WVPen Tours
decommissioned prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S.www.wvpentours.com
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Nov 2, 2026
HeatherHOST
Have you ever been there before? You know, I honestly have never been on any old prison tour.
HeatherHOST
I've been by the West Virginia Penitentiary, but never inside.
HeatherHOST
So...
HeatherHOST
Of course, I don't ever go anywhere.
Nikki RichHOST
The sheriff was warned, and Edward was moved to safety.
Nikki RichHOST
Eventually, he was sent to the West Virginia Penitentiary, and he died there in 1900.
Nikki RichHOST
But Mary Jane's story didn't die with him, because there was something about this particular murder that people couldn't forget.
Nikki RichHOST
A young woman had been buried.
John HagedornHOST
And life in prison didn't go well for Shue.
John HagedornHOST
He died three years later at the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville.
John HagedornHOST
Zona was apparently able to rest in peace, for her ghost was never seen again.
John HagedornHOST
An historical marker stands today in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, and it reads this way.
Tony BrueskiHOST
The jurors recommended imprisonment rather than execution, which meant Hsu would spend the rest of his natural life in the penitentiary.
Tony BrueskiHOST
He was sent to the West Virginia State Prison at Moundsville and died there in 1900.
Tony BrueskiHOST
Zona Heaster Shue remained buried in Greenbrier County.
Tony BrueskiHOST
And this is where the documented murder case became something more.
Tony BruschiHOST
The jurors recommended imprisonment rather than execution, which meant Hsu would spend the rest of his natural life in the penitentiary.
Tony BruschiHOST
He was sent to the West Virginia State Prison at Moundsville and died there in 1900.
Tony BruschiHOST
Zona Heaster Shue remained buried in Greenbrier County.
Tony BruschiHOST
And this is where the documented murder case became something more.
Samantha FeyHOST
Oh, I got to be honest, if that happened to me, I would move so far so fast.
Samantha FeyHOST
They've also been reported near West Virginia's haunted Moundsville State Penitentiary and in Round Rock, Texas, which many say is also home to Bigfoot.
Samantha FeyHOST
They're said to attack with tiny little knives and arrows.
Samantha FeyHOST
They're known to push people off cliffs, disappear at will, and shapeshift into animals.
Jerry PaulleyHOST
It's in Moundsville, West Virginia.
Jerry PaulleyHOST
It's the West Virginia State Penitentiary.
Jerry PaulleyHOST
So we'll get into that shortly.
Jerry PaulleyHOST
First, as always, we want to thank all of our military and civil servants all over the world, no matter which country you represent.
Tracy PaulleyHOST
Man, we are busy.
Jerry PaulleyHOST
So I'll get you details as soon as we know that.
Jerry PaulleyHOST
Let's jump into the story of the West Virginia State Penitentiary, which is in Moundsville, West Virginia, which is why some people will call this the Moundsville Penitentiary.
Jerry PaulleyHOST
Moundsville itself got its name from all of the Native American burial mounds that are there.
Trevor CollinsHOST
Yes, they have.
Trevor CollinsHOST
And this is our third one this year, task force, so if you're looking at the other two, we did the Black Swan Inn, we did Moundsville Penitentiary in West Virginia.
Trevor CollinsHOST
Fredo's referring to Yorktown.
Trevor CollinsHOST
He's referring to USS Hornet over in, near SF.
MattHOST
But because the defense brought up this wild story, the trial became forever associated with the supernatural, and that connection would make the case famous.
MattHOST
So he was sent to the western, uh, West Virginia State Penitentiary, and he never returned to ordinary life.
MattHOST
According to the West Virginia Encyclopedia, remember those, encyclopedias?
MegHOST
Mm-hmm.
Sandra GorielloHOST
So I'm going to leave that part out.
Sandra GorielloHOST
So Edward gets sent to the West Virginia State Penitentiary in Moundsville, which, fun fact, is now famous for being haunted.
Sandra GorielloHOST
Apparently people literally do ghost tours there.
Sandra GorielloHOST
And he dies there in March 1900, about three years into his sentence.
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