Episode 85: The Ohio State Reformatory

Jay walks us through the hauntings of The Ohio State Reformatory.

1. Built in 1886 in Mansfield, OH. (Featured as the prison in “The Shawshank Redemption”!)

2. Built on the site of a Civil War camp ravaged by disease. (Mhm.)

3. 154,000 inmates who passed through its gates in its 94 years as a working prison. (The building closed in 1990 via federal court order!)

4. Along with the possibility of being tortured, the inmates were also subjected to extreme violence from other inmates, horrific food, rat infestation, and infectious diseases. (Terrible. Terrible. Terrible!)

5. At its fullest, the prison hosted a thousand more prisoners than it was designed to hold in "brutalizing and inhumane conditions." (Join us for the horrible mistreatment of human beings, BUT – stick around for the Ghosts!)

Sweet Dreams. XoxoZzzzzz.