(Tulsa Underground) - The History of the Tunnels

Have a look beneath Tulsa with this award-winning documentary.
#Tulsa #UndergroundTunnels #Documentary

[@kevinsteinkirchner1396]

That's lady was born to give tours. I lived in Tulsa most my life and knew alot of this stuff but she made as interesting as if I've never heard it before. Bravo.

[@soonerstone80]

I thought she came across as a nut

[@krazyhippy]

@@soonerstone80 What?? No way. She is just somebody that loves history and loves her job.

[@johngivens2115]

@@soonerstone80 That’s how intelligent people can sound.... crazy! They talk to themselves a lot and love knowledge/are extremely infatuated with it.

[@lisawhite2600]

So Tulsa truly is the Paris of Oklahoma...!

[@sickb2200]

I love downtown Tulsa. The city has done so much work over the past 30 years to bring it back to life. Great restaurants, pubs, music venues, hotels...etc. The only complaint I have it all the parking meters.

[@deandoss2105]

sickb2200 need better bus system as well lol 😝🤣😝

[@anitablades6033]

@@deandoss2105 They are trying the new buses on Peoria, Ride it Sometime!!!!!

[@EricWarren]

@Prolific Vision 2020 OMG really? Well, Cain's for one, more famous than any venue in OKC. Then, BOK Center, which won best large venue of the year a couple of years in a row. And, The Brady Theater (called something else now). And, the Tulsa PAC where the Tulsa Ballet, a top ten ballet company in the US and world-renowned, performs. Shall I go on?

[@EricWarren]

@Prolific Vision 2020 OK, this is going to turn into a Troll Fight. But, BOK like any other? Nope. It was designed by Cesar Pelli and is a completely unique building. But, let's stop, since are just looking to fight, and not debate.

[@hyperionwhitestar1453]

@Prolific Vision 2020 Tulsa may have shit roads, but at least we aren't like OKC's not popular for their wildfire of prostitution. I say shit roads are better to have then that. My point of argument is done & won't keep feeding the troll now.

[@ethansmith924]

Wow. As I get older I realize Tulsa is jam packed with history, and an interesting history to boot. Thank you so much for creating this.

[@CoverMyMouth]

Awesome video! And well curated, too! I've lived in Tulsa my whole life, and I just learned a LOT about my city.

[@debbiecrothers416]

Do you know a guy by the name of rick hukill? (Tulsa, Oklahoma)

[@51-FS]

i know rick

[@calanon534]

I just got here. Now, this is cool!

[@debbiecrothers416]

Do you? Could you pls tell him to call his sister? (Me) I miss him a lot

[@51-FS]

whats your number?

[@nineinchrails3361]

You can find an entrance by the river on 41st and riverside. A ton of artwork on the walls. The art only gets better the deeper you go.

[@tfubz]

Nine Inch Rails is that still a thing

[@nipplezzarehard1232121]

@@tfubz yes there some bad story's of that tunnel crazy things happened down there when it come to horror style shit it's crazy been in those tunnels many time and it gets very creepy

[@TheInternationalHistorian]

@@nipplezzarehard1232121 Do you have any links, I'm from here and id love to read up on it. Or just tell me what you know.

[@joshbrown338]

That's what she said

[@AlyssaQ420]

I love her energy. She's so enthusiastic.

[@Apoplectic_Spock]

This lady is great at her job!

[@bridgetb7763]

Born and raised in Tulsa, this is interesting!

[@jessicainhofe703]

Makes you want to take a tour. lol

[@barbequechicken7809]

Wow you are a beautiful black woman. Man Sweet Lady wished I lived in Tulsa.

[@marleyjanim5033]

I'm born, raised an currently live in Tulsa would you like to take a toure with your truley?

[@marleyjanim5033]

Facebook me at Marley Janim

[@maryswafford6268]

I was born and raised in TULSA

[@philipflorence4516]

I am an Australian who lived in broken arrow and tulsa '84_'86.VCS Student.. Nostalgic and historical. Memories...

[@garciaguitarist2248]

I feel more comfortable with this underground tunnel than I do the ones in the Colorado airport

[@michelleh2603]

Wow! I've lived in NE Oklahoma since the early '90s and in Tulsa since 2000. I didn't know any of this! Great video - thanks!

