We wanted to stop at the Ohio State Reformatory or the Shawshank Reformatory. The Shawshank Redemption is one of my all time favourite movies and if you haven’t seen it, you should check it out. The movie was shot at this prison and they have all kinds of information about that and much more.
We did a guided tour and I’m glad we did, our guide was terrific. We also got to go to some areas that you can’t go to if you are on your own. After the tour, which was about 90 minutes, you could still tour the whole property on your own. Our guide took us up to the roof and we could see another prison not far away. We could see the prisoners outside in the yard and we were told to not take pictures or stare too long over there. They had little popups of the people in the movie and lots of trivia to read, we were there about 3 hours. ($72 US for 2 people)
A beautiful old building 
Entertainment area 
An original drawing done by a prisoner on the wall 
oh oh 
The cast of the movie 
Very rundown now 
Black and white of one cell block
Cincinnati is the next stop !
Trums Travels 
Wow, the place looks so creepy inside, especially the cell block! Apparently, they really don’t want the Ghost Hunters or the like going in there. Is the beautiful old building the prison? Does it look like that inside? 🫨
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Yes it was a prison but hasn’t been used for years. They filmed another movie there too but I can’t remember the name
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Wow, such a fancy prison! It’s like old cars from the early 1900s, they were works of art.
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Wow, that’s amazing! I love Shawshank Redemption too. I did a very cool prison tour in Philadelphia – my audio tour guide was Steve Buscemi!
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I have never seen the movie, but I would like to now after Googling to find the storyline and actors and seeing your photos. It looks like a nice tour. Thank you for sharing it Susan.
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It’s a great movie Linda. I think you would enjoy it
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I have put it on my list – I have Amazon Prime, so can watch it there. I cancelled my cable back in 2010.
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That entertainment area is the coolest! 🍿 Prisoner dreams for all to see. Wishful thinking.
Thank for the interesting share, Susan. 👍🏻
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You’re welcome 😁
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The prison makes its money from visits like yours, however, the huge fundraiser is the haunted prison around Halloween. I don’t care to go to that one but really enjoyed the daylight tour. Lol
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