The Skiatook Witch's Grave
Channel: Travel Oddities
Date: 2018-05-28

Demon possession. Unexplained accidents. Death. These horrors and more plague those who dare to violate the witch's grave of Skiatook, Oklahoma. Watch as Brett, Harley and Ninja Matt dare to tempt the witch's ire and ultimately pay the price. 

 Hillside Cemetery in Skiatook Oklahoma dates back to the 1800's. It's surrounded by pastures and farmland in one of the most desolate parts of the county. But something evil lurks in the darkness.  

The old folks say a beautiful witch once stalked this lonely plain in hopes of resurrecting her one true love.  When the handsome Abel Parkhill fell ill, his loving witch tried every spell she knew to make him better. But she failed......and when he died she used her spells to try to bring him back to life........ The townspeople buried Abel under an old Oak tree but our incredibly inept wicked witch dug him up and took him home. After several attempts at burying the dead husband only to find an empty grave in the morning, the towns people poured concrete over his final resting place to keep the witch from digging him up again and forever entombed poor Abel in his lonely grave. 

The words scratched on each side of the tomb were allegedly etched by the witch herself........using only her fingernails.
Samuel 12:23 “But now he is dead; why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he shall not return to me.”


So the boys head out into the heat of the Oklahoma summer to find the witch and tempt fate with their cemetery antics. It’s easy to be a skeptic while the sun is blazing, but as darkness creeps over the quiet prairie   and the night comes alive, the hardened resolves of our brave legend trippers will be tested. Will they survive unscathed? Is this just an old urban legend? Or does a witch truly haunt those who dare to violate the grave of Abel Parkhill.....

TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains bad acapella Christopher Cross duets, excessive man sweat and a severe case of the heeby jeebies. Consider yourself warned. 

The Travel Oddities team went on location to investigate the witch's grave.

This late 1800's grave yard called Hillside cemetery marked by an historical site marker. It is thought that a witch in the early 1900's is buried there. Many disturbing things have happened on and near this location. People claim demonic possessions and the destruction of lives all that disturb the witch's grave. 

From Skiatook, OK take Hwy 11 (Cinninatti) north about 3 1/2 miles to E 184 St N. Go east and follow the road. The road will curve to the north and you will be able to see the cemetery on the east side of road. 

As you go in the main gate, the cemetery is laid out in sections. Section 1 is on the right and Section 2 is east of 1. As you go in the main gate Section 3 is on the left, then Section 4 and 5.
Hillside Cemetery began in 1882 in conjunction with the Indian Mission founded by the Quakers which was located across the road to the west. The first grave was Jesseen Lloyd, b. 1882, d. 10 Oct 1882. 

This cemetery is now owned and maintained by George Morton Jr. It is fenced and still being actively used today for burials.