Inside the Ohio Penitentiary - Landmarks Author:David Meyers, Elise Meyers Walker, James Dailey II As animal factories go, the Ohio Penitentiary was one of the worst. For 150 years, it housed some of the most dangerous criminals in the United States, including murderers, madmen and mobsters. Peer in on Americas first vampire, accused of sucking his victims blood five years before Bram Stokers fictional villain was even born; peek into the cag... more »e of the original Prison Demon; and witness the daring escape of John Hunt Morgans band of Confederate prisoners. Uncover the full extent of mayhem and madness locked away in one of historys most notorious maximum-security prisons.« less