Haunted Places in Tahlequah, Oklahoma



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    Cherokee County Courthouse

    Tahlequah, Oklahoma

    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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    McBride House

    Fort Gibson, Oklahoma

    17.5 miles from Tahlequah, 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

    17.7 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Pink House Restauant

    Wagoner, Oklahoma

    22.5 miles from Tahlequah, 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

    22.9 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Thomas-Foreman Historic Home

    Muskogee, Oklahoma

    25.9 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Timber Ridge Cemetery

    Catoosa, Oklahoma

    42.3 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Belvidere Mansion

    Claremore, Oklahoma

    45 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Inn at Carnall Hall

    Fayetteville, Arkansas

    46 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Rogers State University

    Claremore, Oklahoma

    46.6 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Tilly Willy Bridge

    Fayetteville, Arkansas

    46.8 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Old Fort Smith Courthouse

    Fort Smith, Arkansas

    47.4 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Chester House Inn and Antiques

    Chester, Arkansas

    47.5 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    King Opera House

    Van Buren, Arkansas

    47.9 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Hotel Vinita - Napoli's Italian Restaurant

    Vinita, Oklahoma

    50.9 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Built in Spanish Revival-style, the 1927 hotel now features a quaint restaurant on the ground floor. The guest rooms have since been refurbished as apartments, but the original ballroom still retains its period features. This part of the building is haunted according to visitors, who have reported ghostly piano ...


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    All Star Pizzeria

    Noel, Missouri

    51.2 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Peel Mansion

    Bentonville, Arkansas

    52.2 miles from Tahlequah, 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

    52.9 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Fort Chaffee

    Fort Smith, Arkansas

    55.9 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Mohawk Park and Golf Course

    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    56.9 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Tyrrell Hall - University of Tulsa

    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    57 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Philbrook Museum of Art

    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    57.7 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Tulsa Spotlight Theatre

    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    59.6 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Brady Theater

    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    59.7 miles from Tahlequah, 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

    59.7 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Radar Road Phantom

    Rogers, Arkansas

    60 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Gilcrease Museum

    Tulsa, Oklahoma

    61.4 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Nighttime security guards and other employees reportedly have witnessed a ghost that roams the halls in the museum.


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    Pea Ridge National Military Park

    Garfield, Arkansas

    63.9 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Sapulpa Historical Museum

    Sapulpa, Oklahoma

    64.1 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Witch's Grave - Hillside Cemetery

    Skiatook, Oklahoma

    66.6 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Postoak Cemetery - Sparky's Graveyard

    Sand Springs, Oklahoma

    67.3 miles from Tahlequah, OK


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    Joplin Spook Light - Hornet Spooklight

    Seneca, Missouri

    73.7 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Joplin Spook Light, aka Hollis Light or Hornet Spooklight, is a ball of light or group of lights that appear in an area called the Devil's Promenade. The lights have been seen as far back as the mid-1800s. Legend has it that the phenomena has to do with two deceased ...


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    Basin Park Hotel

    Eureka Springs, Arkansas

    76.6 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Crescent Hotel

    Eureka Springs, Arkansas

    76.7 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Concord Cemetery

    Exeter, Missouri

    76.8 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Investigators claim to have captured orbs in photographs taken at this cemetery, and mysterious breathing noises appear on audio recordings.


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    Jesse Creek Cemetery

    Bartlesville, Oklahoma

    79.5 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    This abandoned and overgrown cemetery is reported to be near Haunted Hill and Circle Mountain off CR 2700, and lies in an open field near an abandoned landscape business. Folks report that those who try to use digital cameras to take pictures here find that their cameras are not working ...


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    Opossum Walk Cemetery

    Hartman, Arkansas

    79.6 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Kiamichi Kitchen

    Talihina, Oklahoma

    80.3 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Frank and Lola's

    Bartlesville, Oklahoma

    80.5 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Located in the 1910 Buford & Son Building, this historic bar and restaurant is rumoured to be haunted by a female spirit dating back to when the premises served as a brothel. Legend says that the ghost is that of a murdered prostitute named Estelle, who has been seen ...


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    Mary Jane's 1896 Cafe and Pub

    McAlester, Oklahoma

    81.4 miles from Tahlequah, 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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    Dewey Hotel Museum

    Dewey, Oklahoma

    81.4 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Visitors to this 1899 hotel-turned-museum have supposedly felt a male presence in an upstairs bedroom, possibly that of town founder Jacob Bartle's. Submitted by Callum Swift


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    Oak Hill Cemetery - Witch's Grave

    Galena, Kansas

    83.5 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Legend has it that there is a grave of a witch toward the back of this cemetery, and some claim that apparitions, voices, and strange sounds will come from the area, especially around the hour of 3:33 a.m.


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    Brown Mansion

    Coffeyville, Kansas

    84.3 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Completed in 1904, the grand Brown Mansion is said to be haunted. Although the staff complain to have no evidence of the haunting, local tales tell that when the building spent several years vacant, with the power turned off, glowing green lights could be seen coming from the mansion grounds.


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    Elmwood Cemetery

    Coffeyville, Kansas

    84.6 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Elmwood Cemetery contains the graves of the Dalton Gang bank robbers and the town's defenders from the gun battle of October 5, 1892. Witnesses describe odd noises, shadows that chase them, and uneasy feelings.


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    Dale Apartments

    Coffeyville, Kansas

    85.4 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    People who live in this historic apartment complex have heard screams and moans when there is no one around, as well as seeing a shadowy apparition that slams doors. (Submitted by Callum Swift)


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    Missouri Southern State University

    Joplin, Missouri

    86.3 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    Missouri Southern State University has a ghostly Dark Lady who is known to move objects and create cold spots. Some also maintain that the Billingsly Student Center is haunted.


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    Peace Church Cemetery

    Joplin, Missouri

    86.7 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    This cemetery dates back to the mid 19th century, but has been more or less abandoned for the past three decades. Its most famous "inhabitant" is probably Billy Cook, who killed six people during a 22-day criminal rampage between Missouri and California in the early 1950s. He was ...


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    Prosperity School Bed and Breakfast

    Joplin, Missouri

    88.8 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    A school in its olden days, this building stood empty for three decades before it was renovated into an inn. During the time it was empty, it became known as a hot spot for haunts. TV's Ghost Hunters has caught an image of ghost children running down a hall; shadow ...


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    Labadie Mansion

    Copan, Oklahoma

    89.6 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    The rumor mill tells of a man who murdered his wife here in 1935, which may be the spark for the odd happenings. Only a wall and the foundation still exist, as the once beautiful mansion has been ravaged by time and 2 fires. Some witnesses say their flashlights suddenly ...


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    John Walsh Mansion

    Monett, Missouri

    90.9 miles from Tahlequah, OK

    House has at least 3 paranormal residents. A man in formal dress is often glimpsed, especially in upper bedroom areas. A small child most likely female is also present and likes to play with the household dogs. A middle age woman visits the "music room' part of the ...


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