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Tulsa Lore

The Nightmare Of Dreamland

A founding father of Tulsa, Tate Brady, was involved with the Ku Klux Klan, segregation and the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre.

November 21, 2024

Mr. Ray Fits A Suit

A firsthand account of survival of the concentration camps at Auschwitz and Dachau, from the late Tulsa tailor Sherman Ray.

November 20, 2024

Diamond In The Rough

Steve Gerkin examines the mysterious disappearance of "Diamond Dick" Roland, whose arrest was rumored to be the triggering event for the Tulsa Race Massacre.

November 20, 2024

The Hawk Is Howling

Mark Brown tucks into the origin story of El Rancho Grande, the legendary 11th Street institution widely considered Tulsa's first Mexican restaurant.

November 19, 2024

Subterranean Psychonaut

The strange and dreadful saga of the Cascia Hall grad who grew up to become the country's largest producer of LSD.

Of Spice & Men

A century of Ike's Chili.

November 18, 2024

The White Dove Review

A scrappy journal published by teenagers in 1959 and 1960 contains one of Tulsa's best-kept literary secrets.

November 18, 2024

Weird Al-chemy

We're going behind the scenes of "UHF", Weird Al’s only feature film. Shot in Tulsa in 1988, it’s a goofball movie with characters as odd and endearing as the place where it was made.

November 18, 2024

Mother Orpha

The beer, brawls and bitches behind Tulsa's toughest bar.

November 18, 2024

Backwards Christian Soldier

When Tulsa's Rev. Billy James Hargis was at the height of his powers in the 1960s, he was considered a far-right extremist by Republicans and Democrats alike.

November 18, 2024