On May 8, 1966, Franklin County jail inmates revolted against the conditions in the jail. Called the “Mother’s Day Riot” in The Columbus Dispatch, inmates smashed about fifty windows, ripped out two ...
Kittochtinny’s famously frightening Haunted Jail event it back for 2026! Thrill-seekers can visit Horror at the Haunted Jail, ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Franklin County jail, opened in 1887 at 36 E. Fulton St. in downtown Columbus, was the scene of two inmate riots in 1966 over ...