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Episode: Edward

December 3, 2018

Mitchum & Edward were inseparable as kids, and got into all sorts of adventures together. Mitchum tells stories about his childhood friend, including the time they tried to outrun a train!

“So we’re crossing the river, on the railroad tracks. Our timing was off. Here comes a train.”

  • Floyd County Fair, Rome, GA 1950s
  • Poster of Davy Crockett King of the Wild Frontier film
  • Taken at the Coosa Valley Fair – Left to Right: Lamar Locklear, Frankie Gentry (Edward’s brother), and a kid who would bring cattle to the fair from Cartersville
  • Edward Gentry’s obituary Feb 2000

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Episode: Reidsville Prison Pt 2

November 26, 2018

Mitchum talks about his time in Reidsville Prison. In part 2 he tells stories about surviving in the worst prison in the country while waiting for his appeal, and how he was forced to confront his worst fears behind bars.

“There’s four snakes I’m afraid of: big ones, little ones, dead ones, and live ones. And they were all in that canal.”

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Episode: Reidsville Prison Pt 1

November 19, 2018

Reidsville, one of the most notorious and dangerous prisons in the country. Mitchum talks about how he ended up there, and what his life was like behind bars, while waiting to appeal his wrongful conviction.

“We got there and I looked over to the right and there was a guy down on his knees. He had a bottom bunk. And he was like in a praying position probably. Is the guy praying? I didn’t know. Hell he was dying. I hadn’t been in there 30 minutes ’til he died right there. I mean they brought the stretcher, carried the man out. Dead.”

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Movie ‘The Longest Yard’ starring Burt Reynolds filmed at Reidsville Prison just before Mitchum was sent there. Here’s the trailer:

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