After a three-week break, our team of Carl Hunnell, Zac Hiser and Hayden Gray return to the Richland Source studio for episode No. 114 of your favorite weekly journey into audio/visual madness.
Blood Prison
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Mansfield’s Blood Prison is getting ready to welcome you — if you dare
MANSFIELD — The Ohio State Reformatory has housed thousands of prisoners. This fall, it will house a whole new crop of terrified visitors. The immersive haunted attraction will return to the historic Mansfield prison from Sept. 25 through Nov. 1, with more than 100 characters and a new look.
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Ho, ho, hell: OSR’s Blood Prison returns with two weekends of ‘Christmas Incarceration’
The 2025 Blood Prison Christmas Incarceration will be open Dec. 5-6 and 12-13 at the historic Ohio State Reformatory.
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Blood Prison: The ‘inmates’ are waiting at the historic Ohio State Reformatory
MANSFIELD — The inmates will be waiting for you Friday night inside the historic Ohio State Reformatory. That’s when a prison, once dubbed “Dracula’s Castle,” throws open its frightening doors for the 10th year of Blood Prison, one of the largest Halloween haunts in the Midwest.
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You better watch out, you better not cry … Krampus is coming to Blood Prison
MANSFIELD — Santa Claus gets all the positive PR this time of year. Krampus ain’t happy about it, either.
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News Man Weekly: Mansfield’s ARPA plans, a new NECIC leader and Blood Prison
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Posted inHalloween
Here are Ohio’s Top 24 haunted attractions
EDITOR’S NOTE: This story was originally authored by the Ohio.org staff and published at this site. COLUMBUS – This Halloween season, TourismOhio invites thrill-seekers and ghost enthusiasts to explore 24 haunted locations across the state. From eerie state parks to historically haunted hotels, Ohio is brimming with paranormal hotspots waiting to be discovered.
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Step inside Blood Prison: Horror gets a high-tech upgrade at former Ohio State Reformatory
MANSFIELD — Vic Amesquita has been involved in the haunt business long enough to know one important thing. If you want to remain relevant in today’s competitive fright world, you must constantly be improving.
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Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival to return to Ohio State Reformatory in 2025
MANSFIELD –Another record-setting year with 75,000 fans attending three days of music, tattoos and haunted attractions has triggered the decision to bring back the Inkcarceration Music & Tattoo Festival to Mansfield in 2025. The growing event returns to the historic Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield for its seventh year July 18 to 20, 2025.
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Column: Celebrate ‘Shawshank’ while remembering the horrors of the real OSR
Images that come to mind when you think of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield likely depend largely on your age. Younger folks likely think of the characters of Red and Andy, Warden Norton and Capt. Hadley and the imaginative prison scenes from “The Shawshank Redemption.”