The Mysteries Of "The Cave House" on a Throw Back Thursday!

 

From the ParaWomen Radio Vaults comes The Mysteries of "The Cave House"! THIS WAS ORIGINALLY POSTED 8/7/10 ON THE PARAWOMEN BLOGS BY a famous author, Belladonna drakul! Please Visit BellaDonna on the WWW HERE

The Mysteries Of "The Cave House"

Greetings, fellow paranormal and horror fans! When it comes to historic haunted places in America there are quite a few to name. There's The White House, museums, restaurants, and even houses along the way that have become infamous over the years for their paranormal activity. But what about little haunted havens in the southern state of Oklahoma? According to several websites I've researched online, Oklahoma is one of the most haunted places in America with Tulsa being in first place. And since I'm a Tulsa native, I thought I'd share a bit of paranormal history with my readers about a local house my husband and I visited this past weekend known only as "The Cave House"...

The historic home, located inside a wooded mountainside on Charles Page Boulevard, has been a part of Tulsa's history since the 1920's during the Race Riots. It was originally designed by Joseph Koberling Sr. and Joseph Purzer as a restaurant that was known more so for it's bootlegging and illegal inhabitants (Pretty Boy Floyd for instance) than its food. But since this blog is for teaching others about the fields of paranormal and horror activities, let's delve a bit further into the "haunting" history of this cave styled abode. My husband and I have been known in the past to investigate haunted locations just out of sheer curiosity so we were thrilled when the home's owner of thirteen years contacted us for a tour. Once we officially met Linda Collier (a very sweet woman by the way), she began our tour by telling us about the hidden tunnels inside the home that were used for the previous restaurant's inhabitants to bootleg beneath the restaurant itself. Unfortunately, the tunnels have been sealed off for many years due to furry inhabitants that have destroyed the home's interior along with a severe mold problem. Linda later also informed us of the paranormal activity (the reason we went there in the first place) that local residents had experienced in her home. The most peculiar of the tales was of "The Key Woman" and "The Rag Woman" who have haunted the home for years... or so it's been said.

"The Key Woman" tale originates from a few of those who took the tour and lost their keys on the house's hillside with no idea of how they got there. Because of that experience, Linda created a tree designed to hold the missing keys allegedly taken by "The Key Woman" that tour goers rather enjoy. We, on the other hand, left with our keys in hand which we hoped would disappear. :( And then there's "The Rag Woman"... her tale originates decades ago about a woman who was very poor and dressed in rags but apparently had a hidden treasure buried within the home. Linda told us that the woman has been known to wave towards passersby and uncover the previous rag covered windows upstairs. Yet again, nothing happened to us that was considered paranormal. We took over a hundred pictures and had several audio tapes to record voices, but neither images or voices of the dead appeared to us. It was upsetting that our investigation wasn't successful but who's to say others haven't had great success with theirs? According to Linda, her ex husband, current husband, friends, son, and PITT (Paranormal Investigation Team of Tulsa), they have all seen these women haunt the creepy home and have heard their voices numerous times. So why weren't we as successful in our investigation as the others? Is "The Cave House" actually haunted or is it all just a ploy to book ghost tours? Who's to say... perhaps we'll never know.

However on another note, I hope to return to this house for another investigation soon in October (Linda says there's a lot more activity then) for an upcoming book signing. My husband and I are in negotiations with Linda for a type of ghost hunting lockin during my signing so keep your fingers crossed that we get it. And if you are intrigued by this tale of haunted Tulsa history then book your own tour with Linda for five dollars a person on Saturdays at http://www.cavehousetulsa.com or by phone at 918-378-1952. Perhaps you can find a ghost or two or at least enjoy the ambience of a creepy cave styled house. :D So please feel free to leave a comment or two or questions here and I'll see you all soon for my next blog. Until then...

BellaDonna Drakul - Vampire Horror Novelist

Ladies of Villainy: Wicked Witches on ParaWomen Radio League!!

