Through the towering stone walls and iron bars of this 137 year old prison wonders the restless souls and spirits whom in life were bound to the grounds for their crimes. From their tragic stories here on earth to their untimely deaths, Mansfield Reformatory is known as one of the most haunted Prisons in the United States. As seen on Fox Family, Scariest Places on Earth, The Travel Channel & ABC News, this 1834 Penitentiary is filled with eerie and unexplainable occurrences around every corner!

Its 30 foot walls erected around the property reflect the boundaries keeping the secrets of the men locked away forever. For many this would become their permanent home only to die there never reaching society again.

The haunted activity seems to not only be contained with the walls of the prison, but filter out into the courtyard where 215 unclaimed graves lay, awaiting reconition from those who will listen.

This penitentiary is no stranger to death, for the reaper has knocked many times as it made its rounds as through the dark stone corridors, taking the lives not only of inmates, but the Warden himself and his wife.

The As of record, there were at least 28 men who were executed by hanging or electrocution as well as the cholera epidemic which spread in 1849 claiming another 423 men.

In 1930, a failed prison break attempt resulted in a vicious fire, which quickly spread through one of the upper tiers of the six-deck cell block. This botched escape plan took the lives of 322 men by being burned to death or by suffocation.
With all the lives lost and despair that ravages this historical site, you are sure to experience a nightly of ghostly activity, as they “Lock Down” and the lights go out!