Mansfield Reformatory Ghosts

The Mansfield Reformatory, (also known as the Ohio State Reformatory) is a historic prison located at 100 Reformatory Road, Mansfield, Ohio. It is perhaps best known as the prison “Shawshank State Prison” in The Shawshank redemption. In this post, I will attempt to list the main area’s haunted and who are the main spirits who frequent the Mansfield reformatory.

Administration Wing—The administration wing is primarily haunted by the ghost of Warden Arthur Glattke who murdered his wife Helen Glattke and covered it up by claiming that Helen accidentally knocked a loaded .32 off the top shelf in a closet. Warden Glattke haunts this place looking for his wife to apologize for murdering her but unfortunately for him Helen has already passed on.

The Infirmary—Mansfield’s infirmary hosts a wide array of spirits of former prisoners and even a couple of guards. The strongest spirit here is that of a former guard nicknamed Mac. He’s a strong spirit and rather mean because he’s spent the years trying to keep control of many of the ghosts housed here. If you provoke or disrespect Mac with provocation you will be sorry.

The hole–The hole is actually located in the basement of the prison. The hole was a place where prisoners who broke the rules were kept in one of the 20 cells. Inmates would be kept in the dark, dank, roach-infested cells, with one or more inmates, with only bread and water to eat and no place of comfort to sleep.

Many prisoners died in the hole and 7 spirits remain but the strongest ghost here is actually a former employee named George. George is actually a bit off. He loves to scratch, push and sucker attack anyone he can.