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- Is the old Ohio State Reformatory near Mansfield one of the scariest places on earth? In this weeks Heritage segment we find out. With the help of Haunted Ohio author Chris Woodyard, we learn about the history and mysteries of the old Reformatory. Then we foolishly take a midnight stroll in the belly of the beast. From Our Ohio show 103, produced in 2006.
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Was here from 1986 til it closed, rode out on one the last buses to warren, while there I seen a lot of the stories first hand most people are told, i operated and ran an office that was one of the most important, trusted as an inmate." Xerox machine, ", Xerox 1090, the grand dad" of all.. putting nearly 4 million copies in 4 plus years... Was there during the filming of Tango and Cash, and the transition into unit management, causing a riot/up rising there.
This joint was no joke back then, no hot water in the cells, no TV. Real cold in the winters, hot hot in Summer, and crazy most always, everyday. The rest is history,.. Today and with the Blessing of Ashland College there , I've been in business for myself, 28 years now, and survived life in " the castle, the Walls of OSR
Damn brother...
I think I remember you...
I was there with you
Can't say I know you personally but we were there during that same time period
My uncle was locked up in here from 71-73. Very violent man and god this looks like a hell hole
Fuck yo uncle 😂
WOW
It is a hell hole. I've walked the entire place. Dead Evil 😈 spirits can b felt
@@ladyanne8139I didn’t feel anything while I visited. Maybe it’s because God was protecting me throughout the visit?
I was an inmate here from 1978 to 1981. I wish I can say that it straightened me out... it didn't! I would return to prison 2-more times in my life (in Florida). I finally straightened my life out in 1994. Became a Christian, successful businessman and family man. Today... I'm 61-years old and haven't even had a traffic ticket in 25-years! I still have nightmares once a month or so , where I'm back in prison for something I didn't even do. During my years there, I never saw a ghost. But, we were so jammed in there, and there was so much tension and violence.... a Ghost wouldn't have the Balls to show up. Lol.
One day I would like to revisit Cleveland after 40-years, and come back to O.S.R. to clear the cow webs from my head!
Did two years there from 1980 to 1982.
Great story. So glad you are a Christian now and turned your life around. It is so sad that you don't hear about the good stories about anything.
It took me a bit to straighten up also. I wish I cld make the youths understand wats coming if the go down the wrong road. I heard someone say “ my worst day of freedom is better than my best day locked up “. (Chad Marks :blood on the razor wire). U should check him out
I feel you Brother. I was there from 88-90. I just tried to explain it above, but words only diminish the hell that was Mansfield Ohio Reformatory.
Someone said that you had an olympics but there was only one sport not allowed what was or
My brother severed time there, he said it's one thing locked up in one small cells but another being locked up in one & knowing you are not alone. He slept during the day or not at all
Some of the violence, death & horror that occurred within this miserable pit is beyond your worst imagination. I have memories living nightmares, knowledge of things, as well as friends & family who also lived through so many of the darkest days & times that made this prison the hell it's so famous for.
I am obsessed with this place. We went the 3rd of July before going to see our relatives, and loved every second I was inside. I know it sounds sick and twisted, but I love history, and I love that this building and land has so many tales to tell. My father used to fish in the waters near the prison when he was a child, and chase small toads. If he would have only known then what was happening on the inside... would he have then?
I remember stories about the work house in Cincinnati
I do plan on going for a tour tomorrow to tour the East Cell Block and the Guard Tower! Can't Wait!
Was there from 1979 to 1982 ( 38 months ) Mansfield and the state of Ohio has nothing to be proud of . NOBODY should have to endure that kind of hell. It was far worse than the Shawshank movie. The things I saw, heard and protected myself from still give me bad dreams 40+ years later. I went in a stupid boy at 22 and came out a cold, hardened man at 25. I was only 150 lbs. at the time so I had to prove myself sometimes daily, sometimes hourly. It took me a long, long time to overcome what the hate factory had instilled in me.
I'm from Crestline and have always heard of Gates Brown being sent to the reformatory, it got him into his baseball career. It was a reformatory for young boys and men in the beginning.
