Guthrie’s School for Boys
Guthrie’s School for boys was once a youth detention center, but is now abandoned. It is said that a dark figure now haunts the bell tower located in the center of the school.
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Guthrie’s School for boys was once a youth detention center, but is now abandoned. It is said that a dark figure now haunts the bell tower located in the center of the school.
The story on the boys’ home is up for sale and there maybe a family buying it to convert it to a private home.
Comment by Alex | 10.3.2005 | 8:45 pm
do they ever allow people to go thru the school in groups?
Comment by janice wigley | 10.5.2005 | 9:45 pm
No, group tours are not allowed. The home shut down in 1978 and was bought in 2000. It has been redone and it is not a private home. Creepy if you ask me. However they do allow weddings there and it has the most beauitful gardens I have ever seen in Oklahoma. Its said that you can hear boys screaming in there and that on of the nurse maids hanged herself in the bell tower. At night between 2am and 4am you can heard gasps coming from the tower. The really scary place in Guthrie is the old hospital. Just being near it freaks me out.
Comment by Allison | 10.9.2005 | 1:00 am
I have been to both, the house once was really scary before they renovated it. There are old graves sites on the back side of the property. I called and did some research on the place and it used to be owed by the Masons. It was called Masonic Boys Home back then. It was pretty scary when we used to go in it. There were old papers liek birth certificates layiung around along with trash scattered. There are rumors of spirits being in there. One time we enterted a window on the bottom floor backside of the building and a black shadow kept lurking aroudn us the whoel time, it was a really eerie feeling!!! The hospital is really scary also. You can see things moving in the windows when you drive up to it!!
Comment by Randi Smirg | 10.27.2005 | 10:04 am
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Comment by tim kanoff | 11.17.2005 | 11:54 am
Hi my name is Toni, I’m writing this in reference to the ghostly happenings in my home.My husband Dale died on Feb 02,1992..After his passing things started happening in my home.Dale did die in our home.He started doing all kinds of things.We would see shawdows in the hall.Lights would come on by thier self.He would move things.My 4 year old daughter seen him in my room she came to me and asked where did he go? She said he was there then he was gone.Thing’s like pictures would fall off the wall.There are so many things he would do i can’t list them all.But we knew it was him.We dont see much of anything now but,Id still like to we still miss him dearly.
Comment by TONI | 11.17.2005 | 1:44 pm
Hi my name is Toni, I’m writing this in reference to the ghostly happenings in my home.My husband Dale died on Feb 02,1992..After his passing things started happening in my home.Dale did die in our home.He started doing all kinds of things.We would see shawdows in the hall.Lights would come on by thier self.He would move things.My 4 year old daughter seen him in my room she came to me and asked where did he go? She said he was there then he was gone.Thing’s like pictures would fall off the wall.There are so many things he would do i can’t list them all.But we knew it was him.We dont see much of anything now but,Id still like to we still miss him dearly. Please someone give me some feed back
Comment by TONI | 11.17.2005 | 1:45 pm
I’m doing a paper on Halloween for yearbook and I’d like some storys on hounted places in Guthrie. Thanks
Comment by Cole | 11.28.2005 | 2:30 pm
Where is this located in oklahoma
Comment by Aqua | 11.28.2005 | 10:30 pm
TONI
Comment by dan_blockin | 01.13.2006 | 6:52 am
TONI MY NAME IS DAN AND I AM A PSYCHIC IN ST LOUIS MO, SELF EMPLOYED. i CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW THAT YOUR HUSBAND DALE IN NO WAY WAS TRYING TO STARTLE YOU OR YOUR DAUGHTER. HE JUST DIDNT KNOW HOW TO GET YOUR ATTENTION AND WHAT YOU SAID ABOUT SOMETHING BEING THROWN OFF OF THE SHELF OR PICTURES OFF THE WALL WELL HE WAS JUST TRYIN TO GET YOUR ATTENTION. DALE LOVES YOU VERY MUCH. HE IS AROUND. LOOK FOR HIM IN THE AFTERNOON IN THE HALLWAY BY YOUR BEDROOM. WAIT. JUST WAIT PEACEFULLY, HE’LL BE THERE. AND TONI, YOUR HUSBAND LOVES YOU VERY MUCH. REMEMBER THAT. PEACE TO YOU, DAN.
Comment by dan_blockin | 01.13.2006 | 6:57 am
Come on, I am 64 years old and grew up in Guthrie. I have heard so many stories about this and the Masonic Childrens Home. I lived across the street from Masonic Childrens Home and my own step-son still thinks they murded children there. Not so. The children were well taken care of. Had horses, cows, play ground with even a farris wheel. Bowling ally gardens etc. The only haunted places I know of is a house in the 300 block of E Noble. One of the buildings down town also. Sorry, the rest make a good story.
Comment by Sandy | 02.14.2006 | 5:00 pm
Ok people, this is an up date on the old hospital in Guthrie. I went there a while back with a friend of mine and yes, it is a truely sadistic place indeed. HOWEVER, the Logan County Sherriff’s Dept. watches this place RELIGIOUSLY!!! They will prosecute to the fullist! That’s b/c OKGHS has thousands of $$$ of equip. (and alarms) watching the place for “activity”. But if u can get past the dozens of pigs and avoid the cameras, well… lets just hope u don’t run into what we say…
Comment by Red Cypert | 02.21.2006 | 12:11 pm
sorry, i meant to say SAW. it gave me gitters thinking of it and so i screwed up
Comment by Red Cypert | 02.21.2006 | 12:14 pm
Me and some buddies of mine just got back from the old hospital, and we were so freaked out. we took some pictures and saw faces in the windows. we took off and didn’t go back
Comment by Taylor | 03.15.2006 | 5:02 am
yea so about a year ago me and about 10 other ppl went in their one night, we took the hard way through the trees and **** next to that neighborhood..yeah bad idea, theres alot of barbed wire fences you have to climb…
we went in through the bathroom window
that **** is so scary, we went all the way up to the bell tower and you could actually hear ****…
if you ever get a chance to “break” into it, do so you will be glad you actuallty got to go in their
Comment by paul cox | 03.19.2006 | 1:04 am
I went into the boys home back in 2001. At that time there were people living in a tralior on the black top in the back yard. Back in 1998 I use to enter through the back door there. But the last time I went I had to climb in through a window. They’ve also put a tall iron fence around it that made it almost impossible to get in. Believe I spent 6 hours in that building with candels a flashlight and a blanket. I don’t care what anyone says, that place made me a believer in ghosts.
