Paranormal Lockdown 3.5 "Cambria County Jail" Review

The Cambria County Jail located in Pennsylvania was used to house some of the worst criminals and also had a wing for female prisoners too.  When I saw this jail it reminded me of Old Geelong Goal in Australia, especially the style of the stairs being located in the middle.

There was also an Execution Wing where prisoners on Death Row would be locked up awaiting their hanging.  One such prisoner named Michael 'Smitty' Smith became legend when his cell was found empty on the morning he was to be executed in 1884.  Thus sparking off many questions and mysteries over where he vanished to.  Did he escape or did he reach a more sinister end.  Apparently he left a note for the Warden on his bed. The Jail also boasts a Dungeon in the basement which was accessed by a trap door in the Warden's room where prisoners were placed to suffer inhuman treatment by the guards.  Receiving some of the most harshest punishments they could mete out.  The jail was closed in 1999.

Nick and Katrina ventured here to investigate the hauntings and also to see what happened to Smitty.  They met with Darcy from the Corrections Service and he told them of Smitty.  As well as how he saw a man at the top of the Bullpen but when he approached him he vanished.  This was after lockdown when roll call ha already been taken and all the prisoners had been accounted for.  From the outset you could tell this was going to be an eventful investigation and thus far aired, one of the more interesting ones this season.

There were numerous orbs/light anomalies flying around here and also random noises, such as doors banging and footsteps.

Nick used the Geobox and received various voices coming through.  Such as when he asked what happened to Smitty?
Sure I heard "he left us."

Nick: "who just slammed the door shut?"
- "I did."
"Did you escape?"
"No."  Wonder if that was Smitty coming through.

Nick: "what floor are you on?"
"Seventh Tier."  I heard 7 too.  The "seventh tier" as Nick explained is what the levels were referred to as and the seventh tier was on the fourth floor.  Hearing more doors banging loudly.

Other voices heard were "Smitty."  "Smith."  "Smitty" and "I didn't run."  Of course this could be confirmation that he did not escape or was executed but met a more crueler fate than that at the hands of the guards or even the inmates.
They also heard "Dungeon"  which needed to be investigated since Nick and Katrina were the first ones to investigate here, thus the jail had remained devoid of any human presence for all these years.  Katrina also said how the guys, Nick and Rob were the only ones who were affected and she hadn't been at all.  Not even by any female prisoners still lingering here.

When Nick's name came through the first time you could clearly hear it even before Katrina repeated it; after Nick asks "what did you see?"
Nick chose to spend the first night on the catwalk where the presence of a large man has been seen.  Leaving the Geoport on to detect any voices.  He was awaken by noises and when he analyzed the recordings next day he caught: "the town ruled" and "money."  Which had an impact later on when they showed their findings to Darcy.

Nick's name comes through again as if he was drawn to that Dungeon and I tweeted if Nick was going to be brave enough to sleep there?  Well a bit of a rhetorical question on my part!!  Obviously.  In the Dungeon they heard noises again and growling, almost heard some deep breaths too.  Rob was attacked on the neck.

Nick decided to stay in the dungeon by himself and heard more growls as well as turning off his night vision to show how dark it was down there.

That's when he also said he saw a man pass him by after looking at him.  With a scruffy beard.
When examined there seemed to be some sort of a dark figure on screen, but it wasn't too clear.

This was the photo from Nick's camera and there does look like a bearded man there to the right in the light blue circle.

This is one I messed around with using their pic above and on the right light patch you can see a man's face. 

In the photo below you can see a man's face  in the blue circle.  This I got on 'pause' before it moves to the right where they showed it.

Was that a shadow on the left corner in the Dungeon. It moves when Nick and Katrina are to the right but it doesn't seem to be Rob.  See above pic. You have to see it in the moment when it moves.

When asked if it is getting attention a voice is heard to say "I did" again.    And Dungeon also comes through again.  As the sun was nearly rising they decided to get some sleep, with Katrina sleeping in Smitty's cell and Nick opting to sleep in the dungeon as I said.  Hmm, how come none of the guys went to the women's cells?!!  They heard noises and clear footsteps could be heard coming downstairs into the dungeon, causing Nick to wake a few times just as he was falling asleep.

Nick used the VFL: Video Feedback Looping which would help the spirits to communicate and using the projector to relay images on the wall and a figure appeared to be projected onto the wall
With Katrina taking photos with a vintage Polaroid camera, but don't think anything was caught in those.  I love those Polaroid's still have mine!

Katrina decided since they were getting more responses and activity when vulnerable and alone that they should split up.  Rob went into the cell where he was attacked, Katrina went to the other end and Nick stayed in the Dungeon where he saw the solid figure of the man previously.  Rob stating he heard "Nick" being said again.
Nick asks "why stay here?"  And the answer comes through "secure."
Rob hears "disappeared" in the cell.  Was this a reference to Smitty?
Nick asks if "they're angry"
- "we're stuck."
-"They beat us."
Nick" they beat you?"
-"Yes...that."
"Murdered."  Was that again a reference to Smitty?

The connection as they were told is that Smitty could well have been 'taken care of' by the guards since he killed a man from Johnstown and tied that with the voices Nick got of "the town ruled" and "money" there could be a connection here.  As he also mentioned the town was associated with corruption, which they didn't know about until now at the end.

This ep was labelled as 3.7 but shown here as 3.5.
Next ep Nick returns to Bobby Mackey!!  That should be an interesting ep!