The Haunted House is a 'diamond in the rough'

Haunted House Restaurant, 7101 Miramar in Oklahoma City, is a plush, fine-dining, private steakhouse. The decor is in an earthy knotty pine interior with chandeliers and romantic lighting throughout, which includes a wood-burning fireplace.

Its name is based on the home's mysterious, bizarre past in which three murders connected to the property still remain unsolved. Shortly after the 1963 murders, Marian Thibault and her husband, Art, bought the house. They turned it into a restaurant in 1964 and opened to a huge crowd of curiosity-seekers.

Today, the restaurant is widely known as one of the best dining experiences in Oklahoma. Marian Thibault often is asked about possible ghost sightings, to which she always replies, "I've never seen one or felt one."

But it sure makes for good conversation with many of the restaurant's patrons.

The menu is simple, with no pretentious wording.

"We serve rack of lamb, lobster, filet mignon, chicken and salmon, and we have much more," Marian Thibault, whose husband has since died, said in a noticeable German accent.