That Doesn't Happen Every Day

That Time They Made A Horror Movie In The Old Penitentiary

July 08, 2024 Larry Moore, Doug Hecox, Whitney Gore, Damon Haynes Season 3 Episode 12
That Time They Made A Horror Movie In The Old Penitentiary
That Doesn't Happen Every Day
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That Doesn't Happen Every Day
That Time They Made A Horror Movie In The Old Penitentiary
Jul 08, 2024 Season 3 Episode 12
Larry Moore, Doug Hecox, Whitney Gore, Damon Haynes

In 1987, a town known more for refinery workers and antelope herds saw a Hollywood production company arrive to make a horror movie in it old penitentiary. After finding out that the 300 real inmates the filmmakers were planning on using were not going to be available, railroad workers, accountants, and roughnecks showed up to be in Renny Harlin's film Prison about the ghost of a wrongfully executed prisoner seeking revenge. 

To learn how you can go on a tour of Wyoming's Frontier Prison click here.

Photo Courtsey of John Bramley

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In 1987, a town known more for refinery workers and antelope herds saw a Hollywood production company arrive to make a horror movie in it old penitentiary. After finding out that the 300 real inmates the filmmakers were planning on using were not going to be available, railroad workers, accountants, and roughnecks showed up to be in Renny Harlin's film Prison about the ghost of a wrongfully executed prisoner seeking revenge. 

To learn how you can go on a tour of Wyoming's Frontier Prison click here.

Photo Courtsey of John Bramley