Comment by Courtney | 03.24.2006 | 4:27 pm
I have had so many contacts with ghosts in that building that I think I brought some home with me. I too collected papers and little trinkets from the home. Some of the bedrooms inside had closets in them that were only 3ft. tall and 6ft long. The closets had sinks in them and locks on the doors. Now tell me why would anyone need a closet with a sink and for gods sake a lock on the door?!!! These kids were beaten by the lady that ran the place. I still believe that the 5 boys that died r still there.
Comment by Courtney | 03.24.2006 | 4:32 pm
I hate homos
Comment by ausonion | 03.26.2006 | 12:00 am
I was told by the Police in Guthrie that the Boys Home is NOT haunted, and they added that the Stone Lion Inn IS haunted. There have been many people who have broken into the old building, some of which were seriously injured, due to it’s state of disrepair. The place WAS rather creepy looking, like something from a hollywood film. Standing outside on a crisp October evening in 1999 the building made the Bates Mansion look like a warm and welcoming place. But, I believe any “ghosts” were in the eye of the beholder.
Comment by Steve M | 03.28.2006 | 8:49 pm
I am really, really wanting to check out the two places, the Boys Home and the hospital. I wish I knew someone in Guthrie to help me out in that department. I have wanted to check them out for years. I am somewhat tired of taking tons of orbs pictures in cemeteries. But we do it, still, to capture orbs. I have been interested in proving the afterlife for many years. I know it would scare the poop out of me, but, I need to know. You know? I keep trying to get my husband to go stay at the Stone Lion Inn, and maybe this weekend. Not sure. If anyone has any information of Guthrie hauntings, please email me at babytibbs@hotmail.com. I really want to go check out those places, but I just can’t get arrested. That is some bull****. If only they would give ghost tours. They could make some money! =)
Comment by Jamie | 03.31.2006 | 5:05 am
PS–I have heard of the story of the nurse abusing the boys, too.
Comment by Jamie | 03.31.2006 | 5:05 am
PPS-Sorry, I forgot. Where is the old hospital located? How can I find it? Any suggestions on how to get some pics?
Comment by Jamie | 03.31.2006 | 5:07 am
i live in del city and the place to be at night is sunnylane and 29th street thats right the cemetery i was told thing’s go on in there and i never been up there at night but been told story’s from everyone that live’s here
Comment by night_owl | 04.5.2006 | 4:43 pm
sorry people the old boys home was converted into a home around september of last year and is currently occupied. sorry for the inconvenience. 04/11/06
p.s. i’m dead serious, people now live there!!!!!
Comment by Red Cypert | 04.11.2006 | 11:52 pm
and as far st the old hospitle is concerned, forget it. the logan county sherriff’s dept. watches that place religously and they WILL ticket ur *** and/or take u to jail for breaking and entering. if u don’t believe me then i will happily email u a copy of the $375 ticket ticket the they gave to me when i went!!!
Comment by Red Cypert | 04.11.2006 | 11:58 pm
The orphanage has been totally renevated by a family who lives on the property. The building has been constructed to its original colonial beauty. Events and weddings take place regularly. There are now plush gardens where barbed wire fences once stood. It looks nothing like it was before, but there is still an eerie feeling to walk around this gorgous place after hearing horror stories about it all your life.
Comment by Michellle | 04.23.2006 | 1:43 am
I’ve heard and read lots of different ghost stories, and lots of them don’t make any sense. They are just a bunch of ******** stories that people try to scare other people with. But I do travel to lots of places, and lots of them are real. For instance, this story about the Guthrie’s School for Boys is true. I’ve been there countless of times, and I’m even good friends with one of the guards there. He said that he has heard lots of strange noises while patrolling there at night. Those of you who don’t believe this, go check it out for yourself, and ask the people there, because there is definatly some paranormal activity going on around there.
Comment by Vivi LaTareen | 04.29.2006 | 10:47 pm
AwW..mAn that is some scary stuff!!!!I am gunna go there and get the pea scared out of me aren’t i!?!
Comment by morgan green | 05.4.2006 | 10:55 am
sorry, i meant to say SAW. it gave me gitters thinking of it and so i screwed up
Comment by Red Cypert | 02.21.2006 | 12:14 pm
Just what did you see? I love details…
Comment by IR | 05.19.2006 | 3:56 am
i used to have a black figure following me it was weird i onece saw it bending over and it had red eyse like it was ganna kill somthing like me but later on i was at a friends house i saw it but after i moved to a different town it stopped stalking me o ya and im 14 it stopped at around 13 years old send me a picture of the house and the house i used to live in was haunted it creeked, after we moved in when i was 3-4 the lights never worked because the black figure messed it up i saw him this story is true.
