Interesting things around Cushing ~ Haunted places Cushing
There is also a place near Cushing in Payne County that has been dubbed Ghost Hollow. This spooky spot is located about a mile north of the Cimarron River and in the late 1800's was an ideal spot for hanging outlaws. There was an old elm tree and a sycamore there where lawbreakers were often strung up. The elm tree is said to still stand today... and is haunted.

According to legend, an innocent man was hanged there in 1887 and the next day, all of the bark mysteriously fell off of the tree. From that night on, at the time of the full moon, the tree is said to glow an eerie, white color. (The natural effects of having no bark in the light of the moon.... or the ghost of the wrongly punished man? )

www.prairieghosts.com/oklahoma.html

White glow seen hanging on the tree.