Bobby Mackey’s Music World, Wilder - Kentucky

Bobby Mackey’s Music World is not only one of the most haunted places in Kentucky, but possibly one of the most haunted locations in the entire world!

Anyone with an interest in the paranormal is sure to have heard of this nightclub and it has featured on pretty much all of the big paranormal television programs!

Over the years, this place has been dubbed a gateway to hell and the mere mention of it is enough to send a chill up the spine of many a paranormal investigator.

Poltergeist activity is the norm in America’s most haunted nightclub so much so that there is even a sign inside stating that management cannot take responsibility for any paranormal attack on the premises.

Several visitors have signed sworn affidavits detailing their terrifying experiences. Bobby Mackey’s is known for its darker paranormal side, but not all of the spirits here are malicious.

One of them is the spirit of a dancer named Johanna who performed at the club and died in the club. She had been seen several times ‘performing’ on stage with the live music acts and owner Bob Mackey has also written a song about her – despite the fact that he claims not to believe in ghosts!

However, it is the darker entities that get most of the attention at Bobby Mackey’s Music World. Patrons have been touched, scratched and even possessed while in the building.

A former caretaker of the building named Carl was reportedly exorcised in the bar and following his death, his distinctive voice has been heard via EVP. There is a well in the basement which is said to be a portal to hell and many claim that demons reside in this bar!

It all seems to stem from the fact that not only was the building once an abattoir, but it was also the site where a woman’s skull was found detached from her body.

A grisly murder took place several kilometers away from where a pregnant woman was beheaded and her head was allegedly disposed of down the well.

Read more >>

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville - Kentucky

There is something special about all old abandoned asylums and sanatorium’s but some are just creepier than others and that certainly applies to Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville.

Without any doubt, this building can be counted among the most haunted places in Kentucky if not the entire United States!

Waverly Hills was officially opened in July of 1910 and over the next 50 years, it housed thousands of patients suffering from tuberculosis. The sanatorium eventually closed its doors in 1962 when advances in medication brought new drug treatments that could cure tuberculosis so that it was no longer a death sentence.

The hospital was renovated and reopened as Wood Haven Medical Services. However, by 1980 that too had closed following claims of patient neglect and abuse – not that the tuberculosis treatments used prior to that were any less inhumane.

There is no exact figure for the number of deaths that have occurred in Waverly Hills, but the best estimates put the number at well over 6000.

There are many ghosts that walk the halls of Waverly Hills and shadow figures, disembodied screams and agonizing moaning are all very normal.

We could never mention every spirit that resides here, so instead let’s summarize some of the hot spots of paranormal activity. Perhaps the most famous is the so-called Death Tunnel.

This underground tunnel runs from the main building to the bottom of the hill and it was used to remove corpses so as not to disturb other patients.

Room 502 is said to be where a pregnant nurse committed suicide after the doctor who fathered the child rejected her. Her spirit is said to be eternally tied to the room.

Finally, there is the ghost of a little boy called Timmy who died in Waverly Hills at the age of 6 or 7. He likes to play and investigators often bring balls and toys for him to play with!

Read more >>

The Old Talbott Tavern, Bardstown - Kentucky

The Old Talbott Tavern is actually the oldest stagecoach stop in Kentucky and today, as it always has, it offers weary travelers impeccable service along with a chance of catching a glimpse of none other than the outlaw Jesse James!

On entering The Old Talbott Tavern one thing is evident – the passage of time. Since opening in 1770, the hotel has never been closed and the building seems to have soaked up all of the energy of times gone by and the people who have taken refuge here on long journeys.

Some of the most notable guests that have spent the night include Daniel Boone, Abraham Lincoln, and King Louis Philippe of France! Then, of course, there is the outlaw Jesse James who has contributed to the hotel’s reputation as one of the most haunted places in Kentucky.

If you pay a visit to The Old Talbott Tavern today, you may have the chance to see the painting that hangs on the wall which is riddled with bullet holes. It is said that Jesse James was the one to shoot up that painting and that his ghost still visits the inn from time to time.

