Point Pleasant, West Virginia. It was 1966 and a half-man half-bird creature was terrorizing the small, sleepy river town that would never be the same. Was it mass hysteria? A mutated human? An alien? Hundreds of documented sightings would eventually grow into what is now West Virginia's most famous cryptid, the Mothman. Welcome to Part 1 of Mothman & More!

Exploring another aspect of the Ohio State Reformatory and its haunted history with author, Sherri Brake. This is volume 2 on OSR and focuses on "The Civil War, Camp Mordecai Bartley, the Reformatory, and Death and Disease". Excerpts from the book "The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory" published by The History Press/Arcadia 2010 are included in this episode.

Got Ghosts? Shadow People? This place does. Built on the site of a Civil War camp ravaged by diesease, the Ohio State Reformatory first opened in 1896 to reform young offenders. This castle-like building grew to eventually house the most dangerous criminals in the state. By the time it closed in 1990, the prison was hosting 1000 more prisoners than it was built to hold. Suicides, murders and other violent acts of the inmates have left its mark on this buildings energy. Do ghosts still walk the halls?? You be the judge. Join the host as she shares with you history & tales from her book, The Haunted History of the Ohio State Reformatory. (Haunted America Series / Sherri Brake / The History Press 2010) Check out the website at www.HauntedHistory.net or on Instagram @riverstx