What Prison Was Like Throughout History | Compilation

Weird History August 22, 2025
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Welcome to the chronicles of history that was never covered in high school. This is for the extreme, the unexpected, the untold and the flat-out weird parts of history. Because as weird as people seem today, we don't hold a candle to history.

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Prisons are meant to keep the bad guys locked up. But sometimes even our most beloved celebrities have been locked up. And SOME prisons through history have been so scary they inspire horror stories! Come take a trip with us as we look at all things prisons - the most infamous prisons in history, Female prison ships, what its like to be in solitary, and even what people experience on Death Row. Oh, hey, you will even find out what it was like to be a prison guard at Alcatraz! Enjoy! Be sure to subscribe to the Weird History Newsletter: https://bit.ly/WeirdHistoryNews Chapters 00:00:00 - What It Was Like To Be Held On The Most Dangerous Island Prison Colony In History 00:10:15 - What It Was Like to Be a Civil War Prisoner 00:20:28 - What It Was Like To Be A Prison Guard at Alcatraz 00:31:03 - What It's Like to Live on Death Row 00:40:48 - What Being a Prisoner In the Tower of London Was Like 00:49:36 - The Lady Juliana | The 18th-Century All-Women Prison Ship 00:59:26 - The Scariest Prisons in History 01:11:09 - What It's Like To Be In Solitary Confinement 01:22:23 - What It Was Like To Be An Inmate At Alcatraz #prison #compilation #weirdhistory

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