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Last July while passing through Deer Lodge on our way home from Yellowstone and the Tetons, we had a choice; visit The Old Montana Prison or tour the Grant-Kohrs Ranch.
We opted for cowboys and cattlemen,
The Grant-Kohrs Ranch House in Deer Lodge, Montana
instead of touring the haunted prison.
The Old Montana Prison in Deer Lodge, Montana. I cropped this one a bit. It had too much of the street.
Now, I wish we would have gone to both. I‘m wondering if the crew of “Ghost Lab” was filming paranormal activity at the prison while we were at a motel across the street.
E at the motel playground.
Deer Lodge is a very small town out in the middle of nowhere, and there isn't much choice in lodging. This place was nothing fancy, but it was clean and the proprietor was nice. Sometimes we hit the jackpot and sometimes we hit the Jade.
Tonight, “Ghost Lab”, a Discovery Science Channel show is featuring the Old Montana Prison in one of its episodes. The episode is titled “No Escape” and will air on the Science Channel at 8 p.m., 11 p. m. and again on Friday at 3 in the morning (these times are Eastern, so be sure to adjust for your time zone. Here in Kalispell, we are in Mountain Time which is 2 hours later than Eastern). If you miss the show tonight and aren’t at Midnight Mass on December 24, you can catch "No Escape" on the Discovery Channel at midnight. It might be cool to see some other haunting on Christmas Eve besides those of Marley.
According to Julia Brewer, the prison director, she has been doing some research on her own about the prison for the last 10 years. She notes everything from whispers and footsteps, to flying objects and feelings of dread. The crew of “Ghost Lab” hasn’t revealed what spooky phenomenon will air on the show, but Barry Klinge, one of the show’s hosts said in an online chat that the haunted prison is a favorite.
It’s beautiful around Deer Lodge,
View from Grant-Kohrs Ranch
and you won’t go wrong by visiting either the Old Montana Prison or the Grant-Kohrs Ranch. And even if you don’t need to go potty while you're traveling, stop at the rest stop on I-90 south of Deer Lodge. It’s the snazziest one I’ve ever seen. I wish I would have had my camera in there and taken some pictures. But I would have looked really weird.
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