The Pauly Jail Union Springs, AL

The History of the Pauly Jail
The Pauly Jail offered APRT a unique opportunity to get a glimpse inside one of the states oldest standing
jails. The building is a classic Gothic structure complete with witch hat caps at the corners. The jail was active
until the 1970's and also used in the filming of the movie "Heaven's Fall" The actual history of the building tells
of the prohibition era and the law men who helped to remove active moon shine stills in the area. Many of the
stills collected are still located in the old jail. Copper tubbing, tubs, and thumpers line the walls and old pictures
of law men hang in the Deputies quarters of the jail. An interesting feature of the old jail is the trap door located
on the second floor. Used for hanging prisoners in plain site of other inmates. It's a gruesome part of the Pauly
Jail history. Still in working order a lever is pulled that releases a trap door below a hanging inmate strung up in
a noose fixed to an eye hook still in the ceiling. It's rare to see such contraptions in such great condition much
less in working order. If you are ever lucky enough to get a tour of the old jail be sure and ask for a
demonstration of the trap door.

Union Springs, Alabama is a small location but packed with history. Our reporter for the night Jovani Fox of the
Union Springs Herald informed me that in the days of slavery that all the town's businesses would close early
on Thursday's so that slave owners could buy, sale, and trade slaves. Even today several of the town's
businesses still close at 12 on Thursday's. This tiny southern town stuck in time still offers a look at what life
was like in the days before the Emancipation proclamation. In the days of farmers and wagons. Pictures line
the wall of the Bullock County Courthouse of buildings still standing in the middle of town. A large mural also
depicts the town's history and accomplishment. The town's cemeteries are packed to the brim with
confederate soldiers and monuments set within them to document these fallen men.

Investigation of the Pauly Jail

The Alabama Paranormal Research Team set straight away to work on the old jail. Setting up audio on all
floors, Wearing our own body worn audio with microphones. Set up our surveillance system and ran all
cameras to every floor. Used our night vision cameras and checked for any form of EMF in the building. During
the investigation we did not have much activity outside of a few personal experiences. Most of the activity
seemed to be focused on the floors we were not present. Thumps and bangs associated with old metal
buildings and expansion of metal do to temperature change was ruled the culprit and no additional evidence
was collected from this case.

Audio Evidence

None at this time

Photo and Video Evidence

None at this time

Non Paranormal photos and information

Pauly Jail

Union Springs, AL

The trap door located on the second floor is a grim reminder of the reality of death here at the Pauly Jail. While there is no record of
hanging at the Pauly Jail it's still a eerie feeling to walk over the door and look up to see the eye hook were the noose would have hung.