The basement steps at Joy

Oklahoma · United States · School

The caretaker's wife died of injuries from a fall down the basement stairs. There are boarded up rooms in the gym and a tunnel underneath.

The wife of the caretaker at this school in Joy, Oklahoma died of injuries she received falling down the basement steps.

What was said afterwards about how she came to fall is not documented, nobody was ever charged with anything, and it is not repeated here.

People describe a strange feeling in the basement.

The school also has several boarded up rooms in the gymnasium, and an underground tunnel.

Boarded rooms and a tunnel in a small rural school building are worth noting because they are unusual. Rooms get closed off when they fail inspection, when the roof goes, or when the school shrinks and no longer needs them, and a tunnel usually carries heating pipes between buildings.

All three of those things get sealed and forgotten, and all three become part of the story.

The building is school property.

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Where is The basement steps at Joy located?

The basement steps at Joy is in Oklahoma, United States.