Former OSR the setting for spookumentary

 

By LOU WHITMIRE • News Journal • August 13, 2008

 

MANSFIELD -- The Gothic architecture and imposing landscape have long made the Ohio State Reformatory a spooky setting.

 

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The Ohio State Reformatory, in Mansfield, has been the site of many Hollywood productions, the most famous being The Shawshank Redemption and Air Force One. The prison has been the site of several music videos, like Godsmack's "Awake" and Lil Wayne's "Go Dj". For more info, go to http://www.mrps.org/.

 

Prison museum sprouting at former reformatory

By LOU WHITMIRE • News Journal • September 26, 2009

 

MANSFIELD -- The Ohio Prison Museum, displaying historic artifacts from throughout the state's 32 prison institutions, will open in January inside the Ohio State Reformatory.

 

The museum will be operated by the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction in cooperation with the Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, the nonprofit group that operates the 100 Reformatory Road prison-turned-museum.

 

Ed Meehan, a volunteer with Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society, on Monday said the new museum will be on the first, second and third floors of the west administrative wing of the prison.

 

Meehan said prison wardens are already sending items. A curator from the state prison will set up the exhibits.

 

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The show airs tonight at 9 on the Travel Channel.

 

Do phantoms haunt the reformatory?

Travel Channel's 'Ghost Adventures' team explores Mansfield landmark tonight

By JAMI KINTON • News Journal • November 20, 2009

 

MANSFIELD -- Ever wondered if the Ohio State Reformatory is truly haunted?

 

Zac Bagans promises that after tonight, you'll be a believer.

 

The host and lead investigator on the Travel Channel's "Ghost Adventures" said he and investigators Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin visited the Mansfield prison in June.

 

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