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The Ohio State Reformatory

2011-06 Fiction
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Release : 2011-06
Genre : Fiction
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Book Synopsis The Ohio State Reformatory by : Joe James

Download or read book The Ohio State Reformatory written by Joe James. This book was released on 2011-06. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered what it is like to walk the halls of a dark and mysterious prison? Have you ever wanted to stand in places where inmates once walked in an attempt to try and get a sense of what it would be like to spend the majority of your life, or even a portion of your life behind bars? If so, you are holding one of the most amazing books that can take you into all of these situations. This book is about a prison that was built in the rolling hills of Mansfield, Ohio in the1800s on a pre-existing civil war training camp where approximately 150,000 inmates served time For The crimes they may or even may not have committed. it covers topics from before the prison was built, during the building process, and after its completion. This book will cover an inmates stay and what he could experience during his incarceration and how this prison operated as a "city within a city".

The Ohio State Reformatory

2016-04-04 True Crime
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Release : 2016-04-04
Genre : True Crime
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Book Synopsis The Ohio State Reformatory by : Nancy K. Darbey

Download or read book The Ohio State Reformatory written by Nancy K. Darbey. This book was released on 2016-04-04. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the state of Ohio, before 1884, most first-time offenders between the ages of 16 and 30 were housed in the Ohio Penitentiary, where they were likely to be influenced by hardened criminals. That changed when the Ohio Legislature approved the building of a reformatory, a new type of institution that would educate and train young, first-time offenders. Construction was halted three times due to lack of funding, but on September 17, 1896, the first 150 inmates were transferred to the new facility. Over the years, the reformatory expanded its training programs and became a self-sustaining institution—the largest of its kind in the United States. By 1970, the reformatory had become a maximum-security prison with a death row but no death chamber. It closed on December 31, 1990, but preservation and restoration efforts are ongoing. The reformatory has appeared in numerous television shows and feature films, including The Shawshank Redemption.

The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory

2010 History
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Release : 2010
Genre : History
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Book Rating : 351/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory by : Sherri Brake

Download or read book The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory written by Sherri Brake. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 a 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.

The Shawshank Experience

2016-11-11 Performing Arts
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Release : 2016-11-11
Genre : Performing Arts
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Book Rating : 657/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Shawshank Experience by : Maura Grady

Download or read book The Shawshank Experience written by Maura Grady. This book was released on 2016-11-11. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book features an in-depth analysis of the world’s most popular movie, The Shawshank Redemption, delving into issues such as: the significance of race in the film, its cinematic debt to earlier genres, the gothic influences at work in the movie, and the representation of Andy’s poster art as cross-gendered signifiers. In addition to exploring the film and novella from which it was adapted, this book also traces the history of the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio, which served as the film’s central location, and its relationship to the movie’s fictional Shawshank Prison. The last chapter examines why this film has remained both a popular and critical success, inspiring diverse fan bases on the Internet and the evolution of the Shawshank Trail, fourteen of the film’s actual site locations that have become a major tourist attraction in central Ohio.

The Mansfield Killings: A Novel Based on True Events

2012-10 Fiction
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Release : 2012-10
Genre : Fiction
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Book Rating : 132/5 ( reviews)

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Book Synopsis The Mansfield Killings: A Novel Based on True Events by : Scott Fields

Download or read book The Mansfield Killings: A Novel Based on True Events written by Scott Fields. This book was released on 2012-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE It was the worst two-week killing spree in Ohio's history. On the night of July 21, 1948, Robert Daniels and John West entered John and Nolena Niebel's house with loaded guns. They forced the family including the Niebel's 21-year-old daughter, Phyllis, into their car and drove them to a cornfield just off Fleming Falls Road in Mansfield. The two men instructed the Niebels to remove all of their clothing, and then Robert Daniels shot each of them in the head. The brutal murders caught national attention in the media, but the killing spree didn't stop there. Three more innocent people would lose their lives at the hands of Daniels and West in the coming week. Scott Fields tirelessly researched the killings, the capture and trial of Daniels and even interviewed a surviving member of the Niebel family to weave this tragic story into a must-read novel bringing the reader back to those dark days in the summer of 1948. What led to these brutal killings, and why was the Niebel family singled-out to be savagely murdered? It has been more than sixty years since the tragedy, and, yet, this question still remains unanswered. The killing spree is not only remembered to this day, but is an important and dark part of Mansfield lore.

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