How Did 322 Prisoners Become Trapped in the Ohio Penitentiary Fire?

There is a place in downtown Columbus, Ohio, where thousands of people park their cars every weekend, walk past without a second thought, and have no idea they are standing on the ground where 322 men burned to death. The building is gone. The walls are gone. There is no memorial, no plaque, nothing to mark what happened there. Just concrete and city noise above nearly a century of silence. On the evening of April 21, 1930, those men were locked in their cells when the smoke began to rise. They screamed. They reached through the bars. The guards heard every single one of them. What happened next is something history decided was not worth remembering. We disagree. Don't forget to subscribe ❤️ #OhioPenitentiaryFire #OhioPenitentiary #1930Disaster #AmericanHistory #OhioHistory #PrisonFire #DeadliestPrisonFire #TrueEvents #RealStory #UntoldHistory #DisasterDocumentary #HistoricalDocumentary #Columbus #TragicHistory #ForgottenTragedy #1930 #AmericanTragedy #DarkHistory #UntoldStories #LockedIn