I remember as a teenager in cleveland, i made sure I did NOT end up at mansfield reformatory or any reformatory! And I didn't! What a scary place for those who were housed there. Super scary place.
Ohio State former reformatory number.I was young that place set me stright.Its no joke what went on there .
Scott Archer
I can vouch for that as well..I have an R number.
115611. 1980 to 1982
R150-573 you never forget that.
I used to "hunt" this building and it is an absolutely amazing place. The architecture alone is so impressive. Some of my favorite memories!
I went here today and I didn't sense jack shit. Beautiful building though. Highly recommend visiting.
BishopHatto there ya' go!, honest review!
Did u do the daytime historical tour or did u do the over night ghost hunt? big difference.
I live in Mansfield Ohio two miles from.the prison
Clay Query WHOOPEE
I know a guy who did time there in the 70's. He said he remembered everything about it. He also did time in Arizona but doesn't remember to much about it. That tells you how imposing Mansfield is.
yep been here and there is definitely some spirits lurking here- I've experienced it myself.
Going tonight on the Haunted Prison Experience tour! Definitely stoked!!
I visited OSR about a week ago for their Home & Garden Show, and I toured the West and East Cell Block as well as Solitary Confinement, and it is creepy! When I was in the East Cell Block, I could hear tapping sound from the 3rd or 4th floor!
I was locked up there in 89 cell 45 4 northeast nasty place
1967-1970/ 72494
5 south east #18
This footage is the best I've seen of OSR, i did 4 yrs 7 months there. The lady talked about the 2 inmates in a cell in the hole(solidarity confinement) and of one killing the other; there is more to that story then mentioned, trust me. Then I saw the red painting of the hole, with the wording " capt. Stienider",I knew him when I was there, he was one not to fu" k with ...😮. Another thing , she mentioned not going there at dark or night; you couldn't get me in there at night neither. I've heard ,seen,and witnessed my share of screams from someone til their last breath; Erie happenings, that once were over in done, would silence the whole block thru out the night. It was kso mentioned, of inmates leaving there and being grateful for this experience in life.
I'm one of them, grateful for Ashland College (then), Ashland University today.
I left there on one of last bus loads out when it closed. Remember the "he'll yeas'" when the bus cleared thru the back gate(walls) leaving that place behide. Another mentioned was the feeling of pulling up to that place and entering thru the front door, when I stepped out of the van, you could hear the thousands of voices inside, so sounding like a nest of hornets, best to describe it.
I plan to go there this summer on a self guided tour with family and friends (day light), it would be hard getting me in there in the dark... Although, family and friends want me to go on a ghost tour as well, don't think that will happen.
I have many stories of being in this place, the movie "Tango and Cash" was also filmed at OSR, I was there then.
All and all,, this joint was no joke peeps... although once I got to the West Block, it was a lot better then the East Block. Nothing you could do "but do it", i had 5 years actual time, before even thinking of going home.
The rest is history; thanks to Ashland College and their program inside these walls, today, I am on my 30th year of my( self employment ) business (started 1993) left the OSR prison sentence in 1991...
Going tomorrow... should be interesting...
I did a year here back in 89..Place was horrible..Not proud of that segment of my life for sure.
Wow, was it as scary as today?
Were you in the East cell block or the West cell block
# Guiltless did you see Andy Dufrense?
I was on 6NE Brother in 88-90... Can't describe it to anyone who was never there.
@@robertanthony3239 were you locked down during day too or just at night in your cell?
Went here last week during the day and there a couple of places that felt very creepy but as far as seeing, feeling, or hearing any ghosts ......nothing
Anywhere there has been human suffering and deprivation-- a film, a pallor hangs in the atmosphere forever.
The mere raw energy of desperation, fear, bitterness, hopelessness, despair, and anger remains long after the doors closed. You cannot run a torture chamber for 100 years and not expect the spirit of those men to somehow cling to the walls like spray paint.. Haunted, maybe not. Embedded with the negative energy of 150,000 men, absolutely.....
