In this episode of Unexplained Arkansas, your host Lisa will discuss the ghosts of Ouachita Baptist University.
Ouachita Baptist University is located in Arkadelphia, Arkansas (southwest portion of Arkansas-around 68 miles from Little Rock); the university opened it's doors in 1886 and throughout the years has had a rivalry with a college in Arkadelphia now named Henderson State University.
The ghosts stories surrounding Ouachita began with a story that a student named Jane lived in Cone Bottom Hall in the early 1920's. Jane dated a boy named Joshua who allegedly went to the rival school Henderson State--it's said that Joshua's friends did not approve of him dating a girl from Ouachita and so right before homecoming Joshua broke up with Jane.
Jane who was devastated by this decided to end her own life--she dressed up in a long black dress with a black veil and flung herself down the elevator shaft in her dormitory -Cone Bottoms Hall.
What we will dive into will be all the stories and ghosts that have been shared throughout the 100 + years at Ouachita Baptist but also at Henderson State.
I will let you know what I believe of the stories and if Jane and Joshua really existed.
Listen to hear full details.
References for this Episode:
https://obu.edu/archives/index.php
https://obu.edu/stories/blog/cone-bottoms-legend-lady-black.php
https://www.obusignal.com/cone-bottoms-ghost-spooks-generations/
https://www.arkansashauntedhouses.com/real-haunt/ouachita-baptist-university.html
https://www.arkansasonline.com/news/2021/nov/01/lady-in-black-still-said-to-haunt-halls-at-hsu/
https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/1095293283/
https://www.newspapers.com/
https://www.ancestry.com/
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