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0Fort Chaffee
Fort Smith, Arkansas
25.3 miles from Poteau, OK
This historic site, now an Army National Guard station and training center, is reported to be haunted. The site, which experienced major fires in 2008, has also been used in several films, including A Soldier's Story in 1984, Biloxi Blues in 1988, and The Tuskegee Airmen in 1995. Elvis Presley ...
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0Old Fort Smith Courthouse
Fort Smith, Arkansas
25.6 miles from Poteau, OK
The old courthouse that still stands here was the sight of many a death sentence handed out in the late 19th century - the hangings occurred just outside. It is said that the ghosts of the condemned men still roam this area.
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0King Opera House
Van Buren, Arkansas
30.4 miles from Poteau, OK
Allegedly haunted by the ghost of a young actor who was killed by an enraged father who objected to the actor's intentions to elope with his daughter.
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Kiamichi Kitchen
Talihina, Oklahoma
31.5 miles from Poteau, OK
The Kiamichi Kitchen, now demolished, was housed in a former private home. It was said to be haunted by a ghost called George who would turn the lights and the radio on and off and make noises late at night.
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Lick Skillet Lane
Waldron, Arkansas
43.4 miles from Poteau, OK
There have been ghost sightings on this road hitchhiking. Do not stop or you may get hurt. Its not a real person and you will have a feeling that you are being watched. I traveled down that road didn't see anything but I felt a presence. The reason why it ...
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Chester House Inn and Antiques
Chester, Arkansas
50.1 miles from Poteau, OK
The 1887 hotel primarily served railroad passengers and workers until the late-twentieth century. Now a delightful bed and breakfast inn with an adjoining antiques store, employees and guests staying at the establishment have reported many strange instances of paranormal activity. The place is rumoured to have been a brothel ...
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Opossum Walk Cemetery
Hartman, Arkansas
61.8 miles from Poteau, OK
Opossum Walk Cemetery is reported to have gates that are hot to the touch, even in winter, and witnesses have heard footsteps walking behind them and seen apparitions out of the corner of their eye.
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Cherokee County Courthouse
Tahlequah, Oklahoma
62.6 miles from Poteau, OK
Previously the city's hospital, the courthouse is believed to be haunted. Folks have reported the sound of the jail door closing when no one is there, and the sound of a hospital gurney being rolled across ceramic tile has been reported even though the areas have been carpeted or tiled ...
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0McBride House
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
62.9 miles from Poteau, OK
This private home is now abandoned but its former owner claims it was haunted by numerous ghosts. She's even written a book about it. She claims that the previous owner and original builder of the house still resides there and is prone to throwing ghostly parties at 2 am. ...
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Fort Gibson
Fort Gibson, Oklahoma
63 miles from Poteau, OK
The legend of Vivia Thomas is told around Fort Gibson. So it goes, one morning in 1870, a soldier was found dead atop a grave in the nearby cemetery. When the doctor examined the body, he found she was a woman. Vivia Thomas had been educated and elegant, and she ...
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Thomas-Foreman Historic Home
Muskogee, Oklahoma
64.7 miles from Poteau, OK
This 1898 home-turned-house-museum built in former "Indian Territory" is said to be haunted by the ghost of former resident Mrs. Foreman, who passed away in the home in 1968. Its caretaker said he often looked up while working outside to see the apparition of Mrs. Foreman in the doorway watching ...
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Mary Jane's 1896 Cafe and Pub
McAlester, Oklahoma
65.2 miles from Poteau, OK
Mary Jane’s 1896 Bar & Grille is also known as "The 1896" -- and the place was, in fact, built in 1896. Legend has it that there were several deaths, including murders and suicides, in the apartment above it, and the resultant ghosts like to play pranks. One ghost likes ...
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Avon Cemetery
De Queen, Arkansas
69 miles from Poteau, OK
A ghostly baby and mother are said to haunt the cemetery. Local legend has it that if you drop a rock into the well in the center of the cemetery at night, you will hear the baby crying. The baby's mother has been seen running through the cemetery. According to ...
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Tilly Willy Bridge
Fayetteville, Arkansas
71.7 miles from Poteau, OK
The bridge was demolished in 2010 or 2011; the map shows the location of theh former bridge. It is said that a woman in the 1970s drove off the bridge, killing herself and her children. Her phantom car was seen driving across the bridge, and her apparition has been spotted ...
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Inn at Carnall Hall
Fayetteville, Arkansas
74.7 miles from Poteau, OK
Originially built in 1905 as a women's dorm, the building now houses a 50-room hotel and Ella's French restaurant. Witnesses here have seen the floating apparition of a woman in a gown, without a head or feet, and indentations on the bed as if someone were sitting on it. Other ...
