A Walk Through The Ohio State Reformatory: "Shawshank Prison"

[@lindsaymoore7232]

Hi Paul, thank you for sharing this great video. I've seen 'Shawshank Redemtion' many time and have wondered where it was filmed, now I know.

[@KeshHarp]

I live 3 miles east of this. My grandfather and I were CO's here ( I started at Marion Correctional first, then transferred here ). Working the tiers was an education in itself. Grandpa was a guard', as the term CO had not come into vogue before he retired. He ended up on the honor farm, run by trustees.

[@michaelhiles5350]

86 to 88 J dorm slaughterhouse chicken house pushed a lawn boy lawnmower cut grass around the headstones did 2 years on 4 n.w. cell 24 I remember Zorn was a cameo in the movie Tango and Cash

[@MsRotorwings]

Tell us about your time as a CO.

[@lakerfan0852]

Tell us what it was like there. I wonder if it was similar to Alcatraz. No talking etc.

[@DionnaNalls]

I'm originally from Ohio and lived there during the filming of Shawshank. So cool to see the tour of it. This is in my top 5 favorite movies. Glad that the new owners are working to restore it.

[@dietrichgw]

ThankYou for sharing this video. I have cancer , which limits my adventures in life. Watching this video allowed me to see this place. Thank You and I will subscribe to you’re channel.

[@EspantósferaReal]

You'll die because cancer?

[@evilferret1453]

i spent some time in the new mansfield prison next to this , use to look at it all the time . it looks like a castle

[@JeffEmerson-k3z]

Spent time there myself in the early 80s , Came from Hamilton County (Cincy) n that place was no joke.

[@allisonlynch8824]

Excellent tour! 👏 Thank you 👍🤗

[@amyjojinkerson6745]

It is amazing how they preserved this so people can see the past and what the place looked like thanks for the video

[@Griffin6942]

Ive watched nearly all your videos, thanks for showing me round some really cool places

[@caribea6319]

Gladly, my sister and I were lucky enough to take one of the very first tours of this this institution, before it was all polished and shiny, and I will never forget it or will she, I never wanted it to become such the spectacle that it is today, even though I'm glad that it is somehow producing funds for something good I hope, but, I am sorry that you missed it and its beginnings, because it is something that , she and I will never ever forget. We both have very amazing photos of it but we were just so taken aback, and, awestruck, buy the whole entire

[@carlloar7232]

I live here in Ohio. And didn't even know we had this place still! I thought it was raised to the ground. Thanks for the tour👍

[@DionnaNalls]

If you ever saw Aerial America Ohio (Smithsonian Channel), they do a flyover of this. In fact, I think there is a glimpse of the video from that episode that appears in this video.

[@Southpaw101]

Salvation lies within

[@depatterson6918]

The Ohio State Prison in Columbus was razed.

[@russelltcranford]

I used to work at the Air Force Reserve down the street and I also lived in Mansfield for a couple of years . I had a great time in that small town and made a lot of great friends who I still keep in touch with . I did love living there!! God bless these folks and may the ones we lost Rest in Heaven .

[@lorimoore1484]

So happy to have new videos from you. I have watched your train odyssey ones so many times.

[@Dr_Won_Hung_Lo]

They have done ALOT of work to this place since I've been on the tour. It's really nice to see the work they've done so far! I'll definitely be going back later this year on the self-guided tour to see this for myself. Self guided tours usually run from late May till early September

[@matthewwood4265]

they have done so much more work, you should come back!

[@lynnettawilliams2138]

Wow thanks for sharing

[@jag8789]

When this was a reformatory for boys, one of the boys was Gates Brown, then he became a famous baseball player, He was from Crestline Ohio

[@thedude69692009]

Glad to see ya back love your videos

[@capitolan1]

Thank you for all of , Journeys you taking me on take care

[@bill_nye_the_russianspy_9642]

Pretty cool! We live 15 minutes away from it in Shelby and still hage never went for a tour but have drive by it many times. Its very intimidating when your up close

[@markdiehl1963]

Very nice 👌 thanks

[@sqengineer]

Loved the tour...loved the movie!

