The Ohio State Reformatory is a former prison in Mansfield, Ohio. It is currently open for tours, ghost hunts, and a Halloween haunted house. The prison is no longer a functioning prison, but behind it are 2 working prisons, 1 minimum security and a maximum security prison. The prison was originally used as a place to send boys who committed minor crimes. It then became a maximum security prison that housed some very dangerous criminals.
The Hollywood Ghost Hunters were founded because of this prison. According to Rick McCullum, he and Kane Hodder were doing a movie shooting, and they decided to go do an investigation. At one point, Kane starts chasing an entity, and Rick realizes he found a partner, and they formed the Hollywood Ghost Hunters.
It was also used as the prison for the popular movie, Shawshank Redemption.
The movie Air Force one was also filmed here.
Godsmack Filmed The song "Wake" at OSR. (Ohio State Reformatory)
Lil Wayne filmed his video for "Go DJ at the prison
WWE did a photo shoot there with WWE superstar Triple H
The Prison was also in the movie Tango and Cash for various scenes
The movie Fallen Angels was almost entirely filmed here.