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Pink House Restauant
Wagoner, Oklahoma
75.3 miles from Poteau, OK
The 1906 Pink House Restaurant was recently painted green amid local controversy, and is supposedly haunted by a frustrated female spirit who is very much against change. During the initial renovations, tools and furniture were constantly moved around by unseen hands, and doors slammed shut of their own accord. ...
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James Parkinson House
Wagoner, Oklahoma
75.7 miles from Poteau, OK
The 1892 Victorian mansion is rumoured to be haunted, according to the current residents. Orbs have been known to show up in photographs, and lamps have been known to flicker for no apparent reason. In an upstairs bedroom, strange noises and ghostly voices have been heard. The current owner ...
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Wheelock Mission
Millerton, Oklahoma
76.2 miles from Poteau, OK
According to the local stories, the hauntings at Wheelock Mission began when a man broke into the girls' mission and murdered the girls. Witnesses say that the walls and trees bleed, and apparitions sit in chairs or hang from trees. One story tells of some teens who tried to steal ...
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McDonald's
Idabel, Oklahoma
80.7 miles from Poteau, OK
The ghost of a little girl is said to haunt this fast-food restaurant. She has been seen going into the men's restroom before opening hours, and she has been blamed for all the women's restroom toilets flushing at once. Her laughter has been heard in the women's restroom, and employees ...
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Moore Hill Cemetery
Dardanelle, Arkansas
82.3 miles from Poteau, OK
Locals swear that if you hang around the "Hovis" gravestones at night you'll eventually find the ghost of a man who killed his wife.
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Mayberry Hotel
Royal, Arkansas
83.7 miles from Poteau, OK
This hotel is now abandoned and near total ruin. The ghost of 1800s owner David Mayberry is said to haunt the site. Seeing that he built the hotel for the area's prospectors and miners, gunfights broke out often here, leading to many deaths. David Mayberry himself was shot but not ...
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Kulli Tuklo Methodist Church
Idabel, Oklahoma
84.1 miles from Poteau, OK
The church and nearby cemetery are believed to be haunted. The bell at the church sometimes rings by itself at night, and people have reported hearing ghostly singing and laughter. The church doors open and close late at night, and people have reported seeing a shadowy figure approaching the church ...
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Arkansas Tech University
Russellville, Arkansas
85.8 miles from Poteau, OK
Arkansas Tech University, several locations are rumored to be haunted. One is Caraway Hall, where students describe noises in the attic, footsteps on the stairs and whispers in the hallways. There are two legends to explain the hauntings. One is that it is build on top of a Cherokee burial ...
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Johnson House Inn
Hugo, Oklahoma
87.6 miles from Poteau, OK
The 1910 residence of a former 'hanging' judge and his wife is rumoured to be haunted. Now a bed and breakfast inn, inexplicable occurrences have taken place over the years, such as disembodied footsteps, a woman's voice and a rocking chair that rocks by itself. A one-time housekeeper swore ...
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Peel Mansion
Bentonville, Arkansas
93.6 miles from Poteau, OK
This historic mansion, built by Samuel Peel in 1875, is said to be haunted by Peel himself and by his daughter, Minnie Belle. Minnie Belle is known to play the piano when no one is in the room.
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Station Cafe
Bentonville, Arkansas
94.1 miles from Poteau, OK
Once a theatre, this building is now home to a restaurant called "The Station Cafe". Items are moved in the main dining room and kitchen, sometimes violently. A ghostly figure of a man has been seen roaming the hallway.
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Slate Shoals Mansion
Arthur City, Texas
94.3 miles from Poteau, OK
The mansion that once stood here was said to me haunted. Witnesses have reported uneasy feelings when around it, and strange sounds that came from it. Some have seen a ghostly woman in the attic and a wheelchair that moved by itself. Cabins in the back were said to be ...
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Timber Ridge Cemetery
Catoosa, Oklahoma
96.7 miles from Poteau, OK
Locals have nicknamed this place Haunted Hollow. Legend has it that a Native American boy who was hit by a car and killed while riding his bicycle in 1989 is buried here. Witnesses say that his spirit, along with his bicycle, can be seen along the roadside. Some say they ...
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Radar Road Phantom
Rogers, Arkansas
98.4 miles from Poteau, OK
Locals have reported seeing a phantom horse and rider on the outskirts of the city of Rogers. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Pea Ridge National Military Park
Garfield, Arkansas
102 miles from Poteau, OK
On the battlefield in the middle of the night, witnesses have heard musket fire and seen apparitions of soldiers from the Battle of Pea Ridge. Some guests to the site have reported a feeling of being followed by something unseen.
