKTOR
    @ErictheACKACKTOR 3 роки тому +10

    Carpetbagger, Thanks for something New on a Monday Morning..

  • @PeepshowMenagerie
    @PeepshowMenagerie 3 роки тому +9

    The prison rodeo section reminds me of the film Stir Crazy,

  • @allenpedrick6502
    @allenpedrick6502 3 роки тому +2

    Thank You Jacob. I will visit this place in the future. I worked in a state prison here in Delaware for 26.5 years.

  • @UweJMeyer
    @UweJMeyer 3 роки тому +3

    Good morning Jacob, these are the things we want to see.Simply brilliant.And also the tone of your voice between some sentences, priceless.👍🇺🇸

  • @UnboxingGalaxy
    @UnboxingGalaxy 3 роки тому +1

    Excellent!! Simply great!!! Thanks Jacob. Necessity is the mother of invention, imagine when it reaches levels of survival. No limit.

  • @mattyjay1711
    @mattyjay1711 3 роки тому +6

    5:55 as someone who used to work at one of those prisons in Huntsville, it does not surprise me that camera was used up to 1991. Texas budget for TDCJ is low, the uniforms suck, the equipment is cheap, guns are vietnam era. It's ridiculous.

  • @SuperTonkers
    @SuperTonkers 3 роки тому +7

    Loving all these Texas videos! Giving us some great trip ideas🤔 keep ‘em coming! 🎃💀❤️

  • @frankgutierrez6016
    @frankgutierrez6016 3 роки тому +9

    I remember a cartoon that had Ol Sparky as A chair for the Mother In-law.

    • @Webb_Studios
      @Webb_Studios Місяць тому +1

      Was it made by Tex Avery? Sounds like his kind of joke. His future cartoons were filled with “mother in laws suck!” humor

  • @Lilaa86
    @Lilaa86 3 роки тому +9

    When he goes in a museum , you know that its amazing before start play on the video 📲

  • @Levitator94
    @Levitator94 3 роки тому +9

    Obviously the big attractions that draw a huge crowd are cool, but these quiet less inhabited attractions are always my favorite 😊

  • @BettyD3495
    @BettyD3495 3 роки тому +4

    Great video. Very interesting stuff. Thank you for showing it; love your style.

  • @normajeanhartley8644
    @normajeanhartley8644 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks carpet bagger!!.. From Sheffield UK! 😎🤗 love ya vids!

  • @OldMovieRob
    @OldMovieRob 3 роки тому +2

    Fascinating stuff. That constant pulsating electric noise is a little unsettling though.

  • @guitarBG
    @guitarBG 3 роки тому +86

    I am saddened by this video because my son was wrongly imprisoned there for 15 yrs and finally exonerated in 2001.

    • @thestudio66
      @thestudio66 3 роки тому +18

      I'm so sorry ...and sorry doesn't even begin to describe how that feels...

    • @ryansmith2487
      @ryansmith2487 3 роки тому +4

      I’m sorry about that

    • @here2watch08
      @here2watch08 3 роки тому +2

      Wow I'm so sorry. I hear about exonerations all the time following the ACLU on social media. I think about how many innocents are in jail because cops and detectives just want a good closed case ratio.

    • @Charlie-pu9bx
      @Charlie-pu9bx 3 роки тому +7

      I can't even begin to imagine the pain you, your son, and your family went through. There's so much corruption within the police - it's the same here in the UK. Love to you all from England ❤️

    • @stevengoodman3498
      @stevengoodman3498 2 роки тому +3

      So sorry this happened to your son. I can't imagine the mental pain and anguish you and your family went through during that difficult time. God bless you and your family.

  • @Sumermak
    @Sumermak 3 роки тому +1

    Thank you for the tour!!

  • @treyjones1880
    @treyjones1880 3 роки тому +2

    Takes me back to my days at Sam Houston State University. Good times visiting the museum.

  • @gillygillyyt55
    @gillygillyyt55 3 роки тому +1

    Stunning crafted items. Very sad really. Thanks Jacob

  • @johnathanwoods3094
    @johnathanwoods3094 3 роки тому +9

    Imagine playing Prisonopoly as a prisoner and going to Jail in the game

  • @adventureswiththemcguires9678
    @adventureswiththemcguires9678 3 роки тому +1

    Love your content love the variety of videos love getting to visit thru your videos thanks for sharing with us.

  • @AdventureswithmelanywithaY0731
    @AdventureswithmelanywithaY0731 3 роки тому +3

    Omg your on my side of town! I love that museum too! Make sure too check out the Sam Houston memorial museum as well! I worked in Ellis as a Correctional Officer for about a year. My husband still works as a Correctional Officer at Eastham and has been one for the past 10 years now.

