The state of Oklahoma is home to a large number of ghost stories. These cover a wide range of paranormal topics including all manner of spooks and even the odd cryptid. It seems like a large number of these gruesome tales of paranormal activity can be found in Oklahoma City where it seems there is an abundance of murder and suicide staining the city’s history.
Let’s get up close and personal with some of the most haunted places in Oklahoma City.
11 - Buy For Less Grocery Store
It is not often we hear stories of a haunted grocery store, but the Buy For Less at 36th and MacArthur is said to have a haunted bakery. The story associated with it states that some years ago, a baker was shot and killed by a jealous boyfriend of one of his female co-workers.
Ever since, there has been odd occurrences in the bakery area. However, the store is also said to have another ghost in the stockroom who staff have nicknamed Mr Bojangles because he is dressed like a twenties minstrel!
10 - Kitchen Lake Bridge
Kitchen Lake Bridge is located next to the remains of an old house that is said to have once been occupied by a local witch. The house sat on the corner of 119 and Air Depot, but all that is left now is an old chimney and a fireplace.
However, it has been suggested that the spirit of the witch still lingers here and on occasion she will burn items in the fireplace.
She has also been known to affect vehicles driving over the Kitchen Lake Bridge.
Drivers frequently find that their cars will not start if the stop on the bridge and it is also common for their headlights to flicker on and off!
9 - Belle Isle Station
Belle Isle Station was actually demolished in 1999 in order to make way for a new shopping centre. However, destroying the station did not eliminate the ghosts that lingered there.
During construction of the new shopping centre the workers found several strange things going on including their equipment malfunctioning and a number of power failures.
There are also reports of blasts of cold air suddenly rushing past people and a strange mist like apparition hovering a few feet off the ground.
8 - The Murrah Building
The Murrah Building was the site of the Oklahoma City bombing in 1995 in which 168 people died and a few hundred more were injured. With so much death here it is not at all surprising that the building is said to be haunted.
What does comes as something of a surprise though, is that the spirits can only been seen by young children of age three to five! Parents say that if they take their children there, then they will often get very upset and scared.
When asked why they are spooked the kids usually reply that they can see dead people wandering around.
7 - Edmond’s Central Middle School
Edmond’s Central Middle School is said to be one of the most haunted places in Oklahoma City. It is reportedly haunted by a couple of different entities.
Over the years there have been reports of a mysterious female spirit who is dressed in old fashioned clothing and a male apparition that is often seen going in and out of the restrooms.
A third spirit is said to enjoy scaring people by turning music on when they are not expecting it.
6 - Puckett’s Body Shop
A body shop is probably not the first place that you would think about when asked to choose a haunted building, but nevertheless Puckett’s Body Shop on SW 29th is home to one of Oklahoma City’s most interesting ghostly tales.
It became famous when a video clip went viral which showed spirits on the shop’s surveillance cameras. The owner has suggested that it could very well be the spirit of a woman named Tracy Martin who was killed in a car accident just a few hours before the footage was captured.
The woman’s car had been towed to the shop by her insurance company not long before the images were captured on tape.
5 - Oklahoma City Zoo
Oklahoma Zoo is ranked among the top 10 zoos in the entire United States and is the oldest in the SouthWest. Aside from boasting over 100 landscaped areas filled with all manner of exotic animals the zoo also has a resident ghost!
Witnesses have reported seeing a pale female apparition with long flowing hair lurking around the aquatic building. Nobody knows who she is or where she came from, but she has come to be known as the wraith of Oklahoma City Zoo.
4 - Gabriella’s Italian Grill
Gabriella’s Italian Grill is a popular place to eat in Oklahoma and it it also one of the most haunted places in the city. It was originally known as The County Line barbecue restaurant and is housed in a building that dates back to the Prohibition era.
It has also served as a dance hall, a gambling den and even a bordello. It was apparently a favourite hangout for notorious gangster Pretty Boy Floyd.
There is at least one ghost hanging around, believed to be the spirit of a man named Russell who in life was a renowned playboy! He was apparently murdered by a jealous husband.
Those who have encountered Russell say that they have heard disembodied voices, rattling wine glasses and cups being thrown off of the draining racks!
3 - Langston’s Western Wear
The building which now houses Langston’s Western Wear was originally built in 1919 as a dance hall and bar. It is apparently haunted by the ghosts of two sisters named Patty and Rose who were dancers at the location.
Patty was shot dead by her boyfriend and her sister Rose was so distraught that she took her own life when she hanged herself in one of the upstairs rooms.
Ever since the ladies died there have been lots of weird things happening in the building and most of them are blamed on Patty and Rose!
2 - St Vincent’s Hospital
St Vincent’s Hospital was opened in 1945 as a mental asylum housing men only. It wasn’t until the 1960s that rumours of murders within the asylum began to circulate.
The first known killing happened when one of the nursing staff suffocated two patients for no apparent reason. There were many more murders over the years right up until the hospital closed its doors in the 1980s.
The property is now considered to be one of the most haunted places in Oklahoma City thanks to the presence of various spirits who are thought to be the tortured souls of some of the asylum’s former patients.
The property is private and cannot be entered without permission, but several paranormal investigation groups have been granted access and have managed to capture some very compelling evidence.
Some of these investigators believe that the asylum is inhabited by a demonic force, but it is one that has apparently been there since before the hospital was closed down. It is even thought to have driven both staff and patients insane, which could actually explain the spate of murders!
1 - The Skirvin HotelSTAY HERE
The Skirvin Hotel is one of the oldest buildings in Oklahoma City and it is among the most popular luxury hotels favoured by visiting NBA teams. However, it also just so happens to be one of the most haunted places in Oklahoma City as well!
There are frequent reports made by guests regarding the paranormal activity here – even from many of the NBA players! In fact, some of the most well known tales come from players from The New York Knicks and the Chicago Bulls!
Several members of the Chicago Bulls team have stated that during their stay there were strange, unexplained sounds outside their rooms even though nobody was out there.
A few of them even claimed to see their room doors slamming shut all by themselves! The New York Knicks had a similar story to tell and even went so far as to blame their loss to Oklahoma on the ghosts – presumably because they were kept up at night?
The main spirit that is said to be haunting the hotel is said to be Effie, a hotel maid who was having an affair with the first owner of the property, W.B. Skirvin. She became pregnant and Skirvin locked her in a room on the tenth floor to protect his own reputation.
However, when he refused to let her out even after the child was born she fell into a deep depression and ended up throwing herself out of the window.
Now male guests staying at The Skirvin Hotel often report hearing a disembodied female voice propositioning them and some have seen a naked female apparition appear in the shower with them!
One male guests even went so far as to say that this female spirit actually sexually assaulted him during his stay!