I believe this to be accurate entirely. People create atmospheres with their actions, and even thoughts. Whether or not severe things like this can linger for a hundred years or so, though, Im unsure of.
Vicktoria, you are 100 right, and i know from first hand experience...
Very well said. If those are your words, you are an excellent writer.
@@markuspritsch5933 I did. I had forgotten I said this.
I was in a lot of pain. My son's in year 5 of 15-life in Ohio.
-Victoria
The idea that their "anguish or despair rubs off on the walls and could transfer to another person" is utter nonsense.
It's the feeling of despair and doom of the building itself. The cells that go very high just means in winter you're freezing and in summer burning also shows the terrible feelings.
actually, if your cell was on 6 floor, you burnt up year around. on the first floor, you froze in the winter.there were always a lot of broken windows. And the lady that said people came back to thank them for being there? I cant imagine any one doing that. Not ever. if there ever was a hell on earth ,that was it. For us that done time there, we would prefer if it were blown off the face of the earth.
The idea of paranormality is utter nonsense. Includes religions.
@@agnostic8507 that’s what I thought until I experienced it first hand, doesn’t mean I’m degrading ur opinion, everyone is entitled to that.
@@agnostic8507 Fact.
great place to visit just did a tour today very interesting brought home a few paint chips lol
I'm going to visit it later tonight! Me and a bunch of friends get to spend the entire night there tonight! I'm so excited and nervous!
I did, they done an overnight tour where they let you stay in the building from dusk until dawn. It was an amazing experience; lots of walking!
Clarissa Michelle hey im just starting out as a haunted explorer im going to do video with a paranormal investigator in ohio how can me and him get permission to be there or is it a fee. and who do i contact
Ending was funny as heck
Legend says that the inmate James Lockhart burned himself in cell block because he couldn't stand the 1-15 year sentence in this maximum prison.
Its not legend. It is true. He stole turpentine and lit himself on fire. His cell neighborn in 14 started seeing flames coming into his cell so he started screaming and throwing water from the sink. That is when the guards came.
My Uncle was the one one to be shipped out before it closed in 1990
A lot more intimidating looking than Alcatraz. 19th century prisons are 1 of a kind.
Just stayed the night on Sat. I have went through it several times. Have some very interesting finds..:)
Ive been there after dark twice and never felt any ghost bullshit
Did 3 Years at OSR when I First Arrived it looked like Dracula's Castle.
im going there on friday and i am scared to death!
Had one encounter, in solitary, a few years ago.
I was there back in the early too mid 80s, I’m a 135 grand.
I came from Hamilton. County (Cincy)
I remember Captain Schneider, he’d stand over everyone in the chow hall n was the one too yell n tell us too get up n dump our plates n go.
I got out in 1986 n turn 60 April 7th of 2024 n will never forget my experience there at the age of 22 when I got there n the rumors I heard about that place.
I was a 111 grand
The "Ghost woman" is full of it! Oh I don't want to touch anything and bring it with me.. What a freak. I have been in there right after they moved everyone out in 90, that plce is fine.
The ghost is just the crippled Boggs.
I Just Got Home From There About An Hour Ago!!
Creepy!
I all ways see this reformatory when I drive it's cool
R-108459 1979
R142-340. 1987
6-2 205 pounds. 1985
Great place to go! I didn't even know people thought it was haunted. Just goes to show you bring your own biases with you. If you expect it to be haunted, then youll probably "experience" something paranormal.
ummmmm, with this place, and West Virginia Pentintentary, and any other old prisons that inmates died at would be technically haunted..... 😒
Jason's Journeys only if you believe in that kind of garbage...
Going tomorrow!
People died there
I was there from 1982-1985. The commissary store was on the end not 1st floor east block & at night depending on where your cell was at you could see the rats playing around chasing one another.
We're you locked down just at night or during the day too? This place intrigues me how it operated
@@bobbymiller5297 we had jobs,so we went to work from 8am-330pm Monday thru Friday. I the cells all night until breakfast time & Saturday & Sunday I the cells all day except for meals. If you didn't work,you were in that cell for 23hrs a day. I made about 18$ a month. I worked in the quartermaster. We issued new inmates their clothes.