    • @englishatheart
      @englishatheart 3 роки тому +1

      You + are = you're. To* ("too" means "as well as" or "an excess of").

    • @davidchance534
      @davidchance534 3 роки тому

      @@englishatheart hi cc

  • @juanzapata492
    @juanzapata492 3 роки тому +2

    Lots of cool history and weapons

  • @internaltacolove8302
    @internaltacolove8302 3 роки тому +5

    We just moved from Huntsville there's actually 7 prisons I worked at Ellis, Walls and Ferguson units we loved going all the time take a walk across from the Sam Houston State University and youll see the duck pond on Sam Houston ave is the Sam Houston Museum he's buried by the Mance Park school on 10th and don't forget to go stand at the Statue of Sam be safe be good and keep traveling bro

  • @kel9037
    @kel9037 3 роки тому +2

    I've been to this museum before. Nice.

  • @eduardoo3207
    @eduardoo3207 3 роки тому +3

    I live in texas you should post a schedule of where your gonna be. It would be dope to meet you

  • @dougdays8095
    @dougdays8095 3 роки тому +1

    Theres a channel called 42 years in straight , this man is a walking Texas prison museum, its a fascinating channel

  • @nicholasdavis8159
    @nicholasdavis8159 3 роки тому +1

    I love when he says specifically,and even more specifically then that!

  • @averyeml
    @averyeml 3 роки тому +2

    I work in Huntsville and I’ve never actually been, lol. So neat to see Jacob in my town!

  • @tb8175
    @tb8175 3 роки тому +1

    Very interesting video, thank you Jacob

  • @andrewjackson6605
    @andrewjackson6605 2 роки тому

    I’ve not been to prison, but did a few months in county. That cell gave me major flashbacks. Those are the exact hotspots we had.

  • @carolrossman5849
    @carolrossman5849 3 роки тому +1

    Jacob you are the best always entertaining love from Toronto Canada!!

  • @conniephillips8217
    @conniephillips8217 3 роки тому +1

    Thanks, a very great and informative video.

  • @Robslondon
    @Robslondon 3 роки тому +1

    Fascinating video!

  • @megan_dienst_bean
    @megan_dienst_bean 3 роки тому +1

    I’ve been to that museum. Very interesting to say the least

  • @gordonwchas
    @gordonwchas 3 роки тому +1

    I went to college at Sam Houston State there in Huntsville. Was hoping you might show some of the town. Good video.

  • @donnavaughn5393
    @donnavaughn5393 3 роки тому +2

    Thanks you my friend have a goodnight

  • @TheHazard777onCODPS3
    @TheHazard777onCODPS3 3 роки тому +2

    Since your wondering around Texas, you should come to Sulphur Springs and visit the Dairy Museum and our Glass bathrooms.

  • @kurtporter4796
    @kurtporter4796 3 роки тому +1

    What a great video Jacob,really enjoyed the chair 🪑 over 300 that’s so creepy to see that.Thans again Jacob for sharing

  • @rocdocs
    @rocdocs 3 роки тому +4

    "And your buddy gets to watch you take poops". lol! Love it!

  • @eileenj1855
    @eileenj1855 Рік тому

    Very interesting museum. I loved the beautiful furniture the prisoners made. Yes. Id love to have it in my home however the electric chair is the one furnishing I do not want. Loved the Karla Faye Tucker stamp. Would love to get one. She did not deserve to die. She was reformed for sure.

  • @MrWhitewolven
    @MrWhitewolven 3 роки тому

    My favorite type of videos

  • @officialtorment956
    @officialtorment956 2 роки тому

    I was actually locked up near Huntsville I was in beeville at Garza west and Garza east

  • @emil-pelz
    @emil-pelz 3 роки тому +1

    Wow, totally interesting again, thanks for letting me watch! 🌟🌟🌟

  • @kingjulian7941
    @kingjulian7941 3 роки тому +2

    I’ve been here before and it was fascinating

  • @jimfrankovich2339
    @jimfrankovich2339 3 роки тому

    I live near that. Its It's pretty cool to go see how things used to be.

  • @kristencarlbon4561
    @kristencarlbon4561 3 роки тому +1

    Love your videos

  • @FiftyShadesOfAndrewGray
    @FiftyShadesOfAndrewGray 3 роки тому +1

    Have you been to Wheels of Time Museum in Dunlap IL? Cool Museum featuring old cars and relics of the past

  • @jbid9999
    @jbid9999 3 роки тому

    Thanks

  • @jasonwoodward3391
    @jasonwoodward3391 2 роки тому

    Yes I have been to prison in Missouri, Fulton, st Joseph, bowlingreen, Farmington, moberly, Jefferson city, it was not fun but I did have some decent friends and had good and bad memories..