[@JessicaTG2008]

"Its time to get busy livin', or get busy dyin"

[@anitawindbigler7100]

I live a quarter mile at most from it. 😅😊 A little rd directly east of prison,that has beautiful old brick homes on prison end of it. Took a tour 20 yrs ago. Moved close just 4 yrs ago. 😊

[@terrywebb8636]

The Shawshank Red, was a great movie, i bought the DVD as soon as it was released.

[@johnjones9642]

I remember the winters would be so cold in the cells we built fires in the toilets to keep warm. The guards didn't care they were somewhere keeping warm themselves.

[@DionnaNalls]

Pleasant Valley Road is one of my favorite roads. I lived off of it until I moved out of my parents' home. It was the road to my college.

[@johnjones9642]

I was in east block. 42ne 4th tier. At night if you were lucky you could see rats playing & chasing each other.

[@SOOTHYNJAZZPIANO]

1. THE SPIRAL STAIRCASE WAS USED BY THE INMATES NOT THE GUARDS .

[@johnjones9642]

On weekends we ate sandwiches & soup for lunch & I remember I was sick with the flu but Iwas able to get to the chow hall because I needed soup so bad. When I got there everyone said not to eat the soup because Cafe worker was going home in a few days & they said he pissed in the soup as a joke. Was I upset. No soup for me. One thing about that place they didn't care if you were sick. A cold or flu get outta here.

[@johnjones9642]

I was there from 1982-85 biggest rats & roaches I ever seen in my life!😅

[@tosunpasa7329]

Nice video man

[@danielsweeney6742]

Interesting video. Just got to wonder with all that peeling paint. I wonder how much lead was there.

[@outlaw2191]

What a majestic looking prison. I can tell you are speaking through your mask. Stay well, 09/01/2020

[@qwetry-j2u]

27:13 - this tower looks strange to me. Why is one of the walls missing?

[@adrestianyx7441]

love these!

[@michaelcreti1557]

why couldn't we see the cell that andy Dufresne was in

[@ladyanne8139]

Astonishing place. Massive.. it's worth the trip to take a tour. We need facilities as these. Smaller to get dangerous people off the streets in USA.

[@ladyanne8139]

When we toured the interior, it was quite dirty. Now. It's been updated.

[@lindsaymoore7232]

Hi Paul, what type of camera were you using to record your video here? Is it the same one in all your videos?

[@youtuuba]

Lindsaymoore, I don't recall which model of camera I used on that trip. Certainly it was one of my Csnon digital point-and-shoot ones. I wonder why you ask?

[@lindsaymoore7232]

@@youtuuba Because it does a pretty good job on your videos. And would like to own one.

[@youtuuba]

@lindsaymoore7232 , there is nothing special with my camera, and anyway my cameras are at least 10 years old and their models are not available anymore. I suggest looking for any Canon SX series "PowerShot" cameras currently available.

[@markdunigan805]

The inmates that processed through there on the way to other prisons which was pretty much everybody coming into the prison system called it Draculas Castle.Scared the chit out of pretty much everyone at the prison I worked at.

[@philiplettley]

Another great tour, I'd seen previous tours of this site and it was in a very bad state, glad to see it's been done up. Keep up the good work

[@terriboothe3497]

What is the correct use of "catwalk"?

[@willow9530]

sign says several major motion pictures filmed there.... any ideas what other ones?

[@kw900lkevin]

Tango & Cash (1989) ,Air Force One (1997),Harry and Walter Go to New York (1975),

[@Dr_Won_Hung_Lo]

That "special" cell you were looking for was painted Purple & Gold for Lil Wayne's song "Go DJ".

[@nikolakrivokapic4622]

I been there 4 days ago.Amazing please sad and violent history.I will back again

[@maedero05]

Something different, physical and mental excersize crawling those steps and stairs, imagine it !

[@EspantósferaReal]

Not too much

[@butchrishel1505]

I done time there in 79/80.not fun.

