Ep 61 Wheelock Academy & Belle Isle

Now that autumn is winding down and winter is amping up, it’s time to get cozy and comfy…and listen to some ghost stories! This week, your favorite cousins tell you about the dark history and spirits associated with both the Wheelock Academy/Missions in Millerton and the Belle Isle in Oklahoma City.  Like many Native American schools during the late 1800s and early 1900s, Wheelock started out with good intentions, but ended with several accounts of mental, physical, and emotional abuse. With this being done on children, you can only imagine the energies that remain around the campus. Oklahoma City is home to many long-forgotten sites. Belle Isle seems to be one of the biggest sites of former glory in our capital city. Belle Isle started as a way to power our turn of the century streetcars, but ended up being the center of entertainment for those living and working in the city in the early 1900s. At its height in the 1920s, Belle Isle boasted not only the powerplant, but a lake, amusement park, restaurants, and numerous other pleasurable enjoyments for folks. However, when coal power was replaced with electricity and gasoline, the Belle Isle fell into disrepair. Numerous tragedies befell the area, which provides for several generations of ghouls and ghosts.  So snuggle up! The chills may not only come from the colder weather…   Sources: Haunted Oklahoma by Jeff Provine Weird Oklahoma by Wesley Treat Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma by Donovin Arleigh Sprague Wheelock Mission and Academy from Oklahoma Historical Society at okhistory.org  Wheelock Academy Historic Site from Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Cultural Services Wikipedia Wheelock Mission from Haunted Places.org Meet 11 Ghosts From Oklahoma and Their Bone-Chilling Stories from OnlyInYourState.com Wheelock Mission in Oklahoma from ahauntedplace.com Wheelock Mission - Real Haunts in Millerton, OK from OklahomaHauntedHouses.com Ghosts & Legends of OK by Mike Ricksecker Haunted OKC by Jeff Provine & Tanya McCoy Belle Isle Park by Metropolitan Library https://www.metrolibrary.org/archives/essay/2019/07/belle-isle-park Belle Isle Park by City of OKC https://www.okc.gov/departments/parks-recreation/parks-trails/ward-2-parks/belle-isle-park Most Haunted Places in OKC by Haunted Rooms America https://www.hauntedrooms.com/oklahoma/okc/haunted-places The Daily Oklahoman