Haunted Tulsa: Where History Refuses to Stay Buried, Part One | Guest Karla Cantrell
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
Ghost Stores, Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural Stories
4.6 • 2.2K Ratings
🗓️ 17 November 2025
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
The 1921 Race Massacre remains one of the darkest moments in American history, its devastation still felt in the foundations of the city. And at the Tulsa Theatre—once linked to the very men who helped ignite that tragedy—people still experience paranormal activity tied to the building’s painful past. Some even believe the famed tenor Enrico Caruso left more than an echo behind after his ill-fated visit to the city.
At Cain’s Ballroom, the home of Western Swing, legends say Bob Wills never really left the building, and then there’s the Hex House—the events that unfolded there left a stain so deep that the empty lot itself is still known for strange sensations and an atmosphere people struggle to explain.
Karla Cantrell is a Tulsa ghost tour host who spends her nights sharing the stories that refuse to fade. Together, we explore the tragedies that shaped the city and the hauntings that linger long after the headlines ended.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, Haunted Tulsa, where history refuses to stay buried, a conversation with Carla Cantrell. |
| 0:12.9 | Beneath Tulsa's modern surface lies a history scarred by violence and loss, the kind that leaves stories behind, and sometimes something more. |
| 0:23.0 | The 1921 race massacre remains one of the darkest moments in American history. |
| 0:28.8 | Its devastation still felt in the foundations of the city. |
| 0:32.9 | And at the Tulsa Theater, once linked to the very men who helped ignite that tragedy. |
| 0:38.2 | People still experience paranormal activity tied to the building's painful past. |
| 0:43.4 | Some even believe the famed tenor Enrico Caruso left more than an echo behind after |
| 0:48.5 | his ill-fated visit to the city. |
| 0:51.8 | At Kane's Ballroom, the home of Western Swing, legends say Bob Wills never really left the |
| 0:56.6 | building. |
| 0:57.4 | And then there's the Hex House. |
| 1:00.0 | The events that unfolded there left a stain so deep the empty lot itself is known for |
| 1:05.0 | strange sensations. |
| 1:07.8 | Carla Cantrell is a Tulsa Ghost Tour host who spends her nights sharing the stories that refuse to fade. |
| 1:15.8 | Together we explore the tragedies that shape the city and the hauntings that linger long after the headlines ended. |
| 1:23.2 | Let's step into Tulsa's past and meet the echoes that may still be calling from it. |
| 1:31.0 | So, Carla, thank you so much for chatting with me tonight about Tulsa. |
| 1:35.8 | In fact, before I hit record, we've been chatting and catching up for like the past hour. |
| 1:42.0 | So Carla and I know each other through radio and you still work in radio in Tulsa. |
| 1:47.6 | I do. |
| 1:48.2 | I work at K95.5.5 in Tulsa, Oklahoma. |
| 1:52.4 | And they can listen online if they want. |
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