@@johnjones9642 thank you so much! That's soo interesting to me. I've been there a few times and I'm so intrigued how it operated. Like how small the cells were and stuff. I'm so interested to learning about it.
Was it true you could only shower once a week? Also did they only let one floor out cells at a time or each block at once for meals etc?
It depended on your status & where you worked on how many showers you took. With my job we were able to shower every day after work. Some every other, some twice a week. But everyone had to shower on Saturday. That's the main one day a week thing.
They had to let so many out at a time for meals etc. For one control. & Two, the chow hall would only hold so many at a time. That's the last thing you would want as a gaurd is 5000 inmates out at once. The cells were initially made for one person but as time went on they bolted a second bunk in the cell to house two. There was some cells in the west block that could sleep 4 people. Crazy crazy!
I might go there tonight
I was just at this place about a week ago it was awesome I want to go again :D
Dude seriously 😒
The Shawshank Redemption brought me here.
Good thing I’m not close to there
Is it haunted
i live 2 hours away from here :D
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Watching this from Mansfield in England!
Nobody cares
The Shawshank Redemption was shot here?
I really want to be a tour guide here or volunteer cause I hope something ghosty will happen it would be awesome
This place is hounted
When did it stop bein' a "juvy-like" place?
went there yesterday, i took many pictures and i saw in one of the pictures a female in a pink dress or shirt. someone told me it looked like the wardens daughter (i dont think he had any) and then i heard it looked like the wardens wife..
I been there in 72 and 73
I live in Mansfield and I'm going there for 8th grade field trip
sylvester stalone went there not that long ago for a movie filming. we bought a shit ton of props after they left lmao
I do believe Goddsmack did one there too. Maybe, someday, a real artist will film a video there.
When the bus pulls up to most prisons , the bus go around the back , threw a few fences to let arriving prisoners off the bus * Not at OSR ..... Front door service to all new inmates ..... #R153 * the place looked like hells kitchen the moment I stepped through the door , The inmates already doing time there looked worse , I rode in with 47 other guys who felt that same smell of death ...... For me , it wasn't the inmates , because of the late year I got there 1989 , though 40 , 50 , 60 , 70 & early 80 , was a death trap of rapes , drugs , gangs , police complaints .... Remembering , when a inmate killed his girlfriend on a visit , because she didn't bring drugs , I was doing short time ..... But , the building itself is what got my attention, so old , hand crankshaft to close doors , no windows , police killings ,inmates killings , inmates robberies , how about hearing ,listening to 600 inmates talking at one time , boys fighting over boys ..... the place was nuts .....but , outta all the crazy stories of anybody can tell about OSR * you was going to be a man or somebody's @#$%# ..... to the date of closing .
Was there with ya...A220...left on the bus for the new one - ManCI. 18 yrs - life. Everthing you say is true!
Saw no ghosts but that place still gives me nightmares!
Real mf talk
These young cats today couldn't survive in that spot for 24hours...lol
And that's Real Talk 💯
I got an interior msg. Sat AM EARLY.. TERROR. HORROR. Next, I found out what happened.. please believe me.
54cells long 6stascks cages high I think it still is a record
The East Block was the largest free standing cell block in the world
That idea sure went to hell
Just spent last weekend there - it was awesome! They turn off all the lights at 10 pm and it is pretty creepy. The Shawshank spos are super cool.
For a tour
Anyone in 2019
2020
My dads a truck driver and he told me that they would put the prisoners on chains and they had to help with getting the food out of the truck
i never saw that. they brought the trucks in side the walls and unloaded them at the dinning hall. no need for chains.
I was there from 87-90 and I never saw that. Most of the trucks came in from the honor farm called J dorm. Inmate drivers
@@MrBdblu did they lock everyone down all day in cells or just at night?
I saw 2 ghosts on here
I worked there as well. :) It was a beautiful experience. I would do anything to go back.
going there for the haunted prison thing on saturday!!! hell yes!
