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Eastern State Penitentiary*
New "Summer
Twilight Tours"
Wednesday Nights in June, July and August
Eastern
State Penitentiary
Explore Eastern
State Penitentiary at night! Our new "Summer Twilight Tours"
will keep the penitentiary open until 8 p.m. on Wednesday nights
in June, July and August. Standard admission rates apply, and
all audio tours, guided tours and artist installations will
remain available. No reservations required for groups of 15
or fewer.
Opened in 1829
as part of a controversial movement to change the behavior of
inmates through "confinement in solitude with labor,"
Eastern State Penitentiary quickly became one of the most expensive
and most copied buildings in the young United States. It is
estimated that more than 300 prisons worldwide are based on
the Penitentiary's wagon-wheel, or "radial" floor
plan.
Some of America's most notorious
criminals were held in the Penitentiary's vaulted, sky-lit cells,
including bank robber Willie Sutton and Al Capone. After 142
years of consecutive use, Eastern State Penitentiary was completely
abandoned in 1971, and now stands, a lost world of crumbling
cell blocks and empty guard towers.
*Mansfield
Reformatory Preservation Society*
We want
to thank you for your interest in Ghost Hunting at the Ohio
State Reformatory Historic site. Ghost Hunt is a registered
name ® conducted at the:
Ohio State Reformatory
Preservation Society
100 Reformatory
Road, Mansfield, Ohio 44905-1208.
Telephone: (419)
522-2644 web address www.mrps.org
Mansfield Reformatory Preservation
Society (MRPS) sponsored Ghost Hunts® are serious but
informal attempts to document paranormal activity at a castle-like
former prison. Ghost Hunts® provide an unusual first-hand
experience to search out other realms. Ghost Hunts®
at OSR are the first of their kind in the United States.
Where?
The Ghost Hunt® event
is conducted at the old prison, 100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield,
Ohio. From Interstate 71 take U. S. 30 West to State Route
545. Exit onto 545 North. You will see the castle-like prison
structure within ½ mile. Turn left onto Reformatory
Road and enter the gate in front of the building. Parking
is available to your right.
When?
You may register from 7:30
PM to 8:00 PM, the evening of your scheduled hunt. Participants
will be allowed to enter the structure at 8:00 PM. The Ghost
Hunt® will end at 6 a.m. Participants are allowed to
leave at any time, but may not leave the premises and return.
This is a security issue.
After welcoming you to the
ghost hunt and becoming acquainted with the rules, guides
will then escort you in for a brief tour.
We emphasize that Ghost
Hunts are not sleepovers, therefore, no accommodations are
provided.
ALL proceeds received from
participants in Ghost Hunts are used to carry out restoration
projects.
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*Explore Eastern State Penitentiary* New "Summer
Twilight Tours"
Explore Eastern State Penitentiary at night! Our new "Summer Twilight Tours" will keep the penitentiary open until 8 p.m. on Wednesday nights in June, July and August. Standard admission rates apply, and all audio tours, guided tours and artist installations will remain available. No reservations required for groups of 15 or fewer. Opened in 1829 as part of a controversial movement to change the behavior of inmates through "confinement in solitude with labor," Eastern State Penitentiary quickly became one of the most expensive and most copied buildings in the young United States. It is estimated that more than 300 prisons worldwide are based on the Penitentiary's wagon-wheel, or "radial" floor plan. Some of America's most notorious criminals were held in the Penitentiary's vaulted, sky-lit cells, including bank robber Willie Sutton and Al Capone. After 142 years of consecutive use, Eastern State Penitentiary was completely abandoned in 1971, and now stands, a lost world of crumbling cell blocks and empty guard towers.
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