However, he is certainly not the only spirit at work here! There is also a mysterious female spirit who makes regular appearances and guests have reported a variety of other unexplained events including items moving on their own and items vanishing only to turn up elsewhere in the hotel.

Shadows are seen darting around and doors open and close by themselves.

There have also been reports of phantom footsteps and of furniture jumping up and down for no apparent reason!

Read more >>

POPE LICK MONSTER, FISHERVILLE - Kentucky

The ‘Pope Lick Monster’ – also known as Goat Man has apparently been luring unsuspecting people to their deaths for as long as the locals can recall.

Depending on which story you favor this hairy, horned monster is either a survivor from a circus train wreck or a local goat farmer who tortured his goats on behalf of the devil and therefore forfeited his own soul.

He is said to mimic the voice of children calling for help to lure people onto the train tracks where they then become frozen in place as a speeding train hurtles towards them!

Read more >>

Waverly Hills Sanitorium – Kentucky

 Waverly Hills Sanitorium – Kentucky, United States



Waverly Hills was originally a two-story wooden building that was opened in 1910, however the building you see today was constructed in 1926. It served as a tuberculosis hospital throughout the early to mid 20th Century, a time when the disease was at its worst. It is believed that as many as 63,000 patients died there. The death toll as well as the supposed mistreatment and questionable experimental procedures on patients, are all recipes that may be behind one of the most haunted buildings in the whole of the US.

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium has built quite the reputation over the years as more and more people are allowed to investigate the premises. This has thrown up some incredible evidence over the years. It has featured on shows such as Ghost Adventures, Ghost Hunters (TAPS), and our very own Most Haunted. TAPS captured a figure on their thermal imaging camera that seemed to be walking across the hall. The figure was about 3ft tall, they later found out that the ghost of a young boy named Tim has been spotted there before.

Read more >>

Haunted Rail Road Bridge - Williamsburg, KY

In Williamsburg Kentucky there is a wooden railroad bridge at the foot of the University of Cumberlands College that crosses over to Fifth Street and Maple Street near the First Methodist Church. Usually right before a train crosses under the bridge you can hear and see all kinds of strange sights and sounds. Local folks say that it is the spirits of the dead who have lost their lives on the railroad tracks near there. Local folk lore tells that many years ago a young child was hit by a train. Ever since this mischievous spirit roams the tracks trying to distract others from noticing the oncoming trains. Several adults and children have lost their lives near this bridge…, distracted by the mischievous spirits of the dead.

Read more >>

Waverly Hills Sanatorium - Louisville, Kentucky

The Waverly Hills Sanatorium is an abandoned hospital building that had been built around the year 1924-1926 when America was ravaged by the deadly tuberculosis. Built in the southern Jefferson County the hospital soon became overcrowded as there were loads of patients coming in. Although the hospital was considered the most advanced sanatorium for tuberculosis in those days, the absence of any sure shot cure led to the death of innumerable patients.

The mystery of Waverly Hills Sanatorium still holds interest as the place is said to be haunted. The mysteries associated with the building state that the ghosts of the ill-treated patients still roam about. There have been reports of ghosts being seen, eerie sounds being heard, sounds of doors being banged and lights in the windows seen as if power is still running in the building. Those that have visited the place vouch for the haunted status.

The land and the building where Waverly Hills Sanatorium exists changed hands many times. The once stately building has been described as being haunted and many visitors to the building have claimed to have seen the ghosts. There are stories about a girl running up and down the stairs of the third floor, a woman who had wrists bleeding crying for help, a hearse dropping off coffins from the building, a boy with a leather ball and similar other instances.

Whether or not the place is haunted is still mysterious as one has to see to believe. Those that have visited the place are sure about the Sanatorium being haunted. However those that do not believe in paranormal activities rubbish the claims and state the place has been “haunted” by vandals and anti-social elements that take refuge here. Therefore the mystery of the haunted Waverly Hills Sanatorium still stays and interested people are still taking tours of the building to have a first hand experience of seeing a ghost actually.

