Official Website of Paranormal Phenomenon Investigations, the P. P. I.

 

Address:  Heritage Hills Historical Preservation District
405 N. W. 15th Street, Oklahoma City, OK 73103

Telephone:  (405) 528-8485

Open:  Tuesday  through Saturday: 10 am to 3 pm.  Tours on the hour.

Closed:  Mondays, State Holidays, and during the month of January.

Directions:  From I-235, exit at NW 23rd Street, west to Hudson Avenue, turn left (south) and go to 15th Street; turn right.  From I-40 (westbound), exit on Classen Blvd., north to 13th Street, east to Walker, left to 15th.  From I-35 (northbound), west on I-40 to Classen, and see above.  From I-35 (southbound), take I-40 west to Classen Blvd, and see above.

OKLAHOMA CITY,OKLAHOMA..................

The Overholser Mansion is a beautifully-preserved slice of Oklahoma history. The Gothic home was completed in 1903 by Henry Overholser and remained in the family until 1972 when it was purchased bt the Oklahoma City Historical Society. You can tour the Mansion or stop by for a few GHOST stories during one of their storytelling sessions. You might even walk away with a story of your own if you happen to see the spirit of Anna Overholser.

The Overholsers were a prominent family in Oklahoma City. Henry Overholser was a mover and shaker who built the city's first waterworks,theater, and street car line, among his other contributions to the city's growth. His second wife,Anna,was a cultural and social leader who did a great deal of entertaining in their home. They were a happy family who seemed to enjoy their lives. Maybe that's why Anna's spirit lingers in the mansion.

Site Administrator,Bill Fullhart, would prefer the mansion be known for its historic value, but he is willing to share what he knows of the Overholser spirits. The first experience he'd heard of was prior to the historical society's purchase of the home. A cook working in the kitchen saw a door close by itself. Either that was all it took,or that was the last straw, because then and there she put on her bonnet and left."

Once volunteers from the historical society began work on restoring and preserving the home, reports of strange occurrences flourished. One group of about six people working in the upper bedrooms decided to break for lunch,but before leaving, one of them smoothed out the folds in a bedspread. Whenthey returned,the spread was mussed,as if someone had been lying on it. The spread and the majority of articles in the house are all original and handled with great care. No one in the group would have been so rough with the spread,and no one was in the house while they were gone. On other occasions,a group of volunteers has opened the house in the morning to find a curtain pulled back as if someone had been looking out the window at the street below.