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Built on the site of a Civil War camp ravaged by disease, the Ohio State Reformatory first opened in 1896 to reform young offenders but eventually grew to house the most dangerous criminals. By the time the Mansfield institution closed, the prison was hosting one thousand more prisoners than it was designed to hold in "brutalizing and inhumane conditions." Within the dark corridors made famous as the backdrop for The Shawshank Redemption, ghostly presences linger, from the dungeons of solitary confinement to the West Wing showers, where a bent pipe marks the place where a prisoner hanged himself. Venture behind the walls of this notorious prison with ghost tour guide Sherri Brake to discover the history and spirits that forever haunt these halls…if you dare.
About the Author
Sherri Brake is an author, lecturer and paranormal investigator. She owns the award winning "Haunted Heartland Tours" and has instructed classes on the paranormal while finding time to consult on a few paranormal television shows and lead yearly adventure tours to Ireland and Scotland. Sherri writes a monthly column in Two-Lane Livin' & Graffiti magazines, leads tours and ghosthunts in several states.
She is the author of; Haunted Stark County Ohio, The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory,The Haunted History of the West Virginia Penitentiary and Fireside Folklore of West Virginia. Vol I Vol II Vol III, the Ghosthunters Guide to the West Virginia Pen and the Haunted History of the Trans Allegheny Lunatic Asylum.
Sherri is a member of many historical & heritage societies and lives on a 100 acre farm in central West Virginia with her family. Their house is "slightly" haunted!
Visit her website at www.HauntedHistory.net