[@DoesDad]

Lived in Tulsa for 16 years. Weird, odd and wonderful city. I loved it! Still looking to go back soon. I'm only 6 hours north in St. Louis, MO but it doesn't hold a candle to Tulsa. It's the people and the attitude. The people are so nice and they're the most understanding employers I've worked with. Cost of living is dirt cheap too. All in all, not a bad place to call home.

[@ChasingRainbows67]

I've been around Tulsa for 23 years now and I learned something that I didn't know. Thank you for the documentary. Loved it.

[@teshubah]

Great documentary!! I lived in Tulsa for four years and I stayed downtown. It's a lot of history there!!

[@cameronschultz519]

I actually work security for the Philcade I walk the tunnels all the time

[@anonymousmalt5576]

Yeah like the 1921 Tulsa Massacre

[@notyourpuppet5975]

@@anonymousmalt5576 and the Indian killings

[@mrsmiley9772]

This is so cool! Im in a graphic design class at Tulsa Tech and my class was split up into teams where we walked all over downtown and took pictures of all the buildings and designed our own walking maps for downtown with history of all the buildings and whatnot. This was for the Tulsa Chamber and they picked on of our designs, I really wish i took the chance to get the tour to the tunnels to add it into my project!

[@slapnasty5183]

Center of the universe.

[@jacobsimpson9656]

I'm from Glenpool, Oklahoma. Theres a park here called Black Gold Park and theres an original oil well from the 1930s

[@mitchellcochran4338]

Native from Bartlesville here. I've been to Woolaroc and Phillips mansion and also the Philbrook museum.

[@LovelyLemonLife]

Well done! I was born in Tulsa & have lived there off & on many times... though I’m now in OKC I will always consider Tulsa one of my homes. Good people & great memories! Thank you for this!

[@timganahl3077]

This is awesome! Live in Tulsa now and never knew this information. Great video!

[@CarissaLeeVlog]

It was great to meet you the other day! Also, great job on this video! Very thorough and interesting :)

I've been to Tulsa this year, wonderful city. Just learnt a little bit more about it. Fantastic video! I knew about the petroleum, but I didn't know anything at all about the tunnels.

[@chrismorris424]

My dad worked in the old amaco building downtown. Around 1997 we had go to work with parents day so we got to go to the skyscraper and walk the tunnels downtown. Whats wild is the some of the skyscrapers are connected to each other.

[@KeithCooper-Albuquerque]

I lived in Tulsa for many years, but we now live in Tampa, FL. I knew some of the tunnel history but not about the hidden tunnels. Great video! I sure do miss Tulsa!

[@winter_time_cold_9189]

Do anyone remember when they dug up that old car they buried years ago in downtown tulsa??

[@rufusjett2022]

I remember that it was a 1959 Chrysler I believe it was under ground for 50 years

[@melmorena372]

Yes,I remember,

[@paigeanderson8055]

It was a Plymouth Belvedere

[@shanem4703]

If memory serves it was the concrete paved public pedestrian area between the courthouse and main library. They remodeled that entire section after the opening and retrieval.

[@joseph4185]

I wish they had the Coney I-lander here in San Diego! I miss them so very much!

[@user-ty6do8yz4l]

America has tunnels all over, some older than America itself. The question IS, who made them? Some are very large, smooth, and extremely long. Tunnels have been found in Pennsylvania, that appear to have been "machined" ...?-And you could drive a large truck through them. The American Indians seemed to know about some of these tunnels. I love the whole idea of secret tunnels.

[@ezekieljakobs1145]

Ever since I was a kid, my dad told me about the tunnels under the city, and I always imagined them kinda like the place from Hellboy II, like there were shops and merchants and people who weren't quite human. When I got older, I still entertained that thought, and I always asled my dad to take me under the city, but obviously he couldn't. But now I know the history behind the tunnels, and thats pretty cool c:

[@SootisLost]

Daydreamy Zee i never knew about the tunnels untill today XD

[@clwest3538]

I worked in Mayo Bldg in '79 and Philtower & Atlas Blgs in mid '80's - glad to see K Adcock succeeded with Boston Mgmt Co. doing restoration of Philtower. The tunnels were known to us; the church walking tours could be taken on your lunch hour - I love them.

[@jon1nim]

I see these tours all of the time and I've been in the tunnels and just learned more. Thanks!