This was ORIGINALLY posted 8/7/10 on the Parawomen blogs by wednesday friday. wednesday is an amazing writer and ARTISAN (soaps and such). you should be sure to check her work out Wednesday Lee Friday!! I've included the comments on the ORIGINAL post at the end!

SATURDAY, AUGUST 7, 2010

Ladies of Villainy: Wicked Witches

Hello and welcome once again to the Ladies of Villainy series. **As usual, expect spoilers** This time around we’ll be discussing one of my favorite evil archetypes of womanhood: The Wicked Witch. Powerful women are often reviled and oppressed by the societies that fear them. I’m not necessarily talking about empowered, robe-donning women who dance in circles on the solstice and create a lot of beautiful jewelry and homemade soaps. No...Today I’m talking about sinister (meaning bad, not meaning left-handed) women who use their magical powers to promote ill will. Wicked Witches can be greedy, vain, treacherous, or they might simply enjoy messing with people and avoiding the wrath of the Malleus Maleficarum. Wicked Witches are proof that a woman can be searingly evil and still get plenty of fun out of life.

Even though I don’t necessarily believe that there was a guy named William Shakespeare who wrote a bunch of plays, sonnets, and miscellany, I must admit that some of the plays credited to him are pretty good. The unluckiest of these, Macbeth, features women of unsurpassed malevolence. I promise, we’ll talk at length about Lady Macbeth later. For now I want to mention the most famous bit of witch dialogue ever:

Round about the cauldron go
In the poisons entrails throw.
Toad, that under cold stone
Days and nights has thirty-one

Sweated venom sleeping got,
Boil thou first in the charmed pot.
Double, double toil and trouble;
Fire burn and cauldron bubble.

These last two lines instantly conjure images of witches. Macbeth’s witches, the Wyrd Sisters, are fortunetellers—divination being one of the many powers fictional witches routinely possess. The crones predict his rule as king, while conveniently forgetting to mention that it’s going to suck. When this play was first performed, witches were sensationalized and controversial characters that really brought an audience in. And remember, in “Shakespeare” times, actresses kept their clothes on!

Similarly, the Stygian Witches found in the awesome 80’s epic Clash of the Titans have knowledge of things present and future that elude mere mortals. When Perseus steals the single eye the three witches share, they are forced to tell Perseus one of their closely guarded secrets, thus setting in motion poor Medusa’s untimely demise. Nefarious? Perhaps. Powerful? For sure.

One could argue that the quintessential “Wicked Witch” is the green-skinned, water-hating lass known simply as The Wicked Witch of the West. When I was a kid, the night they showed The Wizard of Oz on TV each year was like a holiday. EVERYBODY stayed home to watch. Even before the work of Gregory MacGuire, I felt quite a bit of empathy for the woman eventually called Elphaba. I’m confident that I would lose some of my trademark dignity and grace if some bimbo carelessly dropped a frakking house on my sister. To add insult to injury, the sister-squashing menace steals her best shoes?!? I daresay many of us would not take that lying down-- particularly if we already happened to have a highly trained army of flying monkey minions at our disposal. Is it really so bad that The Wicked Witch of the West wanted her dead sister’s shoes back? Is “Surrender Dorothy” really as odious a threat as it seems? I don’t think so. At the same time, Ms. Of the West threatened the dog. Sorry, but cruelty to animals is never okay. Ultimately, she meets an ironic punishment--considering that according to Wicca, West represents water. “Can we have this broom?” “Yes, and take it with you.” Sometimes, even badly edited dialogue still manages to endure.

Loosely modeled after the WWotW, Looney Toons Witch Hazel is an all-time classic. She rides a broom, loves being ugly, boils up fabulous potions in her cauldron, roasts children and rabbits, and even occasionally resides in a deceptive candy house. Is there anything more tempting to a delicious youngster (or to carpenter ants) than a life-size candy house? Her trademark laugh has inspired generations of aspiring witches.