Comment by dustin | 06.13.2006 | 11:39 pm
Hi,
I used to frequent the Guthrie Masonic Boy’s Home back when I was younger. First time I went was in 1990. I can honestly say it freaked the hell out of me. When we went, we had no idea the place was even supposedly “haunted”. Afterwards, we used to go there on the weekends when we were bored. The last time I went was during the daytime. There’s a small parking lot in the back. We parked the car and just sat out there for a while, looking in all the windows as people would say they could see faces and movements. Suddenly, we ALL heard music playing (sounded like an old church organ) loudly. We sat there terrified for what must have been 15 to 20 minutes until we decided we had to go in and investigate. As soon as we entered, the music stopped. We ran back to the car and the music started again. VERY creepy. I still have nightmares about that place. The elevator I almost walked into not realizing it was just an empty shaft! The paperwork everywhere dating back to the 1800’s. And the giant empty pool. I’m saddened to hear that it has been renovated and is now occupied. I’d love to go back again and see it as it used to be!
Comment by Joe | 06.29.2006 | 11:47 pm
i live in Guthrie 2 blocks from the old boys home the man that bought it is from Edmond Oklahoma.. He only restored the ball room the class of 04 got to have their prom there wich i have pictures of and will try to post them and leave a link here. he tore down most of the home all that is left is the west wing and ball room the rest of it is his personal buisness that he runs from the home
Comment by Cole | 07.11.2006 | 9:01 pm
My mother-in-law ans I have a web page that deals with paranormal pictures,and help with answers concerning paranormal activity please check it out or feel free to e-mail me.
ppipics@yahoo.com
sights http://www.geocities.com/ppipics/PPIPICS
Comment by Kay | 07.14.2006 | 5:18 am
Hey people, I am from Oklahoma City and I used to go to Gutherie all the time when I was younger. The Boys Home is kinda scay but you cant realy get that close to it. When I went there, we saw red lights flashing in alot of the windows, shortly after, we got stop by the police. They gave us a warning and said the red lights were paranormal investigators, or somethin like that. Now the hospital is freakin crazy, we accualy went inside but just for a few minutes. It just dident feel write. We met with a kid that lived n Gutherie, and he told us how to break in and said that someone resently died when they fell through the rotten staircase. It was crazy. If you havent been there, you have to go, theres something wrong about that whole town, somethins not right. If you ask a local about the hauntings, they will get mad and refuse to talk to you.
Comment by T | 07.29.2006 | 4:40 pm
me and some of my friends about 7 went to the hosptial in guthrie, mainly because we have heard story of people seeing lights turning on and off. and people standing in the window.
well went went there from oklahoma city near mustang. we left at 1230 got there at 130 at night, it was hard to find its off of noble between 20th and 19th. well we got there parked in the neighborhood (mainly because of there is a hotel thingy place that is open 24 so watch it and dont let them see you)
so we got there. there is a building in the back its like the power house and the boiler room and have a guarge and i have to admit it was really chill but creepy because everything was rusty and old. i recomend to find the basment in that place its awsome but watch out its also really easy to cut up your legs if you dont watch where you walk, since there is alot of old **** on the ground.
well the hospital it self is boared shut, and is i do say impossible to get in and we literally tried every window tryed our hardest to get some boards loose. there was one way to get in. the back where that building i was talking about. there is this walking place if you can get on top of that there is this a/c vent that runs to the window but is very shady and would be hard to get out of.
also watch out because the place is just hott with cops.
but here is the stuff that we saw while we there.
number one we drove by and the place just have this looming feeling about it. its like in the movies where thedrive up to the place and the camera goes up and it looks like its the tallest thing in the world.
and also there are lights in the building, in theory the place has been empty more then most people have been alive in that town so they should be burnt out and not on because i mean why.
and also you go up and there will be lights on and then come back and some other lights would be on and some would be off.
like we were trying to find a way in and the 3rd story above the half ground basement so about like 40 feet or so up. and like the light was on. and then we came around again to check some other place and the 2nd story light right below it was on.
well like i could see if a homeless guy was in there but the thing is that place is like shut like a fort and for someone to get in there would have to be a mountian climber to get to the 3rd and 4th story windows which i see impossible so i belive with out a doubt some crazy **** is happening.
i have had friends that have driven up and lights turn on and off in the place and figures or 50’s people in the window.
i swear on my life this place is creepyand haunted and if you get in there i tip my hat and bow to you. and i would like for you to tell me how you did.
but i worn go with alot of people because i swear that you will be scarred but i would do anything to get in there.
if you can get in there i bow down to you its impossible.
Comment by OklahomaTrey | 08.12.2006 | 5:18 am
I don’t know where that is but there probably is?! I don’t know?
Comment by Thalia | 08.15.2006 | 8:07 pm
I can’t believe ya’ll…GHOSTS…get real, its all in your head…i guess ya’ll believe in deerlady to
Comment by bill | 08.19.2006 | 5:39 pm
The orphange was not just boys it was boys and girls, It was run by the masons. The home had a good history, the reason it was shut down was because the laws changed. Instead of one big orphange they now place children in foster homes to get more of a personal home atmosphere. The property was bought by a family who renovated the entire land and home it is a fabulous home. It is done in a grand way. We did a televison show there the people are gracious. The daughter and her husband have a wedding business in part of the home. The owner is a Prison Builder that is his career. I appreciate the fact they kept the property as original as possible. They even left the play ground equipment in tact as history. There is no eerie feeling. It is warm and inviting. If you are planning an occasion or maybe a wedding check it out.
Comment by Phyllis oklahoma city | 08.27.2006 | 10:40 pm
hey! well i live in a small town just north west of guthrie, and i’ve been in the old boys home. the stories are completely true. it’s the wierdest feeling i’ve ever had. though now, it’s occupied. a very rich man had it redone, it’s beautiful, and him and his family live in it. my brother-in-law helped redo it and he says he’s not scared of anything, and on evening him and his buddies were workin and they kept hearing things. at first the ignored it, but then they heard footsteps and cries and screams. they took off. scary stuff.
Comment by nikki | 09.5.2006 | 4:02 pm
Was wondering if someone could give me directions to the hospital coming from oklahoma city?
