The Licking County Historic Jail — Attraction in Newark

Tbh I used to like coming here when I was younger but now it’s not even mediocre, they just stop you in each room and just make fun of you or try to humiliate you and if you don’t do what they say to do they just go around the room and try to make someone else do it. In my opinion if you have so much talking and improv atleast get people who can actually improv, a guy tried to make 3 of us men try to get our knees and lick a toilet and none of us wanted to, we came here to get jump scared not have some Shlub make us do something like lick a toilet, it was very weak and felt jumbled together, not good in my opinion I’ve seen better haunted houses in people’s backyards and not to mention all they did was make loud noises and bully you, not scary kinda aggravating especially since it took an hour and a half just...

The haunted jail was well put together and a fun time, but the organizer did a very poor job, no one told us where to go after purchasing tickets, then we stood in line an hour or so, we were pretty close to the entrance (once we found it?), but line did not move and no one said why (just tell me why)? It was drizzling rain, windy & cold, pretty miserable hour, we were in ticket line 6:45 after 7:15 when ticket door opened, then in entrance line until almost 8:00, could see entrance, it was after 7:30 when people started entering haunted jail (supposed to open at 7:00). They need to move smoking area, could see staff sitting and smoking, I guess breaking and we are standing in line and it was not moving? Hats off to staff in haunted jail it was really a fun walk through jail, organizers need a...

While this is an old jail, it is also a beautiful work of architecture and craftsmanship that is rarer and rarer to find. The jail was also used in the past as the home for the sitting sheriff. Much of the restoration is volunteered time by folks like Darrin Smith. Blood sweat and tears have been invested in continuing to bring this historic structure back to life. Like many others, I have been fortunate to use the space to host events, like my paint parties. Come check it out!! Some...