[@jenniferpoper5848]

There are tunnels through all of Tulsa not just downtown. There's a huge city of tunnels under the city itself. I lived in Tulsa for a decade and even East Tulsa has secret tunnels if you know where to look

[@imrankh68]

Wow! I work in East Tulsa and I did not know that. Do you know where can I look for tunnels in East Tulsa

[@youngtahuti8008]

I'm not from Tulsa but I was born and raised in Oklahoma( still there). Makes me wonder about the massacre in the 1920's.

[@PellieDaKing]

Yeah I'm sure them Phillips boy's had there share of Murdering a lot of wealthy Black people back then......

[@solarhailey]

The Outsiders anyone? Stay gold 🤠

[@LcMoist]

I was nicknamed ponyboy because my hair look like the movie actors

[@Laveda_Iolana_sweet_tea]

I go to the school the author went to and she wrote the book in the school’s library .

[@lizneilson5751]

Wow wow wow my grandpa R. I. P. Had knowledge in these tunnels

[@xgaytypicalx3220]

Yes finally somthing about my home town

[@fellfromheaven250]

the philbrook museum is so cool, i go there all the time. Tulsa is so underrated for sure. lived here my whole life and i swear it gets better each year

[@soonerstone80]

Perv

[@sarabegay6339]

In 1959 when I was senior at Tulsa Central we went into those tunnels to picnic, skip class, etc. etc. Never anything bad though, no drugs or graffiti. Several years later when there was a fair in the Blue Dome district we went into some tunnels along the Arkansas river and there shops in there. I've always been fascinated with the tunnels.

[@Kat-kk8zj]

Very cool! Thanks for making this!

[@TheUncleRuckus]

I don't live anywhere near Tulsa and I've never been there but this is pretty cool. I am curious as to why that found extension is plastered off and not open?

[@kennethroberts2969]

i think it leads to the bank on 5th street, and became a risk to the safety of the vaults and tellers.

[@aortaplatinum]

Incredible, I had no idea we had that elaborate of a Utilidoor-esque system under the city. When I was homeschooled for a couple years, I remember my mom took me downtown and we tried to find our own way in, I'm glad we didn't, we might have gotten lost! Now as an adult, I gotta check it out again. I had no idea ONE oil baron contributed so much to the city, not just the tunnels, but one of the buildings AND the Philbrook Museum as well. I gotta do more research, I'm just now realizing how little I know about my own home.

[@SootisLost]

Ah! I was born in tulsa! Nice to know about this

[@katyb3869]

Thanks for this video, I was just in the tunnels last week for the first time. Interesting stuff! :)

[@krazyhippy]

This lady is awesome and I live in okc. My wife and I are gonna head up to Tulsa and take one of her tours.

[@martigreene500]

When I first started working in downtown Tulsa (2nd & Boulder) in the mid-90s, we used the tunnels all the time during lunch. Back then the Hyatt Regency was Crowne Plaza Hotel, so I had to rely on trusty Google and refer to a map to refresh my memory. Once I went to work for ONEOK I didn't use the tunnel system much since there was only the one that led to our parking garage. I might have to take a tour for old time's sake! SIDE NOTE: Anyone else remember the awesome Pasta Bar (lunch) at the Crowne Plaza on Tuesdays? You picked the ingredients and type of pasta then the chef cooked it for you right there. It was located upstairs in the bar area and it was always packed!

[@hedga001]

I go to downtown Tulsa often especially during the weekends for the oilers game, shows at the Brady and Cain’s and the bars near and at the Blue Dome District, and I never knew about this at all. Fascinating!

[@anonymousmalt5576]

3:49 is when he finally gets to the tunnel.

[@esmeraldabonita9683]

Very interesting! I love my city! Thanks for sharing this video

[@patchesohoulihan2009]

That tour lady is awesome!

[@addicted2tone349]

I lived in Tulsa for a bit but never explored downtown much. I need to go back and explore. Great video! Houston also has tunnels, they are really cool to tour..

[@SamSitar]

tulsa should have an underground walkway system.

[@martigreene500]

Sam Sitar - There are partial underground walkways. I used to take them when I first worked downtown at 2nd & Boulder. But then I went to ONEOK and never thought about them again until now. I was told back then the tunnel system was more extensive, but that not all of it was accessible to the public. It sure would be great to have in the winter or during one of our crazy storms if you work downtown!

