First we visited the cematary (at least a mile before the house) :
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Then came to a bridge:
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We kept our eyes on the hill & found a place to park.
then we had to make a trek through a pasture (I'm not even shure if this was the correct path to the house but we made our own way)
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Coming up the Hill...
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A well south of the house:
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Looking northest (inside)
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The original Bath??
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An second story window:
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Looking southeast:
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A horse stable southwest of the house:
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Turn Back or Die! :
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Me in a window :
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I must say the wife & I did experience some strange occerences. We did hear two howls or moans (not from any animal) My wife experienced a burning sensation in her nose while we were inside the house. My camera was fully charged & shut off twice while trying to take pics & it had trouble focusing... alot! The wife swears she saw a red sphere down by the stables but only for a brief second.
We saw nothing of any ghost form & the wife nor I ever got scared or had strange feelings.
It was a hella fun trip! & I did find another story debunking the whole ghost story in the other Labadie thread.
Labadie House
Much tragedy tended to surround the Labadie family in the early 1900's. Accidental deaths were common leaving room for exaggeration as the years passed.
The Labadie's were a ranching family who owned a farm somewhere along the Caney River. Frank and Samantha Labadie had three sons, George, John and Paul. Their daughter, Mrs. Lola Thurman, died in 1933 just two years before her elderly parents died.
The entrance to the family's ranch proudly displays the name "Labadie." (OKWUeagle.com/Jon Clayborn) A story entitled "The April Fools Ghost," was submitted to Green Country Living in 1980. It told a fictional tale of three teenage boys who went searching for the old Labadie House. They had heard that the house was the site of a tragic murder. In the story they believed that Mr. Labadie had gone insane on April Fools Day and thrown his family out the third story attic window before committing suicide himself.
The story stirred up mixed emotions among family members still living in the Bartlesville area. Frank's nieces, Blanche Labadie Mounts and Winifred V. Labadie, decided to write a letter to the editor to set the record straight.
On April 1, 1935, Mr. and Mrs. Labadie were found dead in their home. They had been asphyxiated by carbon-monoxide fumes from a gas burning stove with poor ventilation. The couple had just recently celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with all their friends and family. Frank was 75 years of age and his wife was 68 when they died. The so called haunted house from the GCL article was actually owned by their son George which Frank and Samantha never lived in.
"We are sorry to disappoint the thrill seeking public but there were no murders, no suicide, just a case of accidental deaths," the women said in closing.
While the GCL and the Labadie nieces hoped to "lay to rest" all the myths and legends, the tale continues to be told, changing a little with every repetition. Thrill seekers continue to make the long dark trek to the top of a hill where the remains of a stone home stand. After two fires the stone fireplace is the only thing still standing among the debris of the dilapidated home. The sight is met only by malfunctioning flashlights, strange invisible people shouting the names of all those present, odd smells and strange animals rushing through the darkness and vegetation just out of sight and reach. Though the most terrifying of all is when the fireplace sudden begins to blaze at the top of the hill bidding farewell to the frightened guests.
One teen stated, "This is our entertainment, and I will attest that it is much more fun than going to the mall or movies."
Whether these myths and others like them are the concoctions of teenage imaginations, mere optical illusions or truth is still to be discovered. But beware to those thrill seekers brave enough to find the truth for the twist at the end of the road may be more than bargained for and the truth may find peace at last for those families still affected by the mysterious legends.
I have many many more shots here if anyone want to see the whole album.
http://s105.photobucket.com/albums/m218 ... 20Mansion/