Comment by Call me Niff-Zilla | 09.7.2006 | 9:58 pm
Hi,
I’m in need of some help. I’m doing a documentary on the Masonic Boys Home in Guthrie, and I need to know if there’s anyone who would be willing to share their experiences… past and present. I would love to have a local perspective as well. This is not a malicious act against the home. I simply want to document a story. Also, if anyone has any pictures of the home before it was redone (and can send me a link to them), it would be GREATLY APPRECIATED!!!
PLEASE let me know if anyone can help me!!! I’m looking to shoot this weekend (9/22/06).
Comment by katiesp | 09.18.2006 | 8:57 pm
Hi my name is ashley and i used to live in guthrie when i was younger and my mom my aunt and i used to go up to the masonic home and phyllis is right part way the home was for boys AND girls. But any ways we used to go up there almost every night pretty late and we would watch it through the windows and their really are figures that appear in the windows and disappear. Lights would really turn on and off and the place did send off creepy chills. I havent been there in quite a while so i’m not sure what it looks like now but i do have a few pictures of what it use to look like. But all in all the place was beautiful even though it was closed down and borded up. I love that building and wish i could have gotten it or atleast got to go through it but who knows maybe one day. As for the hospital we went there too and took pictures and waited but i dont remember seeing any figures just the same thing going on with the lights: on and off. Both of the buildings were pretty cool looking then but like i said i dont know any more i havent been down there in a while. But i do plan to go back down there one day to see them again Because they were very beautiful when i lived down there i remember that they used to have the look of some thing old but the look of having alot of memory in them two. If you go to see them just look dont go to see if you break in cause it just ruins apart of history. The building used to be awesome to look at late at night. Thanks, Ashley
Comment by Ashley | 09.21.2006 | 5:17 pm
My Cousin is having his wedding this weekend (9-23-06) in the garden. They have really made the place look awesome. We walked though part of the building and i did get some wierd vibes about the place, i personally dont believe in ghosts, but nonetheless its creepy. The old playground equiptment on the east side of the property was eerie to say the least. I would have loved to go into the building before it was renovated. My other cousin told me stories about it. Evidently they have torn down several parts of it. Here is a link to what the building used to look like, and what it looks like now: http://www.dominionhouseguthrie.com/history/historyimage.jpg.
http://www.dominionhouseguthrie.com/main-image.jpg
Quite a change. He told me that people have sacraficed animals in the old swimming pool too, Probbaly not though. They did infact fill in the pool and its now a ballroom used for indoor weddings and such.
On the other hand, The Hospital, I, like many of you, have heard its haunted. Also before they tore down the old Santa Fe Railroad station below the bridge it looked really creepy and haunted.
Comment by Brian | 09.22.2006 | 12:42 am
hey i have a question about this site
Comment by amanda | 10.4.2006 | 6:48 am
mwahahaha, im so scary. if u dont reply i’ll rip the flesh from ur bones… slowely and painfullly
Comment by amanda | 10.4.2006 | 6:53 am
i think its a giant muentant bat who is just looking for a mate
Comment by Amber | 10.4.2006 | 12:22 pm
coment for the message I HATE HOMOS
SO DO I
Comment by kayli | 10.17.2006 | 11:07 pm
My husband grew up n guthrie and i have been n the orphange a million times. There was a room we called the blood room because the walls were covered in blood one night and the next the blood was gone. We had a little girl follow us around and tell us to protect her. A man came out of one of the fireplaces and we ran!! Also the masons used to hold seances in the room next to the bell tower. It had a huge pentagram on the floor and we were actually chased from the place when we interupted one night. That place definitly had some strange stuff just like the whole town
Comment by Tiffany | 10.18.2006 | 8:57 pm
For you people who want to know about the “boys home” and the old hospital you need to know both are very protected! There is no avoiding as one person says “the pigs” in these places. The law will press the law to the fullest extent. So if your thinking of visting these places and thinking of avoiding the law think again your not! You can try and I will visit you in the local jail wether the county or city! As we say here “enjoy your stay in the local city hotel, enjoy your stay” Then I will say to you face to face “I told you so” As far as mass murders at the boys home that is just a rumor, as one person said they were taken very good care of. As far as the old hospital good luck on that one If you wants chills and thrills you will experience it in the local jail! So see ya there !!
Comment by A Citizen | 10.23.2006 | 3:04 pm
ok i live in guthrie. the guy that renovated the old boys home name is Calvin, my dad knows him, he works at the guthrie airport and is doing alot of stuff with jets and all the jazz, he is very rich. The place is gorgeous now, i vaguely remember what it looked like before he fixed it up but it was creepy. ive only been to the hospital once, never gone inside but its scary just looking at it in the middle of the day!
Comment by Alexandria | 10.29.2006 | 7:01 pm
the masonic scottish right temple is pretty wicked also, we do alot of stuff in there for choir and when we get the chance me and my friends sneak off and explore. apparently its haunted, the janitor died under a light fixture putting in a light bulb, and my friend claimed she saw him one night, while exploring, and shes not one to lie or even believe in that stuff. trust me its spooky.
Comment by Alexandria | 10.29.2006 | 7:04 pm
i’ve been to many supposedly haunted places, back several years ago. but, the only place i actually saw or heard anything unusual was the haunted masonic orphanage in guthrie. we went when there was a trailor behind it, after it had been bought out. there were like 5 of us and we all stopped dead in our tracks and looked at each other at the same time, jaws dropped and wide eyed. we were right by the room with the locked door, that we never could get in and we all heard children screaming. it was unlike anything i’d ever experienced in any supposedly haunted place. it was insane!
Comment by britta | 11.3.2006 | 12:46 pm
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Comment by Destiny | 11.14.2006 | 2:04 am
… “and one time at Band Camp”
Geez who knew there were so many B&E artists
in oklahoma - this place has so many illegal
visitors you must all be running into each other.
