Episode 84: Ghosts of Ouachita Baptist University

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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