Vic Amesquita
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You better watch out, you better not cry … Krampus is coming to Blood Prison

by Carl Hunnell

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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News Man Weekly: Facebook was wrong, drones in the sky & karate expert Reneta Music

by Carl Hunnell

MANSFIELD — The 15th episode of the free News Man Weekly Podcast has dropped. In this week’s edition, Richland Source City Editor Carl Hunnell is joined by Reneta Music of the Music Academy of Karate and Empowerment in downtown Mansfield. Music, a long-time local karate instructor, is the founder/owner/executive director and chief hanshi at the […]

Posted inHalloween

Step inside Blood Prison: Horror gets a high-tech upgrade at former Ohio State Reformatory

by Carl Hunnell

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. “Working to stay in the top echelon of haunts …. that’s the challenge …. and that’s what makes it fun because […]

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