Aerial survey · USDA NAIP · public domainOne of Oklahoma's oldest municipal cemeteries, home to a headstone reading 'Murdered by Human Wolves' and the annual Tombstone Tales horse-drawn carriage tour of its Civil War, frontier, and true-crime burials.
1605 W Garriott Rd, Enid, OK 73703
Research updated June 2026
Age
All Ages
Cost
$
Annual Tombstone Tales tour tickets are sold separately; cemetery itself is free to visit during daylight hours. Ticket pricing for the after-dark tour varies by year.
Access
Limited Access
Cemetery grounds with grass paths and gravel drives; horse-drawn carriage tour has limited wheelchair accommodation.
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Photos OK
Est. 1893 · One of Oklahoma's oldest municipal cemeteries, established after the 1893 Cherokee Strip Land Run · Contains 'Murdered by Human Wolves' headstone documenting a woman's death from a botched abortion · Graves of Civil War veterans, Cherokee Strip-era settlers, and frontier-era figures · Home of the annual Tombstone Tales living-history carriage tour, recognized by Oklahoma Tourism
Enid was founded in the September 1893 Cherokee Strip Land Run, one of the largest land rushes in American history. Within years of its founding, the city established a municipal cemetery on the west side of town, which grew to accommodate settlers, veterans, and townspeople through the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The cemetery's most discussed marker is a headstone inscribed 'Murdered by Human Wolves,' which Wikipedia confirms refers to a woman whose family attributed her death to a botched abortion procedure. The blunt language, unusual for the era, reflects the grief and outrage of her survivors. The headstone has made the cemetery a reference point in discussions of both regional history and the politics of medicine in frontier communities.
Civil War veterans from both Union and Confederate service are buried in the grounds, as are soldiers from subsequent American conflicts. The cemetery also contains graves of individuals associated with the Cherokee Strip-era cattle drives and early Enid commerce, making it a compact cross-section of northwest Oklahoma's settlement history.
Enid Cemetery's Tombstone Tales program, run annually since the early 2000s, has been recognized by Oklahoma Tourism as a state-level dark-tourism attraction, bringing hundreds of visitors each October for the after-dark carriage experience.
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Enid Cemetery's dark tourism draw is rooted in documented history rather than ghost folklore. The 'Murdered by Human Wolves' headstone — a real, photographed marker confirmed by Wikipedia and widely cited in Oklahoma historical discussions — functions as an artifact of genuine grief, its explicit language speaking directly across more than a century.
The Tombstone Tales program, which Oklahoma Tourism lists as a recognized attraction, uses costumed re-enactors to portray figures actually buried in the cemetery: cowboys who died by gunfire, women taken captive during frontier raids, soldiers from both sides of the Civil War. The horse-drawn carriage format, after dark in October, has an atmosphere that does not require invented ghost stories.
Paranormal investigation groups have visited the cemetery and reported cold spots and photographic anomalies, as is common with historic cemeteries. These accounts are not independently corroborated and have not been formally published. The cemetery's documented history carries sufficient weight that the Tombstone Tales program does not emphasize paranormal activity in its promotion.
Held on the last Saturday of October, Tombstone Tales takes visitors through Enid Cemetery by horse-drawn carriage. Costumed re-enactors portray historical figures buried in the cemetery — gunned-down cowboys, kidnapped pioneers, and Civil War soldiers — telling their stories at their graves. The 'Murdered by Human Wolves' headstone is a featured stop.
Walk the grounds of one of Oklahoma's oldest municipal cemeteries. Notable markers include the 'Murdered by Human Wolves' headstone, which refers to a woman who died as the result of a botched abortion procedure. Civil War veterans and Cherokee Strip-era settlers are buried throughout the grounds.
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