  • @jacobjochem
    @jacobjochem 3 роки тому

    Love your channel, subscribed!

  • @williesnyder2899
    @williesnyder2899 2 роки тому

    The model of “leather restraints” in the display case are still used in many areas, one of which is on lethal injection gurneys.
    The Humane Restraint company, in Wisconsin if I recall, made/makes these.
    Where I work I had to repair some of these after years of service. They are very solid, yet relatively soft; humane…
    Good episode!

  • @57Banjoman
    @57Banjoman 3 роки тому +5

    Years ago, a friend of mine, who was a prison Barber, witnessed a murder by stabbing, in the Barber Shop. The inmate used a handmade knife to commit the murder. Needless to say, my friend walked out and never returned to the prison.

  • @sandramcglinchey7712
    @sandramcglinchey7712 3 роки тому +1

    Unique thing is I used to do EMS out of S.C.I.G. Or State correction institute at graterford! I used to do emergency transportation It was a interesting time . Love ❤️ your video’s!

  • @greghamm4116
    @greghamm4116 3 роки тому +5

    Torn handcuffs,who did this,the frinkin incredible Hulk lol

  • @wo7217
    @wo7217 3 роки тому +1

    Hey Jacob have you checked out the Dragon arms military museum in Colorado Springs?

  • @challengestars944
    @challengestars944 3 роки тому +1

    Wow! Hey Jacob you should come back to Idaho and tour the Old Idaho Penitentiary in Boise. Bet you'd find it fascinating.

  • @frankholt4325
    @frankholt4325 3 роки тому +7

    I used to visit a friend of mine who went to prison for five years for driving drunk because he hit a state trooper car after leaving a birthday party in 1982.

  • @roshawncrawford2524
    @roshawncrawford2524 Рік тому

    That ship is super cool

  • @thebusadventures3341
    @thebusadventures3341 3 роки тому +1

    Jacob, Huntsville Texas is my hometown 👍👍👍

  • @zanetaylor5639
    @zanetaylor5639 3 роки тому +3

    Dose Prisonopaly include a get out of jail free card?

  • @capricorngirl52405
    @capricorngirl52405 3 роки тому +1

    Wow six prisons that’s a lot for one city.

  • @racheldelgado5646
    @racheldelgado5646 3 роки тому +2

    YIKES !!! And I live in Texas too.

  • @lunalovegoodwitch
    @lunalovegoodwitch 4 місяці тому +1

    Interesting but ivory is not elephant teeth it is the tusks

  • @ddylla85
    @ddylla85 3 роки тому +3

    HuntsVegas!
    The Walls Unit aka death chamber is located 2 blocks from Sam Houston State University. Walked over for one execution, quite interesting to watch news folk/protests outside.

  • @chrissygaither3934
    @chrissygaither3934 3 роки тому +1

    Please go to Mansfield reformatory in Mansfield Ohio when you get a chance! It’s a very interesting place to see! That’s also where they filmed Shawshank redemption.

  • @MrWhitewolven
    @MrWhitewolven 3 роки тому +10

    Kinda messed up how they underplayed prison tho. Makes it seem more like timeout than hell.

    • @airdrag
      @airdrag 3 роки тому +1

      What do you mean underplayed, the museum is partially meant to show how bad prison is. For example you can go inside the replica cell and feel how uncomfortable the beds are.

    • @here2watch08
      @here2watch08 3 роки тому +2

      @@airdrag I think they might be talking about things like human rights abuses that still occur in jails very commonly to this day. Inmates still get beat by COs, they also face retribution by COs in the form of contrived "shots" which can extend prison stays, and they also get murdered in jail plenty when it's the CO's jobs to keep an eye out and make sure everyone's safe.

  • @Aaron25thinfantry
    @Aaron25thinfantry 3 роки тому +1

    Epic Destination 💪 County and Regional Jails are bad enough , that will hopefully be the extent of my 🔒 up days. That Bonnie N Clyde gun was gorgeous man.

  • @brendablystone1294
    @brendablystone1294 3 роки тому

    Hi carpetbagger thats awesome Prison place it has cool things in there

  • @Jivolt
    @Jivolt 3 роки тому +8

    FUN FACT:
    Jacob turned 21 in prison, doin’ life without parole. No one could steer him right.

