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

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 ...

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 ...

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.

“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 ...

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. ...

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

CLEVELAND — Editor's note: Video at the top of this story showcases video from Bloodview Haunted House from a previous Halloween season. Are you brave enough to step inside the infamously eerie ...

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 ...