LOL
Comment by Steven | 11.15.2006 | 5:21 pm
Well I think most of you are confused. I don’t know anything about a “boy’s home” in Guthrie, but I was one of the children that lived in the Masonic Children’s Home, and i don’t remember it being haunted. The Mason’s were very good to the children there. Yes, there was discipline but no abuse to my knowledge. I was there from 1965-1971 and thank God i was there and not in some foster home. As I remember it, we were given everything that a child could ever want accept for parents. And also taught about Jesus for which I am most grateful.
Comment by carol | 11.16.2006 | 1:43 am
Okay everyone, I used to attend the Job Corps Center in Guthrie Oklahoma back in 1998. I had heard several stories about the place. For instance, There was a nurse who used to take out her anger on the children. Children were treated nice to the every day passer by. But behind closed doors was another story.
It is said that back in its history, children were abused and locked in rooms… especially the infirmary. when children got ill they were all thrown in a room and locked…some children died because of the lack of medical attention. Mind you there werent laws like there are today…the state didn’t do routine inspections like we know our state would do today.
Well, there was a night me and my closest friends, (about 6 of us) hopped the fence at job corps, and decided to go check the place out… A friend of mine had been there and swore the place was truely haunted.. But me a HUGE SCEPTIC, was just along for the ride (away from the job corps campus)
Well on this particular night it was pouring down rain…by the time we got there, we all were soaked and partially covered in mud. At this time there weren’t really too many obsticals when getting inside.. We entered the back through a window that was partially boarded….we had flashlights…and the second we entered, my friends started feeling spooked, but me the sceptic just wanted to explore the place.
Well, we started walking in some of the rooms that the west wing i think. And I could faintly hear some whimpering whispers… to me it sounded like a little girl..but It didn’t really spook me. The further we wandered, at one point, it got terribly cold, i mean COLD. we were in the long hallway on the second floor and all of a sudden all three of our flashlights went dim….almost completley out. My friend said SHHH listen..then we heard some footsteps slowly approaching us..but could no see a thing…thats when I really started feeling as though the rumors weren’t false…well we were all frozen stiff and then out of no where all you could hear is what sounded like 3 or 4 little children screaming… I mean screaming like they were being hurt.. thats all it took all 6 of us ran down stairs and headed back to the window we had entered. We were about 10 feet from the window (running) and all of us heard a little voice say “hurry she’s comming” we got out of there shoving each other out the window to the point some of us landed face first in the mud….we didn’t care!
I was in tears when we got outside and shaking terribly.
Our goal was to go to the bell tower, we never made it. But as we walked away from the place we all just stood in awe of what we had experienced…. My friend shouted look….and he was pointing at the bell tower. And all you could see was a dark shadow that definatly wansn’t translucent. we ran all the way back to job corps and didn’t stop….I had nightmares about the place for a while, and realized I was convinced that there was truely something paranormal about the place…
A few weeks later some other friends of mine said they were going to jump the fence (of job corps) and go check the place out themselves, I pleaded with them not to… But I guess people have to experience things for themselves.
Its crazy to think someone has renovated the scarey place….I don’t care how nice it is today,,, i will never go there again.
Comment by Twylla | 11.22.2006 | 5:46 am
When I was 17 I am 42 now I was in an abusive relationship and women like this or teenagers with no place to go would have to go stay in the old Hospital, I knew nothing about it, upon entering that long drive it was the scariest and creepiest thing I was scared to death, I seen a red light on the second floor, I didn’t ask anyone what it was, in my mind I thought people were working on maybe other levels.
Upon entering there was very little light used in the Hospital and a very small section on the first level there were only about six of us there total including the two person staff. We were not allowed to roam on other levels of the Hospital of course and confined to a small hallway with a couple of rooms that we used. I remember always hearing strange noises at night and seeing shadows you could hear people walking around upstairs. Everything about that place was spooky and even back then the police patrolled it and was there. I would never want to go back inside of it again. I was there for about four days and could not wait to get out of there, I could not sleep because I was so scared at night.
Funny no one mentions Job Corps, I always believed Job Corps was Haunted also, that was once scary property with a history.
Comment by Melina | 12.3.2006 | 3:04 pm
I used to live on N. Osk street, a few blocks away from the childrens’ home. When I was younger, a few friends and I would screw around behind it after we were done fishing at Bird creek (Back when there were fish in it, anyway). A friend of mine and myself BOTH found two graves back there under some trees. But we can’t find them again. Anywhere. Really weird.
Comment by taiku | 12.10.2006 | 11:29 pm
hey i’m new at this ….. i’m researching a huanted building near cushing ok. the old norfolk school, was burned down, some kind of explosion in the boiler room killed some kids. my kids are teenager and went with some friends and told me all about it, we went last night, it is crazy haunted, i heard children and like wind chimes or soft music, it was great. the building is awsome, but falling quick, anybody know anything about this? I have checked and looked on the internet all i can find is one article at shadowland’s haunted places, i want to know when the fire was were children really killed? drop me a line at lynettab@hotmail.com and put huanted in the subject because this is my junk e mail account thanx much love and keep explroning
Comment by lynetta | 12.28.2006 | 2:37 pm
hi i live in guthrie till i was 21 the home is hunted. i have had the demons hiss at me when i would
go on the grounds you could see all sorts of stuff at night. Yes a lot of magick happen in there.The masoins
did most of it the guy that owns it is a masoin he bought it for 1 dollar the maisons worship the devil.
I have old masoinc logs talking about the the place.
they made the kids work printing presses and ohter things but they gave they some money when they kick them out at 18. If I rember right they shut it down after a big fire. email me georgegaither@aol.com
If you want more. bye
Comment by gene | 12.29.2006 | 2:35 am
This was a boys orphanage. A rich middle aged man bought it and theres many stories that i have witnessed. I lived a block away from this house I heard howling at about 10 p.m. this place is indeed haunted.