[@michelleh2603]

@@martigreene500 LOL! I was thinking how great it would be to have tunnels in July & August during the wicked heat!

[@humminbird3]

WOW I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS IS IN MY HOME CITY O.O

[@1princejames117]

There 2 tunnels under the bank of Oklahoma building my cousin that was a Vanderbilt showed my dad the tunnels

[@kirbyellis4337]

The tunnels used to connect to Roger's high school but have since been cut off. I used to do security there and found it to be kind of eerie down there. Although I found it to be eerie I never personally witnessed anything but many other officers and school staff reported that it was haunted down there and sightings of paranormal were occasionally reported in the remains of the tunnel area. It's not unusual since Roger's has significant historical connections to Tulsa and dr Carl Barnett passed away in the auditorium during the 70s and has reportedly never left. The tunnel underneath is a neat place but being a school highly restricted

[@magnetshakur6911]

Kirby Ellis i have heardThere is a huge government base underground downtown Tulsa have you heard about this

[@nipplezzarehard1232121]

The tunnels are said to be haunted form people that were killed by a cult there was like 6 victims if I'm not mistaken its creepy af down in those tunnels like some one is watching you but no one it there

[@susansparks4763]

I grew up in Tulsa. My entire family live there now. Never heard about the tunnels. My grandmother lived on Houston and ran a grill in the Taloma building, late '60s. Relatives in Red Fork and Glenpool. Went to Clinton Jr high. Just got back from visiting there Thanksgiving. I'm recuping from a hip replacement. Can't wait to get better and I'm going to hunt down a tunnel tour.

[@J2A61]

I’m 35 yrs old from Tulsa and I never knew a lot of what she just said.... thanks

[@DanielaRodriguez-zt9ce]

I'm from tulsa lol

[@davidmiller1923]

Very exciting. I married an Okie and moved to N.E. Oklahoma several years ago, and never knew about this stuff. I'm going to plan a tour for us.

[@saved03]

I remember working for an auto parts store chain in Lincoln Nebraska. There was an old tunnel system there as well. It of course was bricked off when it was no longer used.

[@mikegehre570]

very well done and very informative. may have to see it for myself some day

[@unsympatheticstoner8415]

The tour is awesome I had a lot of fun

[@joplinst1642]

I lived in Tulsa back in 98-98. Lived between 61st and 71st by 169. Feel in love with Tulsa, but the people cant drive and it's full of crime

[@509Heavydrop]

Say what ? 🤔😔

[@andreastudebaker7670]

I'm right there in Tulsa right now! So cool Amazing and I should stop

[@burningsandsexploration3711]

This is interesting. I am taking the tour of I ever get there. Thank you!

[@CadeThomas]

Thank you to everyone who has watched and liked this video! I have a few more local documentaries, a true-crime documentary series, and a feature-length comedy film available to watch on my channel right now! Subscribe to my channel to get notified when new videos arrive! Thanks!

[@andreaxoxo4034]

Cade Thomas~Hi, thank you for the video! I heard her say 4th & 5th street but never any cross road. Do you live in Tulsa? I do and was wondering where to go for her tour, and also when she was sitting, it looked like a really cute store.... Was it and do you know the location of it??? Hope to hear back from you!!! 😊

[@CadeThomas]

@@andreaxoxo4034 You can find Kelly Gibson and her company at facebook.com/toursoftulsa. The tunnel between the Philtower and the Philcade (the main tunnel featured in the video) is underneath 5th and Boston. You can only access the tunnel from the Philtower side. The rest of the tunnel system can be accessed by going down the escalators in the lobby of the Mid-Continent Tower at 4th and Boston. The store she was interviewed at is called Decopolis. It's a really cool store and I would highly recommend checking them out! Thanks for watching the video! I hope this answered all your questions.

[@andreaxoxo4034]

@@CadeThomas Yes, you answered all my questions. Thank you very much!! God Bless!!

[@flamingsheila3115]

Hi. I leive in Owasso Ok. I really your tour. You seem like a really super nice person. Am knot rush or poor. But live in erea.from Calif

[@dustinvarner3438]

🙄

[@greenspiraldragon]

I would definitely open that other tunnel back up. 4:41

[@gabrielbrown9013]

@D Hill lmao

[@GMapril]

I've lived in Tulsa for over 12 years now, I've heard about the tunnels but have never visited them would love to do so!

