In addition to being the famous setting for films such as The Shawshank Redemption and numerous music videos, the Ohio State Reformatory was also featured on Scariest Stories on Earth, Ghost Hunters, Ghost Hunters Academy, and Ghost Asylum for its alleged hauntings. From the beginning (1886), this place had a bad reputation – and not just because it housed criminals. Several violent occurrences took place here, including the execution-style murders of the prison’s superintendent and his family by two former inmates, and the death of two guards during escape attempts. In all, more than 200 people died at the reformatory before it closed in 1990, and the ghosts of Warden Glattke and his wife (who died on the grounds from natural and accidental causes, respectively), a 14-year-old former inmate who was beaten to death, and other various inmates and employees still haunt the location.
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