Comment by Resident Of Guthrie. | 01.13.2007 | 8:20 pm
I’ve been having the same preminission every night since two years ago, to my knowledge it is telling me that I need to find this person in my dream, but I do not understand it. Atop of that, I have also had my run-ins with some ghostly spirits, One night while I was walking home, I noticed a girl standing by the street, so I went to go help her out, but when I got closer to her, she continued to fade away, then when I finally reached her I was surprised to find a locket on the ground, when I went home that night I watched the news and found out that there was a girl dying of a terrible disease, when they showed a picture of her, I immediately went to the hospital where she was being held, I told the doctor to give her the locket, and when they did, I was sitting in the waiting room, and the doctor came back out and told me that she had died after he handed her the locket, but, the surprising thing was she had a smile upon her face, and when I got up and turned to leave the hospital, I came face to face with the ghost of that girl, she was short and thin, but she looked so happy, she looked like she wanted to say something, but she couldn’t, I then welcomed her, and exercised her body to heaven. I am a buddhist monk and I appreciate spirits, and I believe that no spirit is angry, just confused and disoriented, wondering if they are dead, and become upset when no one sees them or helps them. So, I have made it my lifes mission to help spirits find peace. And recently my brother had died, actually it was back in June, and he was shot in the head, I went to the crime scene, and even though it hurt to be there and I could sense much pain and suffering in that mere room. I prayed for the souls that died in that room to find rest, I then went into the back room where my brother’s killer had died, and I casted his soul to find rest as well. After that moment, the whole atmosphere had changed. I’m sure that many people can exercise spirits, and a question that was asked of me recently, was “why do, whenever we go to cemetaries do we hear the voices of children?” Well, Children mostly die without the knowledge of what death is. And so, with that, they never seem to cross over, I have done my studies and have exercised children spirits before, there have been poltergiests in some of the places, the children had become enraged by something and didn’t like it, so they threw objects around the room and broke light bulbs and chilled the mere air. I calmed down those spirits with prayers and then I gave them peace by exercising them. I wish that more people could do such things and be able to help more spirits find peace. I wish the best of luck to all and I hope that all the spirits you help find the peace they have been looking for. And I apologize for all of you that have lost loved ones. I hope that you will find peace in your hearts as well, to put the past behind you, though your feelings may still linger. Good Luck and Good bye.
Comment by Hikaru Nagisa | 01.26.2007 | 5:17 pm
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Comment by BARBIE BOY! | 02.11.2007 | 6:39 pm
My ex-husband Allen, and his brother and sister lived in the Masonic Children’s Home in Guthrie till its closing. Allen took me there to show me around and tell me about what it was like living there. The only weird thing that I saw that freaked me out was when I opened a door on the main floor and saw that someone had been living in that room. There was a bed, and there was an electric heater running. I don’t remember there being any electric on anywhere else in the building. He showed me the indoor swimming pool, the girls dormitory, the boys dormitory. We looked at the bell tower, but did not try to go into it. It was a really cool place! The main room on the first floor had a cornerstone that he wanted to get because he was sure something was hidden inside. We learned several years later after it was purchasd by a private individual that upon remodeling, when they removed the cornerstone, some very interesting items were found inside. Some of the playground materials were still there too. It was a very awesome place!
Comment by Debbie | 02.16.2007 | 4:54 am
It’s not abandoned. It was bought by some wealthy guy not too long ago, and was reconstructed into a home. It’s on private property, so it’s hard to get into.
Comment by April | 02.19.2007 | 11:55 pm
Me, my future ex-wife, and a couple of friends went into the old children’s home back in the fall of 1994 when we were all freshmen at Oklahoma Christian University. Very, VERY creepy place back then, but only one TRULY scary moment: We were all in a room or a hallway that overlooked the large room w/ the pool, which was about 1/2 full of muddy water (due to roof leaks, I suppose). I was looking down at the pool when my flashlight came across an object floating in the water. I put the flashlight back on it, and it was A HUMAN HEAD!!! Now I am not one to scare easily, but I was sooo scared that I literally could not scream, much less speak. I was literally FROZEN w/ fear. Nobody else had seen it yet as they were all looking at other things, so several seconds went by before I finally choked out “head…..pool…..there’s a head…..THERE’S A F-ING HEAD IN THE POOL!!!!!” God, we all screamed so loud, it’s a wonder nobody heard us and called the cops. We didn’t flee in terror, however, but went into the pool room for a closer look. Upon further inspection, it turned out to be a MANNEQUIN HEAD!!!!! Man, that was the best scare I have ever had in my life!!! I took a laundry list notepad and an old fuse from there, that I still have (somewhere). I remember that somewhere on the outside of the building(s) there was a cornerstone that was engraved with the date the building was dedicated, and I SWEAR the date on it was October 31st!!! That was pretty freaky. Can anyone back me up on that??? I actually got in the elevator and sure enough, it had an inspection sticker from 1978, the year the home closed. Such great memories, it’s so weird to see the place is all fixed up nice and USED FOR WEDDINGS!!!:
http://www.dominionhouseguthrie.com/
Still kinda creepy in a weird way, though. Hard to believe someone actually LIVES there, too. I don’t think I could get married there, after being in there and seeing what it looked like just a decade or so ago. Such great memories, though…
Comment by wTaylor | 03.6.2007 | 4:00 pm
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Comment by Destiny | 03.13.2007 | 6:42 pm
wheres it at ?and wheres the hospital?
Comment by ashley | 03.16.2007 | 3:14 pm
wheres is it at?wheres the hospital?