[@gregtrain1]

Now you'll have to check out 2 other prisons. One in Tennessee and the other in West Virginia. Brushy Mountain state and West Virginia State Penitentiary

[@ConnorHolbrook419]

Moundsville is supposed to be on the level that this Reformatory is

[@caribea6319]

I'm sorry my junkie phone, I was going to say about the whole entire experience, neither of us will ever forget that experience, and I really wish that you could have experienced it and it's the most raw form, as it was just a new thing, when we experienced it.

[@meganjohnson44]

I've actually toured the Montana Territorial prison in Deer Lodge and also Alcatraz. I feel like they are all kind of creepy and wonder if the crime committed was worth having to live in these cells?

[@youtuuba]

Megan Johnson.....hmm, somebody robs another person(s) of their life, and you wonder if being locked in a 'creepy' place (they were not creepy when in use, just small and spartan) is excessive punishment?

[@butchrishel1505]

Nothing is worth doing time here.lt cured me.

[@samestuffdifferentday5712]

I was there this past weekend. Was it my imagination or did the wardens living quarters have a musty smell to it?

[@dhkrock390]

Why the jail cell is not same as in movie?

[@youtuuba]

Dhk Rock, because the movie director and/or producer thought it would look better, or be more visually effective, to show rows of cells facing each other across a wide aisle, but at this prison all cells faced outwards towards the outer walls. So they built cells on a set (but in a warehouse in the town near this prison) to film those scenes. The majority of prison scenes WERE filmed here, both inside and outside the building. Also, the cell walls here are clearly not a type that could be tunneled through, and since the plot depends on the tunneling, they needed to portray the cell scenes differently.

[@dhkrock390]

@@youtuuba bro what is the name of warehouse? U know something about it?

[@youtuuba]

@@dhkrock390 , I only know what I read on signs at this prison, and online. If you bother to just look it up for yourself, you can learn all sorts of things about this subject. Asking questions here will not give you as much good information as what you can easily find yourself if you try.

[@dhkrock390]

@@youtuuba thanks bro ❤️

[@madelynmae]

i live like 8 minutes from it...and hopefully going there soon

[@annalangham3950]

Unfortunately my son is currently right next door to this place he said he can count the bricks on the wall he's in Richland County Prison just arrived there

[@Raisin_Brynn]

I hope your son is doing well!

[@annalangham3950]

@@Raisin_Brynn thank you for asking he is now in Grafton in Lorain they move them around

[@hamshackleton]

I never did see that film, so 90% of this was irrelevent to me! It looked to be a pretty grim place to have to stay!

[@youtuuba]

hamshackleton, you should see the Shawshank film, consistently regarded as one of the best ever made, and quite entertaining. Without the popularity of the film, this prison would have been torn down.

[@exploreoregon2019]

@@youtuuba I've seen the Shawshank Redemption at least more than once and I would have to agree that is a really good movie! Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman's performances in this movie were outstanding!

[@riab6021]

@@exploreoregon2019 Unfortunately it came out the same year as Forrest Gump. Otherwise it would have the Academy Award for Best Picture.

[@cool4dayz]

Did a year there in 1979 Worst place ever

[@Jaxson44086]

I live line 5 minutes away. Creepy place for sure

[@nikolakrivokapic4622]

I been there 4 days ago:-)

[@johnjones9642]

They should use it for air bnb.

[@nicksjourney2176]

Me and my FAM just went here

[@gashi_g9]

Fun fact: that place is haunted

[@youtuuba]

Diamant Gashi, REAL fact, it is only haunted in the minds of simple people who fall for that rubbish.

[@aps125]

Is this still active prison?

[@youtuuba]

adaptus primus, did you watch the video? Clearly it is not still active, and this was mentioned in the video. Also mentioned was that the current prison is located behind this old one, which is why photography out the rear-facing windows is prohibited.

[@michellep1965]

What a beautiful, gorgeous old building. I hope someday they are successful with rehabilitating this grand old dame! Thank you for sharing this video with those of who can only watch. I’m in a wheelchair and I’ve wondered Al throughout this video, we’ll, scratch that!

[@michellep1965]

Well not we’ll 🙄🤩

[@danmathers141]

That mansion might look scary on just the right night.

