{"id":1209,"slug":"cains-ballroom-tulsa-oklahoma","story":[{"heading":null,"paragraphs":["Cain's is the swung — the 'western swing' that's the genre's name, the 'jazz + hillbilly' that's the sound's mix. The 'New Year's '35' is the debuted — the 'KVOO' that's the radio's reach, the 'switchboards' that's the flood's victim. The 'garage' is the born — the '1924' that's the building's year, the 'Brady' that's the founder's name.","The 'dime-a-dance' is the priced — the 'ten cents' that's the lesson's cost, the 'Depression' that's the business's climate. The 'maple spring' is the bounced — the 'log cabin' that's the floor's pattern, the 'disco ball' that's the light's form. Cain's is the kept — the 'Carnegie Hall' that's the nickname's claim, the 'still playing' that's the venue's life.","The file keeps Cain's: the swung music, the debuted Wills, the born garage, and the kept ballroom.","Cain's Ballroom is the archive's Oklahoma file — the garage that taught America to swing."]},{"heading":"Why this file matters","paragraphs":["Cain's Ballroom is the archive's Oklahoma file — the home Bob Wills built.","A ballroom keeps its floor — the file's suggestion being that Cain's hold is the sprung: the 'maple' that's the dance's surface, the 'western swing' that's the genre's birthplace, and the 'KVOO' that's the fame's amplifier."]}],"name":"Cain’s Ballroom","aliases":[],"type":"MUSIC_VENUE","type_label":"Music Venue","cats":["HAUNTED_PLACE"],"groups":["hauntings","institutions"],"desc":"Music venue in Tulsa; research record.","full_desc":"A music venue in Tulsa, Oklahoma, Cain’s Ballroom is filed here for what the record attaches to it. Music venue in Tulsa; research record. Its signature presence is Bob Wills; lady in red — the figure the file’s accounts keep returning to. The dossier holds 1 reported claim and 1 legend, every one filed as account rather than fact. Visitor status is unverified; confirm before making the trip.","address":null,"city":"Tulsa","county":null,"state":"Oklahoma","postal":null,"region":"South","lat":36.127949,"lon":-95.902316,"coord_kind":"CITY","status":"UNKNOWN","access":"UNKNOWN","access_notes":null,"ownership":null,"website":null,"phone":null,"year_built":null,"year_opened":null,"year_closed":null,"year_demolished":null,"designation":null,"current_use":null,"research_notes":"Discovery pass. Precise location, historical chronology and current visitor conditions require independent enrichment. Confidence concerns provenance only.","stage":"SOURCE_RESEARCH","quality":{"level":"LOW","score":43.1,"dims":{"location_confidence":0.75,"identity_confidence":0.65,"historical_confidence":0,"source_quality":0.6,"paranormal_claim_provenance":0.8,"coordinate_confidence":0,"current_access_confidence":0,"freshness":0.65}},"claims":[{"id":490,"type":"HAUNTING","description":"TravelOK recounts Bob Wills and lady-in-red legends. Bob Wills; lady in red is the name the reports keep returning to. The reports at Cain’s Ballroom are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. The story is documented as legend — recorded and retold, never verified as fact. The haunting claim is now part of the site's identity, filed alongside the documented history.","evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","evidence_label":"Documented legend","entity":"Bob Wills; lady in red","where":null,"first_report":null,"approx_date":null,"confidence":0.65,"conflict_notes":null,"source":{"name":"Most Haunted Places in Oklahoma","url":"https://www.travelok.com/articles/top-haunted-places-in-oklahoma","publisher":"Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department","type":"TOURISM","authority":3},"conflicting_source":null,"variants":[]}],"history":[],"legends":[{"name":null,"summary":"TravelOK recounts Bob Wills and lady-in-red legends. Cain’s Ballroom in Tulsa, Oklahoma carries the report the way old places do — as part of its identity. 'Most Haunted Places in Oklahoma' preserves the telling; the record keeps it filed where it belongs, as lore. The report is preserved in sources like 'Most Haunted Places in Oklahoma'. The legend does what legends do — it explains the place in a way the records can't.","earliest":null,"evidence":"DOCUMENTED_LEGEND","source":{"name":"Most Haunted Places in Oklahoma","url":"https://www.travelok.com/articles/top-haunted-places-in-oklahoma","publisher":"Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"entities":[{"name":"Bob Wills; lady in red","claimed_identity":"Bob Wills; lady in red","verified":null,"summary":"TravelOK recounts Bob Wills and lady-in-red legends. The presence goes by Bob Wills; lady in red. The reports at Cain’s Ballroom are the site's second history — unofficial, unverified, and stubbornly retold. 'Most Haunted Places in Oklahoma' carries the account. The named presence is what turns a haunting into a household.","behavior":"TravelOK recounts Bob Wills and lady-in-red legends.","area":null,"first_ref":null,"source":{"name":"Most Haunted Places in Oklahoma","url":"https://www.travelok.com/articles/top-haunted-places-in-oklahoma","publisher":"Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}}],"events":[],"investigations":[],"encounters":[],"media":[],"persons":[],"visitor":{"tour_availability":"Verify before visiting","notes":"Access details are unverified; research before visiting.","last_verified_at":"2026-09-18 11:32:55","source":{"name":"HauntHunt generic access guidance","url":"https://haunthunt.com/about#access-guidance","publisher":"HauntHunt editorial","type":"DIRECTORY","authority":2}},"sources":[{"name":"Most Haunted Places in Oklahoma","url":"https://www.travelok.com/articles/top-haunted-places-in-oklahoma","publisher":"Oklahoma Tourism and Recreation Department","type":"TOURISM","authority":3}],"conflicts":[],"wiki":null,"counts":{"claims":1,"history":0,"legends":1,"entities":1,"sources":1}}