Comment by ashley | 03.16.2007 | 3:15 pm
The hospital is an ongoing investigation for the OKCGC (Oklahoma City Ghost Club). They have a website where cameras are on in certain places in the hospital 24 hours a day and you can view them live and chat about what you see (www.researchwebcam.com). If you go inside you will be on the cameras too and they will call the police. They have different scenarios set up inside like toys in some rooms where you can watch and see if they move. They change/check equipment often so that is why there are lights on inside and they may be off at other times. Hope this answers some questions.
Comment by A. V. | 03.20.2007 | 1:58 pm
the last time i went and saw the orphanage i remember it being huge.. why would they make it into a house?
Comment by chelsea | 03.25.2007 | 2:06 am
how do you get there HELP!!!!!
Comment by famous | 07.7.2007 | 11:22 pm
I grew up in the Masonic Children’s Home in Guthrie during the 1950s and 60s. It was not an orphanage. It was not a boys home. It was a well-run charitable effort by the Masons that provided children from poor families and broken homes a decent chance in life.
We were well cared for.
During the years I lived there, no children were murdered, there were no rumors about children having been murdered, and there was never any feeling of creepiness or of the place being haunted in any way.
Any large building, once it’s vacant, can seem eerie, but I suspect that any encounters anyone has had there are a case of BYOG — Bring Your Own Ghost.
The main reason I’m commenting on this site is because it’s cool enough to use RECAPTCHA.
Comment by John Governale | 07.28.2007 | 3:04 pm
where exactly is the hospital located and what is the address of this place i wanna go but i need to know.
Comment by levi | 09.2.2007 | 2:43 pm
TONI,
I know what you mean.. Dec. 28, 2004 my husband committed suicide and my daughter and I had some odd things happen to us to.. We still smell his cig. smoke quiet often, even though we have since moved to a different house and town. There are some strange things that happen to us.
Comment by Nancy | 09.5.2007 | 12:35 am
hey wats up if any one knows of any real scary places in okc let me know ndn456@yahoo.com
Comment by danny | 09.24.2007 | 4:23 pm
The Masonic boys home is at the intersection of college and elm street. I always thought it creepy that it was on Elm street. The old hospital is on 19th street. I live across the main road from it.
Comment by Sara | 09.28.2007 | 4:04 pm
Google the “Samaritan Foundation”. It was a cult formed in Guthrie, ok. They did rituals at the boys home as well as other places around town. Don’t ask around town about them though because no one will talk about it. Look it up. It’s a cold case file that hasn’t been solved.
Comment by Sara | 09.28.2007 | 4:13 pm
Here is some info on the cult.
Comment by Sara | 09.28.2007 | 4:17 pm
http://www.rickross.com/reference/samaritan/samaritan2.html
Comment by Sara | 09.28.2007 | 4:18 pm
So, is the OKCGC even around anymore? and the link to the webcam in the hospital just leads to another random .com, so either they’re having technical difficulties or it got changed maybe? I’d like to explore the hospital but don’t want to get in trouble for trespassing… Can anyone give me some more info?
Comment by Allo-Thar | 10.5.2007 | 12:06 pm
Back in the early 80s.Me and some of my friends used to go there allthe time,it was a creepy place but we never seen or heard anything.Until I started dating a women who was about 42 years old when I was 24,she always told me about the old boys home and I told her about how I never seen or heard anything there.Well one night we decicided to go there and from the moment we walked into the place we heard crieing. the further we walked the stranger things got.We saw a women walk down the hallway towards us then just disappear. It was one of the wierdest experiences of my life and hers as well.
Comment by Rob | 10.6.2007 | 2:31 am
I use to visit the haunted boys home back in 94′ - 97′ we use to go there a lot to just drink and try to scare each other. If it is the place that I remember there is a full size basketball court and pool in the lower east end of the building. I can remember that if you yelled who killed you almost any time after dark you could hear faint crying of children. I went to revisit the place in 2002 and was told by the cops that someone did buy it and was in process of renovating the building. I hope that if it is done when I get back to the states that they will let me take some pictures.
Comment by Baron | 10.9.2007 | 11:37 am
I WENT THERE AND EVER SINCE THINGS BEEN WEIRD!!! I SAW THING PEOPLE WOULDN’T SEE.When i sleep i would see something happen then a week or two later it would happen!Many people have been distance to me since that happen.Please if you can tell me whats happing it would be GREAT. Thankyou
Comment by Tonya | 12.20.2007 | 12:19 am
I went to the old hospital back in 88 or 89. Me and a group of friends drove up from Yukon on one particular aimless night. It was the middle of the night (3AM?) when we went inside. Just parked out front and went in a window (if I recall, a couple of people waited in the car). It was of course abandoned, as this was years before those paranormal goofballs set up there. We explored the entire building from the basement to the roof. Creepy, yes. haunted, most certainly not. We were using torches for light. How we avoided getting arrested is beyond me, as even back then we had been warned by locals that if you were caught there it was STRAIGHT to jail. However, I don’t think that it was as heavily patrolled as it is now. The place was filthy, of course. Lots of used junkie needles and trash strewn about. Again, though, not haunted. Now there are the afore-mentioned paranormal goofballs set up there, so it is not really cool to go there anymore, as it is not really abandoned. They have a website set up about it with live cams. Somebody should do them a favor and tell them that it’s not haunted and they can close up shop. Regrdless, You WILL be arrested now, and the charge will probably be breaking and entering. I know, it sucks. Just keep that in mind if you decide to make the attempt. Those of you looking for directions, just exit I-35 on Hwy 33 (Noble Ave)and head west for a bit (it is on the far west edge of town). Turn right on N. 19th street. Straight ahead 1 block. Can’t miss it. It is the tallest structure around. People act like it has a secret location or something, but it’s easy as can be to find, and kind of unmistakable once you see it (which you will a long ways away). Good luck to you, and take bail money. Regards - TM
Comment by Tim | 01.1.2008 | 4:08 am
There are moments when I just can’t keep my mouth shut, and after reading the last post, I find myself having one of those moments….
