St. Vincent Asylum in Oklahoma City has a long and dark history that is still lingering in the heartland to this very day. The old insane abandoned asylum in Oklahoma has been sitting vacant on NE 23rd Street for decades and has become a prime destination for ghost hunters and thrill seekers. The location is off-limits for visitors nowadays, but we found some rare St. Vincent Asylum photos of this creepy place courtesy of our good friends at Abandoned Oklahoma. Check them out, along with the tragic history that makes St. Vincent Asylum one of the creepiest places in Oklahoma.

 

St. Vincent began as a mental hospital in 1945, expanding rapidly over the next several years, while only treating male patients.
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St. Vincent Mental Asylum was operated by the Brothers of Mercy - a religious order providing care for the mentally ill. Starting in the 1960s, murders began to surface out of the asylum. The first known tragedy began when a nurse inexplicably suffocated two patients. Unfortunately, the tragedies didn’t end there.
The asylum was then run by a priest named Frank Dolan who turned it into a drug rehab center.
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Rev. Dolan also had an interesting past, as he was arrested for soliciting prostitution in 1984. Things again went horribly wrong when Father Dolan was killed on the property by the patients he was trying to help. The facility only lasted until the 1980s when it was shut down. The property is now believed to be haunted by tortured souls of the past.
The nursing order of Catholic brothers moved to the present location and built the ‘old’ section of the building in 1953.
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The hallways now have graffiti all over them and there is no flooring left but the original concrete slab.
The addition added several semi-private rooms with connecting baths, a lounge on each floor, nurses stations and a chapel.
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Pictured above is one of the bathtubs that was added to St. Vincent's Asylum.
Old decor is laying around, like this old broken mirror and candle wax.
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These items were probably used in the common living spaces.
Many creepy things can be found lying on the floors, like this old doll that appears to be covered in wax from those candles...or let's hope it's candle wax and not blood.
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...it's definitely not blood. Blood doesn't look like that when it's dry. We watch too much true crime and now we know this. Send help.

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Many rooms have a cold and eerie feeling and look like they were used for solitary confinement.
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You wouldn't want to walk into this room in the dark. Honestly, we don't think we want to walk into ANY of these rooms in the dark... or during the day. Or ever, for that matter.
The old couches and chairs are torn up and tossed all across the rooms.
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It's a veritable mess that'll likely never be properly cleaned up. Some call it an eyesore, but we find it intriguing...
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Scrubs are still laying on the floor that appear to be "bloodstained".
Of course, no abandoned asylum in OK would be complete without its ghosts. Many reports have surfaced about creepy things happening in the building.
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Sounds of creaking, banging doors and even recordings of ghostly noises have been documented.
The original alarm system is still hanging on the wall with panic buttons.
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These staggering photos give us a deeper look at the danger and filth still sitting inside this abandoned asylum.
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Paranormal investigators firmly believe the asylum is in the grip of a demonic entity... one that drove the patients and staff to madness.
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Do not enter the asylum. It is located on private property and the police will issue tickets to trespassers.

Want to tour the place but don’t want to get tagged for trespassing? Check out this awesome, short and sweet walkthrough:

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St. Vincent Asylum

Tori Jane | January 31, 2023

Where is the St. Vincent Asylum in Oklahoma?  

The St. Vincent Asylum in Oklahoma is located in Oklahoma City on 28th Street. Some interesting facts about this abandoned OK asylum include:  

  • It was built in 1945.  
  • It only treated male patients.  
  • Murders began occurring at the asylum by the 1960s, many of which are unsolved.  

Learn more about the creepy abandoned insane asylum in Oklahoma.   

What happened to the abandoned asylum in OK?  

The abandoned St. Vincent Asylum in OK was shut down in the 1980s after more than two decades of terrible happenings, including but not limited to the aforementioned murders. Some of the murders that occurred at St. Vincent are: 

  • In 1962, a nurse murdered two patients by strangulation.  
  • It is alleged that inmates often killed other inmates, though these claims are not confirmed.  

Learn more about some of the other scary places in Oklahoma.   

What are some other creepy abandoned places in Oklahoma? 

Of course, creepy places in Oklahoma aren’t limited to just St. Vincent. Other spine-tinglingly creepy abandoned places in Oklahoma include:  

  • Veteran’s Lake 
  • The Tydol Oil Refinery 
  • Whispering Pines 
  • Eastern State Hospital 
  • Blackburn 
  • Picher 

Learn more about the eerie abandoned places in Oklahoma. 

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