Landmarks & buildings
West Virginia Penitentiary
Decommissioned prison in Moundsville, West Virginia, U.S.
Wikipedia names West Virginia Penitentiary as where 3 films and series were filmed; each title’s page links to the sentence that says so. Wikidata records no shoot here yet.
Filmed here, per Wikipedia
Wikipedia says these were filmed in West Virginia Penitentiary. Each title’s page links to the sentence that says so.
Named here by West Virginia Penitentiary’s own Wikipedia article
West Virginia Penitentiary’s own Wikipedia page says these were shot here. Not on the map: each title’s page quotes the sentence so you can check it.
The Shawshank RedemptionCrime film1994
- MindhunterThriller series2017–2019
Filming locations nearby
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Towns & cities
Moundsville
United States · under 1 km
City in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States
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Towns & cities
Marshall County
United States · 8 km south-east
County in West Virginia, United States
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Towns & cities
New Vrindaban
United States · 9 km east
Human settlement in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States of America
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Streets & squares
B & O Railroad Viaduct
United States · 11 km north
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Towns & cities
Benwood
United States · 11 km north
City in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States
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Towns & cities
Bellaire
United States · 11 km north
Village in Belmont County, Ohio, United States
What Wikipedia says about West Virginia Penitentiary
2 sentences quoted word for word from Wikipedia, each with the production it describes and a link to the article it comes from.
“While the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield, Ohio was used for the 1994 movie The Shawshank Redemption, the showrunners of Castle Rock instead chose the West Virginia Penitentiary because of their desire to make the town around Shawshank more visible.” Wikipedia
Mindhunter 2017–2019
“External shots of the penitentiary were used for Season 1 Episode 4 of the Netflix Original Series Mindhunter.” Wikipedia