MANSFIELD — Santa Claus gets all the positive PR this time of year. Krampus ain’t happy about it, either. The horned anthropomorphic figure accompanied St. Nicholas in nocturnal visits to children, according to European Alpine folklore. Saint Nicholas rewarded well-behaved children with small gifts. Krampus punished badly behaved ones with birch rods, perhaps scaring them […]
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Ho, ho, hell! Blood Prison Christmas Incarceration haunt opens Dec. 8 & 9
MANSFIELD — Don’t get mad at Vic Amesquita for injecting a little fear into your holiday season. The owner of Blood Prison at the former Ohio State Reformatory on Mansfield’s north side is simply applying a bit of terrifying history into the mix of yule logs, candy canes and eggnog. And hopefully scaring the reindeer excrement […]