The Walls Unit

Texas · United States · Haunted site

The original death row, on the ground floor of the south building, has not been used since the 1950s. One Halloween a supervisor left a voice activated.

The Walls Unit at Huntsville is the oldest prison in Texas and it is where the state carries out its executions.

The accounts come from the original death row, on the ground floor of the south building, unused since the 1950s, from the east building, and from the catwalk that connects the two.

One Halloween a correctional supervisor put a voice activated tape recorder on the abandoned row and left it running.

What he found on it is the account.

The context is not folklore. Texas has executed more people than any other state by a very wide margin, and it does it in this building. The men held on that first death row died in the electric chair.

A prison officer testing a recorder is also an unusually careful witness for this collection.

The unit is an active prison and is closed to the public.

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Where is The Walls Unit located?

The Walls Unit is in Texas, United States.