The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society Inc. purchased property at 200 Distribution Drive from Engwiller Properties LLC for $1 million.

Originally a place of rehabilitation, the reformatory later became a maximum security prison before closing in 1990. The Mansfield Reformatory Preservation Society bought the building for $1 and has ...

In 2025, Destination Mansfield-Richland County chose to be more economical by focusing on social media. "It paid off," he ...

“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 ...

A chilling visit inside Ohio’s most haunted prison, where history, mystery, and nerve testing ghost tours collide.

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 ...

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 ...

Snavely, who estimates she has seen the movie nearly 50 times, believes it’s popular because its themes are so universal. “It’s a movie about hope and friendship. It resonates with people,” she said. ...

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 ...