shortlist.com posted a story today announcing that the visiting public can now take a tour of The Ohio State Reformatory, which was the main location for the 1994 movie's prison.
is now being opened for tours. The move came after the prison, which closed as a working building around 25 years ago, had successfully hosted ghost tours, a Halloween and murder mystery festival last year and a Shawshank anniversary celebration last weekend. The roof has now been fixed and plans are afoot to upgrade the rest of the building so that it will be visitable all year round.
- The reformatory
- The bench where Brooks fed the birds,
- Malabar Farm State Park where Andy followed his wife
- The Bissman building where Brooks and Red live after they have been released.
The article explains,
Up until now, fans have organised their own tours, but these have carried their own dangers; tour guide Pastor Ron Puff has said that, "To be honest, we don’t have keys for some of these [cell doors]", so don't close them behind you, or you could be doing some time yourself.
Mansfield, Ohio is one creepy town. That's also where they filmed those gory driver's ed movies in the 60s
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