Countdown Of The 6 ‘Most Haunted’ Places In Oklahoma

There are smells of days passed by, unexplained awakenings and visions of people that have been lifeless for many years. The tales of Oklahoma’s haunted areas return to earlier than statehood. To discover essentially the most haunted, we enlisted the assistance of writer, Jeff Provine.

“Which is a tough gig, there’s so much awesome stories to be told here in Oklahoma,” stated Provine who has written eight books to this point on Haunted Oklahoma areas.

We start with quantity six up within the Northeast a part of the state.

“Probably one of the most historical and famous stories is the spook light,” stated Provine. “You go out on this country road, and you see a glowing light. Some people describe it as big as a beach ball. Some says it’s just a little spot: red and green and blue all different colors.”

Number 5 on the listing is Ft. Washita.

The former U.S. navy submit was inbuilt 1842. War re-enactors frequent the fort, typically getting extra of a historical past lesson than they bargained for. That consists of two who had been close to this bridge once they noticed an individual holding a lantern.

“They said the closer the light got, they realized it was a woman and when she got a little closer they realized she had no feet or head,” recalled Longtime Site Manager, Jim Argo.

Aunt Jane, a headless ghost, who’s recognized to stroll round this a part of the fort is essentially the most well-known. But there are many others. A safety guard as soon as seen some troopers on horseback.

“They rode right by him, he waved at them and they just kept riding and they went right through the fence and right to the road,” stated Argo.

Multiple re-enactors have noticed an officer on the entrance porch of the barracks watching the solar go down. “And when the sun went down the officer disappeared.”

But the Bohanan cabin is claimed to be essentially the most haunted.

“Whatever it is, it don’t like women,” stated Argo. “The re-enactors who stayed in it had their clothing moved, reshuffled, sometimes torn up.”

Doors slam, home windows rattle, and a girl is typically seen sitting at a desk. “We’ve had digital recorders left in here overnight (record) babies crying.”

Argo stated even those that do not know the haunted historical past of the cabin have felt it. “They can’t breathe, they get a closed in feeling they can’t stay in there.”

(*6*) Argo stated people virtually all the time see one thing or catch it on digicam.

“I’ve seen pictures where mist took the shape of a little girl praying at a grave, I’ve seen mists that look like soldiers in line at the cemetery,” Argo stated.

But as shortly as these ghosts disappear, so to the tickets. They are already offered out for 2022. Tickets for subsequent 12 months open on October 1, however usually promote out inside a day or two.

Number 4 is Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, the place the music would not die even when the performers have.

“My favorite story about it, is the famous country musician Bob Wills still shows up. He famously played there all the time during the 20th century,” stated Provine. “He’s still going on tour. And they recognize him. It’s his hat and his outfit. It’s what he wore.”

Elected to our quantity three place: The Governor’s mansion in Oklahoma City.

“Governor Alfalfa Bill Murray from the 1920’s and 30’s likes to hang out there they say,” stated Provine.

Our quantity two is an Oklahoma mansion so grand, the previous house owners simply don’t desire appear to need to depart.

Henry Overholser, typically thought-about the daddy of Oklahoma City, his spouse Anna and younger daughter, Henry Ione, lived within the mansion within the early 1900’s. Many stated they nonetheless hang-out it right now.

Lisa Escalon, the museum supervisor, started working on the museum again in 1993. Now she’s on first title foundation with lots of the ghosts.

“I’ve heard my name called many times. It’s a woman and I privy that to Mrs. Overhoser,” Escalon stated.

Mrs. Overhoser nonetheless appears to be the principle woman of the home. She can be typically seen searching the window of the third flooring turent room. Visitors typically catch a whiff of her rose fragrance.

However, a slight odor of tobacco or the sound of whistling is commonly attributed to Mr. Overholser.

Even reviews of girlish pranks and a small footprint that mysteriously appeared within the mud this previous winter appear to be indicators {that a} younger Henry Ione is right here as effectively.

But paranormal investigators counsel lots of the household’s company might have additionally returned to reside out eternity right here.

“They have picked up dozens and dozens of, I would say, types of activity in the home of small children to full grown adults,” stated Preservation Oklahoma Executive Director, Chantry Banks.

Pictures taken over time present orbs and mysterious photos all through the home. Fortunately, company, just like the hosts, all appear to be pleasant and useful.

“I was turning off lights at the end of the night and was being lazy and across the room I said, ‘Ooh it sure would be great if someone would turn these lights off for me’ and the lamp the immediately turned off,” recalled Banks.

“The number one, top haunted sight in Oklahoma, I like to say pretty much is all of Guthrie, just the whole town,” stated Provine.

That sounds proper to Stacey Frazier. She’s the founding father of the Guthrie Ghost Walk that now attracts about 1,000 folks and numerous ghosts a 12 months.

“It’s the fact that the story become not only possible but plausible that really seems to draw people in,” she stated.

Stacey stated she has about 62 tales. Ivan the barber is a well-liked one. When alive, he had a behavior of pinching younger girls.

“Even today it will be the guys that will be walking down the stairs that occasionally talk of someone pushing them and it will be the ladies coming up the step that feel like they get pinched,” smiled Frazier.

Then there’s The Stone Lion Inn, which used to be a mortuary. It’s now a bed and breakfast and the site of many unexplained phenomena, including voices, furniture moving, and doors slamming.

“There is a cat and it comes trotting down these steps, it turns here, crosses here and goes underneath and then it disappears and we don’t see it more,” stated proprietor, Rebecca Luker.

The ghost of seven-year-old Irene appears to generate essentially the most consideration.

“People who sleep in that room, the Cora Dial suite, often experience an little child coming into the room between 2 and 2:30, and she pats them on the cheek to get them to come awake. And when they come awake there’s no one there, but it’s happened time and time again,” stated Luker.

The Stone Lion Inn, Guthrie Ghost stroll and lots of the different haunts we’ve talked about in our countdown provide alternatives to stand up shut and private with the ghosts, if you happen to dare!