“those paranormal goofballs” that Tim referred to have one of the longest running research sites set up. There has been a lot of time, energy and money put into it. I respect the heck out of them, and having met a few of the research members. They are normal every-day people, not “goofballs”, or fruitcakes, or whatever other insults that people would like to throw at them.
I was lucky enough to be invited on one of their investigations. I am about as normal as you can get, middle-aged mother of 5, don’t scare easy, and believe that knowledge is power. What scares so many is the fear of the unknown.
I can tell you from experience, that hospital is haunted. We had objects thrown across the room, random cold spots (in July) that felt like standing in a freezer, and objects moving after being placed in a controlled environment.
My advice to those out there who would like to get involved in paranormal research would be to find a reputable group (there are a few in the Oklahoma area), and join them.
DON’T GO TRESPASSING!!!!! Do your homework people and have patience.
Comment by Terri | 01.24.2008 | 11:56 pm
Hi, I have frequented the old orphange several times in my youth… when we first started going there we were not brave enough to actualy go in..we would just watchout side the gates.. and you could see shapes and light in the house..one time the train went by and you could hear the bell from the bell tower..except there was no bell.. and you could faintly here kids voices..when we actualy got brave enough to go inside we had meet up with some local kids that were also going inside and said they would give us a tour.. we had to clim through the window and went all the way down to the basement… the whole time you felt like somone was watching you.. when we finally made it down to the basement we discovered an under ground passage. we were going to go explore it but once one of our friends got down inside it, his flash light would not stay on.. there was about ten of us total and the other nine that were not in the passage used our lighters to give light and as you all know lighters get hot, and when the lighters went out one of the local girls that were with us gasped and said omg dont turn around of course the other eight of us did. and standing there was a little girl.. needless to say we booked it out of there..it was one of the scariest things, yet i went back several times after that never saw anything like that again but always had that creepy hair on the back of my nekc someone is watching me feeling…
Comment by I.R.O | 02.24.2008 | 1:40 am
So, the “paranormal goofballs” have a website? I’m not a skeptic when it comes to paranormal activity. I only refer to this group by that title because I’m not sure what else to call them. If you could, let me know the name of the Website, and if they have a name, the name of the group. I’d like to contact them. Thanks guise.
Steve.
Comment by Steve | 03.1.2008 | 11:36 pm
Hi Steve. The website of the ‘goofballs’ is http://www.researchwebcam.net/. The group is called OKC-PRG, and the multiple cams update the pics every 10 secs or so. They have been there for many years now. Still absolutely *no* proof of *anything* paranormal (attn: Terri). Just a big creepy building, exactly like when i was there 20 years ago, albeit it looks a lot cleaner now (no junkie needles). Not haunted, but interesting nontheless. Best Regards - TM
Comment by Tim | 03.2.2008 | 9:18 pm
My Name is Taylor and i am 14 years old! My dad told me stories about when he was a kid, and one shocked me so much that I wanted to find information on it but i need your help. This happened in Miskogi oklahoma(sorry dont know how to spell it)when my father was a young boy him and his dad and mom and my uncles were waiting on my grandmaa sister to come pick them up at some park near some woods. My uncles, dad , and grandpa went to explore in the woods and he said they found a grave stone that had a story on it about a young woman who went to fetch a bucket of water but wolves chased her up a tree and she froze to death. and on the tomb stone had her name and it was a stone from the 1800’s(cant exactly remeber), my dad didnt know if the story was true about the young girl, but then later he saw a glowing figure in a tall tree. I have always wanted to find that tomb stone but was never lucky enough to find it!!!!!!
Comment by Taylor | 03.6.2008 | 5:34 pm
Sorry for my comment that was really a story but i really want to find that tombstone if you have any info please just reply to my comment!!!!!!!!!
Comment by Taylor | 03.6.2008 | 5:37 pm
I want to see pics of the hospital and orphanage past or present if someone has them. Send them to i_c_lytes@yahoo.com
Comment by Jen | 04.8.2008 | 2:19 pm
The Masonic Boys Home used to be a popular site for devil worshipers. Back in the 70s or 80s my dad & some friends snuck in there & found a paniting of an upside down pentagram that was kinds split in the middle making it look like horns. And in the basement were dozens af bones, most likely animal.
Comment by Samantha | 04.13.2008 | 1:22 pm
People who say that places that are so obviouslly haunted have no paramormal senses. They couldn’t recognize & ghost if it bit them at the a$$!
Anyway… A woman hung herself in the bell tower because it had been discovered that she killed several children & buried them in the basement.
That is an evil place, they should tear it down, not try to slap lipstick on a pig & renevate it.
Comment by Samantha | 05.2.2008 | 1:12 am
I went inside the boys home several years ago before the renovation and it is pretty creepy. Nothing too weird ever happened. The scariest thing was the dam cops that drove by every 10 minutes just hoping to catch someone shining a flashlight out the window so they could give them a fat ticket, and they did. There is another place down the road to the west about six miles ( old Logan County Hospital). It is still abandoned and scary as hell inside. But is also patrolled religiously by police. So be careful if you get caught you will get a ticket for what ever they can think of.
Comment by JDC | 05.3.2008 | 7:19 pm
The stories and facts mentioned in the comments above are incorrect, the building was The Masonic Home for Children. The home at that location was opened in 1923 and closed in 1978. It was a home for boys and girls not an orphange or delinguent boys home. No one was killed or committed suicide there. The place is not haunted. I lived there from 1965-1969 and never witnessed any paranormal events. The children that lived there were scared and hurt, lonely for their families. Some of the staff were kind and some were not. My sister was physically and emotionally abused and my brother was sexually abused by staff members.
Comment by Debra Wardencki | 05.12.2008 | 12:53 pm