  • @katidumais
    @katidumais 3 роки тому +2

    The question about the bassinet was a loaded one. The answers could go in so many different directions

  • @michaelriley6234
    @michaelriley6234 3 роки тому +1

    Great video!

  • @kmeadows
    @kmeadows 3 роки тому +1

    5:26 Jason Mamoa

  • @atheistpower5659
    @atheistpower5659 3 роки тому +2

    I say you got to watch the after prison show it`s a great UA-cam channel !

  • @eeveebean
    @eeveebean 3 роки тому +3

    I litterally was in Huntsville yesterday and asked my mom to go here and she said no. I almost met you

  • @hatandbeardmedia5925
    @hatandbeardmedia5925 3 роки тому +1

    8:54 - Looks like someone got inspired after reading about Ned Kelly.

  • @paulaward5346
    @paulaward5346 2 роки тому

    Hello from Tyler Texas!

  • @FrenkTheJoy
    @FrenkTheJoy 3 роки тому +2

    It makes sense that prison craftsmanship is good - I mean, what else are they gonna do? They have a lot of time to work on it. Plus I imagine there's a lot of really crappy prison artwork that just gets tossed.

  • @sarah-louiseadore9088
    @sarah-louiseadore9088 3 роки тому +1

    Yaaaay im here early for a change! Love these videos 🤩

  • @laurachapple6795
    @laurachapple6795 2 роки тому

    Prison art goes back a long way. There's an episode of the British show 'Time Team' where they investigate Normal Cross, a Napoleonic POW camp, and see some of the items the prisoners made out of bone. They're gorgeous.

  • @Dreamybloo101
    @Dreamybloo101 3 роки тому +1

    This is so cool and awesome

  • @ryanjojola1134
    @ryanjojola1134 3 роки тому

    I painted the bonnie and clyde ,with coffee, in the video top right corner when he showed the art.

  • @markdraskovics1962
    @markdraskovics1962 3 роки тому +1

    HEY, JACOB WOW
    This was a good Vlog I enjoyed it immensely
    ps, I did 3 years did not enjoy it

  • @siltedloan5378
    @siltedloan5378 3 роки тому +1

    What a coincidence, I'm in Huntsville too

  • @benburr677
    @benburr677 3 роки тому +1

    Miss you in San marcos dang. I live in kyle

  • @joswag1881
    @joswag1881 3 роки тому +2

    Hi Jacob. I get if you dont want to but im trying to get into vlogging and would love to see the setup you use.

  • @rosemariemckinley7326
    @rosemariemckinley7326 3 роки тому +2

    My son got 50 in Texas at 19. He has 19 years down in May.

  • @grimfan2109
    @grimfan2109 3 роки тому +3

    Make sure you go here next: The Cockroach Hall of Fame in Plano Tx and the West of the Pecos Museum in Pecos Tx.

    • @chuckoneill2023
      @chuckoneill2023 3 роки тому +1

      Sadly, it's closed.

    • @grimfan2109
      @grimfan2109 3 роки тому +1

      @@chuckoneill2023 no it isn't. I just looked it up.

    • @chuckoneill2023
      @chuckoneill2023 3 роки тому +1

      @@grimfan2109 According to the website of Plano Magazine, it closed when the owner retired. The article is from last month.

  • @socalRooster
    @socalRooster 3 роки тому +9

    You ask if you would let your baby sleep in a Bassinet carved buy a murder .how do we know our everyday Items we buy we’re not put together or made by murderers rapists ...

    • @alanissantana8048
      @alanissantana8048 3 роки тому +1

      From what I know, these “arts n crafts” made by inmates that are low level prisoners. Levels 3 n up (murders n Etc.) Don’t have the privilege to do things like that 💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️💁🏻‍♀️ don’t be so quick to assume.

  • @Lotion_consumer
    @Lotion_consumer 3 роки тому

    I live in Texas yet I have not been here yet sound fun might go check it out soon it’s a 3 day walk so off I go

  • @landonmckenna457
    @landonmckenna457 3 роки тому +2

    Hey Carpetbagger! I think you're amazzzing!!!! I love all your videos, you need to come to Canada more and maybe visit Canada's Wonderland. It's a pretty cool place! From one of your biggest fans, Missy.😄😄

  • @carlbaker7242
    @carlbaker7242 2 роки тому

    Iam just wandering did that " Prisnoply" have a go directly to jail card and a get out of Jail free card?

  • @kaseythekannibal
    @kaseythekannibal 3 роки тому +2

    I think the "telescope" was a nozzle for a hose.

  • @lisakay1619
    @lisakay1619 3 роки тому +1

    Hey hey from north houston!!