I went their about 2 weeks ago it was awesome and I even took a break from walking by sitting on the bottom bunk in a cell. I've done time in 2 prisons and I felt oddly comfortable in the Ohio Reformatory. I want to stay the night their now. 😂
i wonder if there is a hole in the wall in cell 245
there were no such cell. highest number went to 49. each tear and range started out at 1-49.- on the east block that is. west block had fewer but larger cells.
Me and my family went here my grandma lives in Lexington like 15 miles away from here
old shawshank is rotten away
I went there yesterday
did you see any ghost there?
Nite Shyamalan the most important question of course
16 miles away ha
so how did you are an escape
Anyone in 2020 I live about an hour and a half from the city that this old prison is in go Ohio
Heck nah that place is hounted
people spending the night here? qwhite interesting.
I’ve been to jail before
IN THESE WALLLS , UP THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE TO THE RIGHT RANGE OF ( 6 SOUTH EAST ) 6 IS TOP RANGE UP THAT STEEEL STAIRCASE, YOU ALK DOWN AROUND TO THE RIGHT PAST THE ( LEVER ) which controls ALL THE CELL DOORS or Per cell, as needed , IM GUIDING YOU DOWN THAT RANGE TO WHERE THERE IS ONLY 1 CELL WITHOUT A DOOR , check the records as to why that dooor was removed , EVEN NOW IF YOU VISIT, ITS HOW YOU CARRY YOURSELF & YOUR ENTENTIONS FOR THE VISIT, I SAY DO NOT , I REPEAT, DO NOT POKE FUN OR DISRSPECT , JOKE ( ON EACH OTHER ) ONLY IN FUN DONT GET PERSONAL CALL PPL COWARDS, CAUSE IF YOU DONT THINK THE DEVIL DIDNT HAVE A SET OF ROOMS HERE AS A VACATION SPOT, WHY DO YOU THINK THE PLACE HAS ITS OWN GRAVE YARD, research the removale of the cell door,
I got u Kat. imma try and come get u. :p ur bestie John
i dont believe in ghosts only demons
Huber heights woo!!! okay so i looked at their web sites and you can buy out a lock-down at a cheap price!
its like 75 dollars per person and you get it until 5 am. how awesome!!
here's the catch..you have to be 21 -_-
@nWoFaction im in huber ^^
lil wayne shot the "go dj" music video in this "abondoned" prison true story!!
Who's "lil wayne" 😂
Our women's prison ewwww
That's Marysville. lol...had a few friends do time in there. 😆
I done time there.nothing uplifting about that place.
I guessed correctly when recognized the building as being featured in "The Shawshank Redemption." I'm patting myself on the back for that. I have a good eye.
One of the female authors in this video (Chris Woodyard) says that she didn't want to touch anything or take anything (the despair and anguish that inmates might have felt) with her. She didn't want to be touched by anything.
Technically, Chris is being touched even through the soles of her shoes, if she believes in the transfer of such energies. By that logic, she is a hypocrite. If she really didn't want anything transferred into her, she'd need to acquire serious telekinetic skills.
i was a inmate at osr in 1967 thru 1970. it was one mean,violent place. i was in east block, then west block. i maxed out in april 1970.1st went there in jan.67/ wasreleased in april 1970. it was a prison 4 people who had been thru the oh.youth comm.numerous times. i rem. my number after all these yrs.
billy swain
I suppose it was an experience that was hard to forget. I can only imagine. I imagine it's easier to be a woman in prison than a man in prison.
Fabiana Hidalgo / it was def. an exp. it was actually worse than osp in columbus. osr had a lot of jds/ inmates that would max out when they turned 21.they were the most violent, had nothing to lose. short of killing another inmate,nothing could be done to them. on their 21st bd, they walked .
i remember you
Yep, i was a JD. But JDs had to be crazy just to make it in there
i am here after Shawshank Redemption
You have to watch out for RAPE GHOST in that place!
Haunted?
Going tonight!!!CANT wAIT!!!! 😁😬😬😬✌️😬😬😬😬
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