Entry No. 7 — the Oklahoma City file — filed under: haunted
Langston's Western Wear (haunted second floor)
“cold hands shoved her down the stairs”
This working cowboy-boot-and-hat emporium has anchored Stockyards City since 1913, but its 1919 building was originally a dance hall and bar downstairs with a hotel above. Local lore says it's haunted by two taxi-dancer sisters from the 1920s-30s, Patty and Rose: Patty was shot by a jealous boyfriend in what is now the children's and women's boots section, and Rose then hanged herself in an upstairs room. Staff report lights flipping on and off, an unseen presence trailing them on the second floor, and one employee claimed cold hands shoved her down the stairs.
The story
You walk past racks of Justin boots and rows of felt Stetsons assuming this is just where working cattlemen buy their gear—and it is. But beneath the smell of fresh cowhide sits the frame of a 1919 dive bar, dance hall, and rooming house. Before Langston's took over the address, this building catered to stockyard workers, truckers, and taxi dancers downstairs while providing short-stay rooms on the upper floor.
The spirits attached to the address date back to that Prohibition-era dance hall chapter. Local lore names two sisters, Patty and Rose, who worked the hall as taxi dancers. Patty was shot dead by a jealous boyfriend on the main floor—right in the area that now displays children’s and women’s boots. Distraught, Rose went upstairs to a second-floor room and hanged herself. Neither sister seems to have checked out.
Employees working the floor report lights flipping on and off after hours, cold spots, and an unseen presence trailing right behind them on the second level. One clerk reported being physically shoved down the stairwell by a pair of ice-cold hands. While the ground floor buzzes with retail traffic, the staircase leads to a quiet, heavy stillness that feels entirely detached from the boot sales below.
What it's like
Step inside the red-brick Exchange Avenue storefront expecting a working, high-volume Western outfitter rather than a carnival haunted house. Browsing boots downstairs is open to anyone, but the second floor isn't a public retail area. If you want to check out the stairwell or head upstairs, treat the staff with respect: ask a sales associate nicely, as they are used to the request. Daytime during regular retail hours is your only window to visit. Make an afternoon of Stockyards City by grabbing a soda at Stockyards Sarsaparilla or eating lunch down the block at Cattlemen's Steakhouse.
The move: Go boot-shopping as cover, then dare each other to climb to the second floor and linger at the foot of the stairs where employees describe a wave of dread; compare notes over a steak afterward in the surrounding Stockyards.
📍 Before you go Langston's sits in the heart of Stockyards City, a compact, walkable stretch of red-brick storefronts along Exchange Avenue with free street parking usually right out front. Treat it as a genuine working boot-and-hat store, not a haunted attraction: the second floor isn't a public browsing area, so you'll need to politely ask a sales associate to walk you up — staff are used to the request. Daytime is essentially your only window, since it keeps regular retail hours. Make a Stockyards afternoon of it; the saddle and leather shops, the old-fashioned Stockyards Sarsaparilla soda fountain, and Cattlemen's Steakhouse (slinging steaks since 1910) are all a short stroll away.
- 📍 Stockyards City
- 💸 Free
- ⚡ Low-key
- 🌗 Indoors
Where: 2224 Exchange Ave, Oklahoma City, OK 73108
Hours: Open as a retail store during normal business hours; the haunted lore centers on the second floor.
Pair it with
- Skirvin Hotel — Double down on early-20th-century paranormal lore with a visit to Oklahoma City's famously haunted historic hotel.
- Overholser Mansion — History & Haunts tour — Pair a retail floor ghost story with a night tour of a 1903 French chateau mansion frozen in its original era.
- Beloved Bones — Trade cowhide boots for taxidermy, bone art, and wet specimens in the nearby Plaza District.
- Sailor and the Dock — Head to another repurposed 1920s structure downtown, where a retired sailboat anchors a warehouse full of local shops.
Good to know
Can I just walk up to the second floor on my own?
No. The second floor isn't an active retail browsing area, so you need to politely ask a sales associate to walk you up.
Where in the store did the historical events happen?
The shooting of Patty happened on the main floor in what is now the women's and children's boot section, while Rose hanged herself in a room upstairs on the second floor.
When is the best time to visit?
During normal daytime retail hours, as the building functions strictly as an operating Western wear store.
Is parking easy near the store?
Yes, there is free street parking right along Exchange Avenue in front of the Stockyards City storefronts.
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Further reading: Official site · 405magazine.com
last checked: 2026-06-06