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Belvidere Mansion
Claremore, Oklahoma
103 miles from Poteau, OK
Belvidere Mansion, built by John M. Bayless around in 1902, is a gothic-style brick home. Its third floor is a ballroom. In 1907, six months before it was completed, Mr. Bayless died of complications from appendicitis surgery. Mary Bayless and their six surviving children finished the mansion and lived there ...
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All Star Pizzeria
Noel, Missouri
103.3 miles from Poteau, OK
This historic building was a former pizzeria, but is now boarded up. People who drive past late at night have seen a white apparition standing at the windows, and while it was in operation, staff would report all sorts of various paranormal activity. (Submitted by Callum Swift)
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Rogers State University
Claremore, Oklahoma
104.4 miles from Poteau, OK
At night, students say, an elderly Native American man's apparition can be seen walking on the grounds. Also, legend has it that when the school was a military academy, a cadet died in a hazing accident, and he now haunts the college TV station. The former radio station is rumored ...
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Basin Park Hotel
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
105.6 miles from Poteau, OK
A haunted tour is offered here, and the hotel even has its own ghosts, including a young woman with blonde hair and blue eyes and a toddler-aged girl wearing pigtails and a yellow dress. Witnesses have also reported orbs and objects that move by themselves.
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Philbrook Museum of Art
Tulsa, Oklahoma
105.8 miles from Poteau, OK
At this art museum, some say the statues' eyes follow you, and if you look closely, you may notice their heads actually turn! Reports also mention lights that turn on by themselves up and down the hallways when no one is there.
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0Crescent Hotel
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
106 miles from Poteau, OK
One of the most well-known haunted hotels in America, the Crescent hotel has a history that just requires there to be ghosts and haunts associated with it. And the Crescent has plenty. The site of a former hospital run by a con artist who had previously been convicted of practicing ...
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Sapulpa Historical Museum
Sapulpa, Oklahoma
106.1 miles from Poteau, OK
Three floors of exhibits detail the town's past, but visitors may see more than museum artifacts here. Phantom voices and strange flitting forms have been noticed here, and ghost investigators have captured electronic voice phenomena.
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Tyrrell Hall - University of Tulsa
Tulsa, Oklahoma
106.2 miles from Poteau, OK
Tyrrell Hall, located in the center of the University of Tulsa, is one of the three original buildings on the campus, which predates the city itself. Until recently, it housed the university's school of music since the university's establishment in 1894. The building is comprised of a ground ...
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Tulsa Spotlight Theatre
Tulsa, Oklahoma
107.8 miles from Poteau, OK
Some say those who visit the second floor alone or with only one other person may hear footsteps in the costume room. The basement is also said to be a bit eerie, with strange scratch marks on the walls and, as some witnesses have reported, a faint sound of phantom ...
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Mohawk Park and Golf Course
Tulsa, Oklahoma
108.3 miles from Poteau, OK
Mohawk Park is reported to be full of "little people" who can be heard talking and moving throughout the area, although they are invisible. The park is also said to be home to an 8-foot-tall Deer Lady--half woman, half deer--who may appear standing on her hind legs. On the golf ...
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Brady Theater
Tulsa, Oklahoma
108.4 miles from Poteau, OK
Brady Theater, a public assembly facility since 1914, is rumored to be haunted by the ghost of opera singer Enrico Caruso, who performed there in 1920. Local legend has it that it was here that he caught the cold that led to his 1921 death by pleurisy.
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Cain's Ballroom
Tulsa, Oklahoma
108.6 miles from Poteau, OK
Built in 1924, the historic Cain's Ballroom is a concert venue that has hosted such acts as the Sex Pistols, Van Halen and the Ramones. The building is believed to be haunted. Cold and hot spots, orbs that show up in photos, and lights that turn on and off have ...
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Gilcrease Museum
Tulsa, Oklahoma
110.3 miles from Poteau, OK
Nighttime security guards and other employees reportedly have witnessed a ghost that roams the halls in the museum.
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Gurdon Light
Gurdon, Arkansas
112.3 miles from Poteau, OK
The Gurdon Spook Light is a yellowish glowing orb that appears intermittently at night along the railroad tracks. Some say it is the ghost of a railroad worker who was struck by a train and decapitated; others maintain it is the ghost of a railroad foreman who was beaten to ...
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Witch's Grave - Hillside Cemetery
Skiatook, Oklahoma
121.6 miles from Poteau, OK
Among its late 1800s and early 1900s graves, Hillside Cemetery is said to house a witch's final(?) resting place. Legend has it that those who tamper with her grave have suffered dire consequences from life ruination to demonic possession. Also, the ghost of a teen who wrecked his car nearby ...
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