[@locktampi9002]

I took a tour of the tunnels and they were rlly cool

[@michaelbauer7052]

Tunnels are cool!!! old buildings are too!!!

[@DasGoodASMR]

Great video! Thank you so much!

[@ratedasmr7811]

Seems we've got two asmrtists in Tulsa. Possibly more.

[@willnichols6470]

I'm not a Tulsan but I've always lived within an hour of it. I would be interested in a tour sometimes we have to be tourists in our own cities.

[@calebmendenhall1489]

I live in Tulsa so this kept popping up in my recommended’s

[@maddyseiboldt5478]

philbrook is gorgeous

[@chrisc.27]

You're definitely one of us, with a Whataburger cup in your profile pic! Hell yeah!!

[@matthewwestfall6999]

TULSA is where I’m from!

[@macsnafu]

I've been through some of these underground tunnels, but I guess there's more than I know about.

[@kendallkidd2220]

Tulsa Tunnels who knew?

[@clydec.barrow242]

Has anybody ever heard of Carbondale okla carbondale was located somewhere around tulsa ok, my grand dad was born there in 1934

[@jason1440]

Cool video. The correct person, CLEARLY, has posession of those tunnels.

[@tatumsh9]

I just started working in the Philcade building. Had no idea of the history.

[@mikudayo9727]

Oklahoma is never notice that much but looking at this... why aren’t they noticing us maybe it’s because we only get them oil? But this,this is history! And without Oklahoma we would never have noticed all the great wonders we have.

[@brent4770]

Houston downtown buildings connect through tunnels also.

[@bamadouglas1690]

Brent Arnold yeah you right and Houston have stores down there too

[@obawilliamking5285]

Fantastic fountain of info. I’d love to hear more about the Tulsa Race Riots and the businesses lost during that era

[@cobaltic4556]

My school had a tour of downtown Tulsa cuz I live there and I was in that exact tunnel

[@libbyprice394]

Cobaltic what school

[@kennethreffitt2051]

I wonder if she still does tours..I moved here and would love to see the history here

[@avman1852]

41st in river side there is a draneg pipe with a lot of graffiti and it's so beautiful

[@nineinchrails3361]

I know exactly where your talking about. It’s goes pretty far back to. I never reached the end.

[@chrisc.27]

I haven't been in there since we were kids & for very good reason. If your ever seen when it storms & how high the water gets with sewage & waste water when they open the flood gates you probably or at least hopefully would quit wandering around in those sewer tunnels

[@rayphillips332]

I'm subscribed I'm here in Stroud Oklahoma

[@kjarby69]

You should do a cover story about the tunnels under ORU!

[@davidalanjonesridge9874]

Oh, yes, many cities had tunnels, like Omaha, Nebraska had tunnels so that shop owners could take their receipts to the bank he did business with. Ogden, Utah also has stories of tunnels along 24th or was it 25th street.

[@tysonmosley8534]

I’ve done the tour it’s super cool

[@ironbear8469]

AKA THE PORTAL TO HELL

[@SootisLost]

lron Bear WOW CANT WAIT

[@ironbear8469]

@@SootisLost the party in Hell has been cancelled due to fire

[@hyperionwhitestar1453]

The real portal to Hell, is located in Fallen's fucking basement! That's a sector of Hell that even Satan won't go near.

[@brylennjones1377]

I live in Claremore 15 mins away from Tulsa I go there all the time!

[@roxannahelzer3450]

Ayyye Red Fork!!

[@flyoverbill421]

I worked in the BOK Tower and walked through tunnels to the Atlas building cafe occasionally.

[@marlin4448]

Lived inTulsa in the 1970’s never knew

[@user-ty6do8yz4l]

Kelly done had some coffees!

[@RedmanOutdoors366]

Hello Cade cool channel im from Tulsa 😊

[@serenelunae]

So that's where Glennpool got it's name. I also still live here so this is cool

[@jefferythedino4413]

I bet thats a fun tour for sure :)

[@breakingexpensivecrap2043]

Jeffery The Dino if you want a tour then call 918-625-4909 to schedule your tour. Have a great day

[@courtneymcintosh3559]

I live in the red fork area 👌🏻👌🏻

[@scroogegreedy-MrDubblenbubble]

I from North Tulsa and I didn't know this