However, through the long old corridors, the cells with mottled walls, and those dirty and sunken old beds, you may think of the gloomy and desperate devil prison in the movie The Shawshank Redemption. The Shawshank Prison in the film, the prototype of which is in the history of this Ohio reformatory, is equipped with 600 cells and has the tallest steel cell (6 stories high) in the world. During the torture, many prisoners died of ill-treatment. According to legend, the ghost of the deceased has been floating in every corner here, causing many supernatural phenomena. So in the eyes of many people, Ohio reformatory is one of the most haunted places in America.
Ohio has rebuilt six floors with 600 cells. In the19th century, when steel was still a valuable strategic material of the United States, all the cells in this prison were surrounded by steel bars, which was the highest steel cell in the world at that time and the highest security prison in the United States. In order to prevent prisoners from escaping from prison, the passage here is very narrow, especially in the corridor. In most places, only two people can walk side by side. Even on sunny days, there is only an occasional ray of sunshine in the cell. Many prisoners don't see the sun all the year round and don't know the years.
In the basement, a teenager was seen floating around the increasingly mottled wall, and someone bumped into a ghost that looked like a guard and smelled ominous. In the vicinity of libraries and prisoners' cemeteries, people often see moving unidentified objects, and all kinds of equipment often fail. In addition, many tourists claim that no matter where they are, they always feel stared at by unknown eyes, and it is always creepy to think about it.
Although there are many kinds of paranormal, it has turned this abandoned converted house into one of the most popular attractions, and it has also been favored by many film directors.