[@Pro-Deo]

I'm surprised they have a sign posted for the most paranormally active area in the admin wing. That's cool but I would think the entire place is a magnet for it. Now I want to spend the the middle of the night there with friends, phones, audio equipment and a guide. And in the dark with just enough dim lighting so we can see where we're going.

[@lynnettawilliams2138]

I live in Ohio also

[@EDKguy]

A heard for an extra fee, you can tar the roof or shiv a docent... I might be wrong though Cool vid!

[@ericlakota6512]

The prison next door should use their inmates to maintain the gorgious buildings it would b safe enough to have good ones work

[@youtuuba]

Nope. I doubt if there is a prison anywhere that allows even 'good' inmates circulate freely in a complex structure while tourists are milling around. Keeping track of the prisoners, and avoiding 'tourists' from passing illicit items to prisoners would be a nightmare. And the kind of work being done on the prison is specialized work, which few if any prisoners would be skilled at, or licensed to perform.

[@danmathers141]

So much peeling paint!

[@sqengineer]

Why was the "warden" wearing a mask?!?!

[@davewilson6451]

Because he believed in following the rules.

[@johnjones9642]

Trust me. Clint Eastwood couldn't get out of those cells😂

[@AlexanderLecard9167]

What they didnt tell you we filed a llawsuit over conditions there was ordered a consent decree thing they were ordered to fix they didnt therefore was ordered closed in 1989 last of us were moved in 1990.k was there a decade back when they could serve you bread and water meal every third day.

[@youtuuba]

Alexander Lecard, maybe you should read what you wrote, think about what you meant to say, and who you meant to say it to, then edit it to something intelligible.

[@AlexanderLecard9167]

@@youtuuba well nice response to viewers. maybe a little punctuation. But i think explaining how it was there in the old days seemed pretty clear. sorry if consent decree seemed foreign.

[@youtuuba]

@AlexanderLecard9167 no, it was worse than that. Run-on sentence, no punctuation, lack of context (e.g. who is "they" and who is "you"?), sentence structure, etc. I gather that you are not a person with much expertise in writing clearly. Fine, but I imagine that if you want others to understand your meaning, that you could do some editing, as I originally suggested.

[@AlexanderLecard9167]

@@youtuuba well so sorry definitely not english major.

[@AlexanderLecard9167]

@@youtuuba ill just say convict there for a decade.aclu really changed conditions in prisons.

[@johnglowinski1321]

Very cool youtuuba

[@claybarber8862]

So putting this video out actually takes away from the ability to sustain this facility through tourism.

[@youtuuba]

claybarber8862, nonsense! First, there are people who never knew this place exists, who by watching this video might well decide to visit it. Then there are the many people who are the kind who will never travel further from their TVs or computer screens, and watching this video will not motivate them to put forth the effort to travel, so it makes no difference. Then there are the great many who will visit here even if this video was never made. The final group who will decide against going here in person because they saw some it online are also ones who would not be likely to go regardless.

[@JayTsay]

You got some loud shoes on. I toured that place with sneakers. Just saying.

[@youtuuba]

Jay Tsay, good for you. But yours is a truly worthless comment. Your observation comes across as a petty insult, but nobody cares about what kind of shoes YOU wore. "Just saying".

[@JayTsay]

@@youtuuba You must have a lot of friends. When someone makes a comment about shoes, you go off the deep end and try to insult. How old are you? I wouldve hoped when a person gets older, they learn how to discuss in a dialogue without getting all hellbent upset about making comments on your LOUD shoes.

[@lsubandtrumpet2014]

Its haunted

[@youtuuba]

LSUTigerBandTrumpet2014, NOTHING is haunted, are you a child?

[@lsubandtrumpet2014]

@@youtuuba Who are you? Do I know you?

[@lsubandtrumpet2014]

And I really liked your video...

[@tulipmichelle]

Looks like the Playboy Mansion. 😂

[@johnjones9642]

Very very hot in summer & like Russia in the winter.

[@nicholasgeoghan7338]

great video. stupid and useless masks mandates.