Even though I have serious issues with all things Disney, (not really a fan of how many female characters’ stories end with a wedding, while most of the boys grow up to be King. Not to mention that Walt Disney would be right at home in the Mel Gibson school of Judaic Studies. And um…Song of the South) one cannot deny that the Disney company has given us some spectacular witches to enjoy. The Evil Queen in Snow White and the Seven Dwarves is a terrifying witch to say the least. Hell bent on being the Fairest of them all, she orders Snow White murdered. When she learns how unreliable her servants are, she magic’s herself an impressive disguise and sets out to poison Ms White with a potion-infused apple. Even with all that dirty fighting, the Evil Queen does not get her wish.

One might suggest that Maleficent, the terrifying Sorceress from Disney’s Sleeping Beauty, is a tad sensitive. For the slight of not being invited to a Christening, she curses a baby to death at age 16. Maleficent is majestically voiced by veteran actress Eleanor Audley, as a stylish woman who delights in supreme suffering. When it all comes to a head, she metamorphosizes into the most impressive dragon thus far in cartoon history. Too bad for her, slaying dragons is something those annoying, princely hero types specialize in.

Madame Mim from the Disney version of The Sword in the Stone is Merlin’s delightfully depraved nemesis. When they engage in a Wizard’s Duel for the life of young Arthur, she refuses to follow even the rules that she herself put forth. A pepperpot version of the sleek and stylish Maleficent, Mim’s dragon transformation is a bit less impressive, but the duel scene itself is scary good fun.

Disney villainesses seldom get their very own song. But Ursula from Disney’s The Little Mermaid (do read the original story sometime) maximizes the malevolence when she sings her song lamenting Poor Unfortunate Souls. When she’s not singing, she’s preying on unsuspecting merpeople with low self esteem, tricking them with devilish deals that leave them trapped on her hideous and terrifying wall of welchers. Ursula delights in making people miserable, and I don’t think I’m out of line in suggesting that she might benefit from some undersea counseling to work some of those issues out.

Thanks for reading, everyone. See you all next time!

We got JOKES!! Happy Halloween Everyone (in July)!

 This was originally posted on my LIVEJOURNAL account on 10/31/06. In an effort to move all my writings to one place, HERE IT IS! KISSEDBYAGNOME

Happy Halloween Everyone!

I've whipped up some virtual Halloween fun for everyone...

First up, some hauntingly punny ghost jokes;)

What do ghosts do when they start up a computer?
Boo-t up!

What do you call a ghost's mother and father?
Transparents!

Why are ghosts bad at telling lies?

Because you can see right through them!

Why did the ghost take his family on an elevator ride every day?
To raise their spirits!

What's the most famous ghost website?
Ya-boo!

What kind of street does a ghost like best?
A dead end!

What do you get when you cross Bambi with a ghost?
Bam-boo!

What kind of music do ghosts like best?
Rhythm and Boos!

Why are ghosts like newspaper?
Because they appear in sheets!

What did the ghost teacher say to her class?
Watch the board and I'll go through it again!



What did that boy ghost say to the girl ghost?
You are the most booooooooo-tiful thing I have ever seen!



Next up are the links. 2 of the links no longer work, but THIS ONE DOES: 

Are you feeling brave? Then why Don't you visit the Death Clock...Wanna know when you are scheduled to die? Go here!

Meet Marie Jackson as she shares her HORRIFYING Haunting (and Haunted Experiences) in the home she grew up in.

Tonight Marie Jackson of PinkStreet Paranormal and Ghost TV, join's us to chat about her Paranormal Experiences. Marie tell's us what it's like to be an African American female in a white male- driven field. She tell's us what its like to investigate a haunted locations and what drew her to the paranormal and where she see's herself going!

Episode link: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/parawomenradio/2022/03/16/ghost-link-tvs-marie-jackson-joins-us (video made with Headliner.app) Please Like and Subscribe to help the channel out. Follow me on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/itisamyfwilliamson amyfwilliamson@gmail.com