Ghostly Happenings in Oklahoma

The Haunting of the Belvidere Mansion

Built in 1902 in Claremore, the Belvidere Mansion was the home of the Bayless Family. Unfortunately, six months before the mansion was completed, Mr. Bayless died due to a burst appendix. His wife and six children moved into the house and lived there until 1919.

Today, the mansion is haunted by the ghostly spirits of the Bayless family, and it has become one of the most haunted buildings in Oklahoma. Visitors have felt both hot and cold spots throughout the house and heard unexplained noises and disembodied voices. Hazy figures can be seen in the dim light inside the property.

Meet Miss Lizzie and Her Girls

Situated in Guthrie, the Blue Belle Saloon was once a bordello operated by Miss Lizzie and her girls, Claudia and Estelle.

Unfortunately, Claudia was found beaten to death and Miss Lizzie buried her body in the building and continued work as usual with Estelle. The next thing that happened was that both Miss Lizzie and Estelle were found dead of unknown causes. After that, the saloon became a haunted place where Miss Lizzie and her girls hang out.

The Ghost of Bob

Would you dance with a ghost at the Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa?

Cain’s Ballroom has been a popular concert venue for many years it is also a haunted spot.

Among the best-known ghostly spirits is a former performer named Bob Willis. He was a country-western singer who chose to stick around even after he died.

There is also a female entity that has materialized. Visitors and groups of paranormal investigators have had feelings of being watched, encountered cold spots in the ballroom, captured orbs on camera, and seen light turn on and off by itself and heard disembodied voices.

Paranormal Activity

Situated in Alva, the Cherokee Strip Museum was once a hospital. Today it has a haunted ground floor.

Visitors have heard disembodied voices and heard the piano on the ground floor play by itself. It is believed that these are the ghostly spirits of former patients who died here in the hospital and appear to haunt the ground floor.

The Ghostly Spirit of Katy

Situated in Weatherford, around Deer Creek, is a spooky bridge known as the Dead Woman’s Crossing.

Local legend has it that in 1905 a woman named Katy DeWitt James and her baby girl Lulu Belle boarded a train to visit family in Payne County. Having filed for divorce from her abusive husband, her father put her on the train and expected to hear from her when she reached her destination. However, weeks passed with no word from Katy, and her father hired a private detective.

The detective discovered that Katy had befriended a prostitute named Fannie Norton on the train, and she had taken her and the baby to her brother-in-law’s house in Clinton. They visited for a few hours and then took a buggy ride, Fannie returned alone and claimed she knew nothing about Kary and the baby.

The detective found out that the buggy had disappeared into a field near the creek, where it spent around an hour and then came speeding back with blood staining the wheel. Fannie stopped at a nearby farm and gave them the baby wrapped in a bloody dress. Fannie insisted she was not involved, but the same day she poisoned herself, which would indicate guilt.

Now the ghostly spirit of Katy roams the area around Deer Creek looking for her baby daughter and at times called her by name. There are witnesses who say, if you stand under the bridge and keep very still, you can hear wagon wheels rattling above.

Meet the Ghostly Sisters

Located in Oklahoma City, Langston’s Western Wear is a former dance hall dating back to 1919.

It is haunted by two sisters, Rose and Patty. They were once “taxi dancers” in the old dance hall. Customers would pay them to partner with them on the dance floor.

Tragedy struck when Patty was shot by her boyfriend and left her sister so distraught she hung herself in an upstairs room at the dance hall. Now the place is haunted by the ghostly spirits of the girls.

Beware the Creature Half-Woman, Half-Deer

Located in Tulsa, Mohawk Park & Golf Course has become a haunted place.

The strangest thing is that it is said to be haunted by a creature that is half-woman and half-deer. This creature makes all kinds of strange noises and roams all around the property.

Would you believe a haunted bathroom? Here, the bathroom is extremely haunted. Lights have been seen inside, but there is no electricity connected to it.

The Haunted Lake

Situated in Sulphur, Veteran’s Lake is haunted by ghostly spirits.

One ghost is that of a woman who attempted to save her child and drowned herself as well.

After a boating accident, a girl drowned.

Now both the ghostly apparition of the woman and the girl can be seen in the lake. According to local legend, anyone who swims in the lake after dark, gets pulled under the water and drowned.