{"id":937,"date":"2020-12-25T20:00:53","date_gmt":"2020-12-26T00:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=937"},"modified":"2022-05-13T17:57:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T21:57:24","slug":"brushy-mountains-prodigal-son","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/?p=937","title":{"rendered":"Brushy Mountain&#8217;s Prodigal Son"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_941\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-941\" src=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brushy_Mountain_State_Prison-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-941\" srcset=\"https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brushy_Mountain_State_Prison-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brushy_Mountain_State_Prison-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brushy_Mountain_State_Prison-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brushy_Mountain_State_Prison-1536x1152.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/storiesofappalachia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/Brushy_Mountain_State_Prison.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-941\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Brushy Mountain State Prison, Petros, Tennessee<\/p><\/div>\n<p>An attempted robbery of a Johnson City, Tennessee, laundry in 1930 eventually led to a stint in Brushy Mountain State Penitentiary, a prisoners strike and an escape for the robber.\u00a0 Two years later, this man walked into a police station a thousand miles away and surrendered to authorities, who had no idea he was a wanted man.\u00a0 Today we tell that story.<\/p>\n<p>You can subscribe to the Stories podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Amazon Music, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, RadioPublic, IHeart Radio, TuneIn and more.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks for listening and for sharing our stories with your friends.<\/p>\n<p>(Photo by Michael Hodge from Wartburg, Tennessee, USA &#8211; 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