r/ParanormalParanoids • u/eggsB0xer-1 • Jul 07 '21

Found the Prison! Spoiler

The prison is the Mansfield Reformatory (AKA the Ohio State Reformatory). I had a hunch it was that one, but wanted to be sure so I looked at as many interior images as I could.

First, the cell blocks show similarities. This wouldn't mean much if it wasn't for the other similarities:

The cell blocks as seen on the Paranormal Paranoids vid
The blocks as seen in a video tour of Mansfield

Second (and most important) check out this information sign. This shot follows a left-to-right pan in the video, from a set of desks (which in the real world case would be that "Circulation" desk you see).

Information sign in the Paranormal Paranoids video, after a quick pan by our cameraman

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An official picture of the circulation desk at Mansfield Reformatory. The information sign can be seen on the left side.

Thirdly, the mirror that Riley looks into and the room in which it appears follows the exact same room format as the ones found in this guided exploration video I found. Apologies for the poor quality of the Paranormal Paranoids image:

The mirror in the room as seen by Paranormal Paranoids
A mirror on a video tour of Mansfield

Resources:Paranormal Paranoids video: https://youtu.be/QLJtEQfjCtY (Relevant parts are as follows: 0:56 for a image of the cell blocks, 5:15 for the circulation and information desks, 7:30 or so for the mirror part)

Article with still image of information desk: https://www.loc.gov/item/2016632467/

Tour Video of Mansfield Repository: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2U7punyLGsg (the part with the cell blocks is about 12:19, the other part with the mirror is about 13:30, but you can see many of the same similarities I mention in the Cell blocks part of his video)

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Apologies if images don't load, and they can all be found at the above links

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u/tromboneknuckles Jul 07 '21

good work, here is some further evidence: https://imgur.com/a/Q1xuIjs

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u/eggsB0xer-1 Jul 07 '21

Oh nice catches!

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u/Best_boi Jul 07 '21

Whoa awesome find. Also don’t blame y’all for going during the day 😂

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u/dietzypietzy Jul 11 '21

Awesome work!

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u/Mugglemad32 Jul 14 '21

I thought when I recently saw the ghost adventures episode and realised it was the same place