Sometimes the best movies leave an indelible impression on popular culture. When Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) uttered the line: “I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy living or get ...

The 2025 Blood Prison Christmas Incarceration will be open Dec. 5-6 and 12-13 at the historic Ohio State Reformatory.

“Taking place in the Ohio State Reformatory, the state’s notoriously haunted prison, Blood Prison features encounters with the warden’s widow, brings you face to face with maniacal inmates and ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio — A friend texted me a flyer that shined a spotlight on an event Thursday night at the old Mansfield Reformatory. Now, why would anybody give two cents about what a prison had ...

There will be roughly 3,000 people "doing the hustle" Saturday, Aug. 10, running or walking in the 7K event. Two hundred of those people are virtual participants, said Brian Polen, race director.

MANSFIELD, Ohio (WCMH) — Made famous as the backdrop of the film “The Shawshank Redemption,” the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield is also known as one of America’s most haunted places. Now, ...

Discover the history of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield during a free program at 6 p.m. Aug. 27 at Mentor Public Library’s Main Branch, 8215 Mentor Ave. The reformatory was once the largest of ...

The iconic backdrop to the 1994 film “The Shawshank Redemption” has long been a popular historic site. However, the stories behind the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield rival the tale of Andy and ...

When Andy Dufresne crawled to freedom through “five hundred yards of shit-smelling foulness” in The Shawshank Redemption, it was the ultimate act of hope. As the story’s tagline has it, “Fear can hold ...

For more than 2,000 years, people have believed that late in each October, the veil between the living and the dead becomes more fragile, allowing passage between the two worlds. Mediums — those who ...