Cemetery Tales
San Quentin Rehabilitation Center, Folsom State Prison and Preston School of Industry in Ione each have a cemetery where incarcerated people are buried, marked only with their numbers. Using state records and published newspaper accounts, Inside CDCR is unlocking stories of those buried in the prison cemeteries. In early 1958, a change in policy ended the practice of burying people at state prisons.
Our fourth Cemetery Tales looks at farmer-turned-double-murderer George Biggs and Judah Benjamin, a self-proclaimed king. Both men ended up in...
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In our third installment of this year’s Cemetery Tales, we take a closer look at two men who died a...
Read More About Cemetery Tales: Strange, Noyer buried a century ago
Two cooks, incarcerated at different times and institutions, are the subjects of the second installment of this month’s Cemetery Tales....
A swindling dentist and a deadly feud between neighbors are the first featured stories in this month’s Cemetery Tales series....
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For October 2023’s final Cemetery Tales, we unrolled the list and dropped to the last names of those buried at...
An unanswered complaint about food quality ended with the shooting death of a hospital superintendent in 1916. The man responsible...
A man linked to 11 disappearances or deaths, but only convicted of forgery, leads us to the strange tale of...
This week's Cemetery Tales features two men, incarcerated 30 years apart, who ended up in the San Quentin and Folsom...
The latest in our Cemetery Tales series began as a bit of a mystery for longtime San Quentin Museum volunteer...
As part of the Cemetery Tales series, Inside CDCR takes a closer look at the stories behind two grave markers...