Enid's Haunted Tales
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Does your town have haunted places?
Well I guess I am lucky because mine does. Enid, Oklahoma, has several of them as a matter of fact. There are tales that go along with all these places and whether you believe it or not, is up to you. Don't read these and then go to bed alone on a dark stormy night. You might want to wait till morning when the sun is out and you know for sure what (or who) just knocked the broom over in the kitchen.
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Halloween: October 31, 2012
The Tale of Imo Cemetery
If its dark outside and perhaps lots of dark clouds, the wind is whipping around and perhaps there is a streak of lightening or two. Now you must go west of Enid to Imo Rd, then turn left and go south to Wheat Capital road. Then turn west for 2 miles or if you can see it, the first road after the railroad track then turn south. Now look and if you can and there should be the cemetery gates on the right.Look hard and you should see a glowing head stone in the cemetery. But if you have the nerve to get out of the car and you walk up to the head stone it will stop glowing. If you go south of the head stone there are claw marks on another head stone.
In the back of the cemetery there is an old Indian burial ground and they say you can hear voices and even feel people touching you. The Imo story about the graves has supposedly been investigated and could be tower lights across the street from the cemetery that give a reflection off the marker, the burning effect takes place as soon as it gets dark and goes away as soon as it gets light, when you walk up to it - at any point you can clearly see the lights in the background, from the ground point of view, it does in fact look like it is on fire, especially from the road at night but is really only an illusion.
Is it an illusion? I'll meet you out there tonight and we can check it out. Will you be there?
Does the spirit of Booth haunt the old hotel rooms?
The legend says that John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln, died in Enid around 1903. A man named David E. George, committed suicide in Enid, Oklahoma Territory, in 1903 and is believed to have been Booth himself.John Wilkes Booth was a noted actor and Confederate sympathizer and had originally planned on kidnapping Lincoln in exchange for Confederate prisoners. Due to a change in plans Booth decided to assassinate President Lincoln on April 14, 1865, at the Ford's Theater in Washington. After shooting the President, Booth jumped to the stage, caught and broke his leg on a flag and fled the theater.
History states that Booth escaped, but was found by federal soldiers several weeks later. He had hidden in a barn near Port Royal, Virginia, and would not surrender. The barn was eventually set on fire. Booth was supposedly shot and killed by Sgt. Boston Corbett of the Sixteenth New York Cavalry.
Conflicting stories still exist about the identification of Booth's body, and there were errors made in the identification process along with errors in supplying information to the public about the identification. Legend tells that Boston Corbett, the man who shot Booth against orders, was involved in identifying the body as Booth's. This has fueled the speculation that Booth may not have been killed that night, but some other individual.
Many years later on January 13, 1903, in the Booth Legend (upstairs in the current Garfield Furniture building above) in Enid, Oklahoma, a man calling himself David E George was found dead. A doctor diagnosed his death as self-administered arsenic poisoning. George had been a house painter who did not know how to paint and always had access to money but died penniless. Legend has him quoted as saying, "I killed the best man that ever lived."
The first cemetery
New settlers had to bury their deceased but Enid didn't have an official cemetery. After the first person was buried it didn't take long before another was put nearby and thus the precedent to use the area as a cemetery was established. As best as anyone can figure or find, there were more than 200 people buried in this early day cemetery. Eventually many, but not all of them, were moved to the present day cemeteries.Years later when the area of the old unofficial cemetery was developed as a housing addition, construction workers reported striking old caskets while excavating for foundations for new homes. Some of the settlers families were unable to afford the cost of moving their relatives to the new cemetery, leaving several graves in the original area as the large homes were being built.
Where was this early day cemetery? It was near the corner of South VanBuren and Wabash streets, in what is now known as the Kisner Addition! SO, if you live in the area and you think you've heard ghosts in the attic . . . you just might be right.
Would you like to take the elevator?
The Knox Building was constructed in 1924. Of its six stories, the top two were built as a Masonic Temple, housing a large concert hall, banquet hall, and theatre, as well as ancillaries. At one time it was the largest and most active Masonic Temple in the region. It`s doors were abruptly closed in 1946 for reasons unknown. Between 1946 and 1981, no one was allowed onto the top two floors of the building. For years the owner refused to sell the building. Of the stories "The Lights," are the best known around the city of Enid. The director of the Enid Symphony had an encounter with George the elevator repairman walking the halls. You might get a talented roommate.
Clay Hall, Old Phillips University. This haunted dormitory was condemned by state in the early 1980`s. Voices have been heard here along with piano playing. Recordings of ghostly women singing have also occurred. Meet me in the Green Room
This is the former home of the Gaslight Theatre (known as the Alton Mercantile Company Building), where the owner hung himself. You can hear his foot steps and other strange noises. Just ask anyone who has spent time in the old theatre alone at night. hahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Lots about those spooky places
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