Read more >>

Slate Hollow - Slate Poibt and Surrounding Hills - Vanceburg,Kentucky

In the 1980's there were several sightings of a
hoofed, half man half deer or goat type creature roaming the area. It's
said that he/it was bringing in a new age of depression, death,
bitterness and even opening a portal to the dark realms itself. In the
same are and maybe the same being was sighted several times on the
Slate Hollow point in the area of a cabin that is long gone now. The
shape was the same but there was mentioning of glowing red eyes and
when this being was approached with out fear, he would turn into
several black birds and fly toward you. In a valley below the point was
a place that was and had been describe as completely barren and dead.
The trees, grass and even the branch of water was dry and gone. This
was said to be the opening to the portal. Screams could be heard.
Climate change, from warm to extreme cold. And a feeling of eyes all
around you watching you could be felt. It was told that the reason all
this attention had come to this area was do to the murder. But when
asked no one knew a name to give.

Read more >>

Cumberland College-Gillespie (Johnson) Hall - Williamsburg,Kentucky

CC is a small school...everyone knows
everyone else (1700 students). The freshman girls dorm has had several
incidences on the third floor where they see a girl who does not live
there. Sometimes the girl is crying and sometimes she just stares.
Other times she is there and disappears. Doors close and open, TV’s and
stereos come on and off, radios and computers turn on. Padlocked doors
are opened and then when you walk back by (minutes later) it will be
locked. Some days it is locked and you can see lights from underneath
the door leading up to the attic. It is rumored that she was a
cheerleader who got pregnant by a football player and instead of
leaving school (strict place here) she killed herself in the attic. She
supposedly lived on the third floor in 316. One girl who lived in that
room was engaged and at night she would take her ring off and put it on
the desk and every morning she would wake up to find it in the garbage.

Read more >>

Highland Park Cemetery - Williamsburg,Kentucky

This cemetery was moved when I-75 came through Williamsburg. It's a rather large cemetery with one mausoleum, and several monuments. The graves extend out beyond the cemetery gates and it seems as though the most haunted area is beyond the gates. There is a strong vibe at night that you shouldn't venture beyond the gates.

Read more >>

Whitley County Middle School - Williamsburg,Kentucky

On some days before any kind of break ( Christmas, Summer, Fall, ect.) it is reported that a girl in a yellow dress that will stand at the very end of the all the lockers outside the gym at the ends of the stage and locker rooms. There is no known reason for the girl to stand there. She is spotted singing quietly. Sometimes she is even spotted running down the hallway screaming after school when the school is nearly empty.

Read more >>

Williamsburg Independent Schools - Williamsburg,Kentucky

The school was built on an old cemetery, some of the
graves still reside on the grounds by the playground and football
field. There are many different stories. One of which states that an
Native American chief will appear at one end of the elementary hallway,
and ride his horse down to the end of the hallway and then disappear.
The gymnasium seems to be the next most haunted part of the school;
there are a lot of stories surrounding it. Lights turning on and off
and basketballs bouncing on their own.

Read more >>

Bluegrass Heritage Museum - Winchester,Kentucky

There is a former medical clinic turned museum in downtown Winchester, Kentucky that seems to be haunted. The stories range from footsteps around, and above the listener to doors opening and closing themselves, and even sightings of full body apparitions of former clinic employees. Moving cold spots, fluctuating EMF readings, various orb photos, and such are common in the building especially on the third floor. There have been several very clear EVPs caught in and around the former operating room, and in various places on the third floor of the building, as well as in the former morgue area. The voices captured seem to be that of doctor and nurses talking just before, or during a surgery, and of a man screaming, and moaning in pain. Also, at least one home video exists of heavy footsteps walking, and then running across the floor above the listeners, and of a hallway door shutting itself, opening itself, and then slamming its self shut. The most compelling evidence this video holds is of a lock on the third floor hallway door unexplainably unlatching its self right before your eyes, and the door slowly opening. These events have been witnessed for decades, and by countless numbers of people and as before stated even exists on video. The building is currently open  as a museum for historical tours Tuesday thru Friday for a small admission fee, and plans are in the works to do a half night paranormal tour for Halloween 2008.

Read more >>

Jones Nursery Road - Winchester,kentucky

There is a sharp curve in
the road where a car accident happened, killing the passengers in the
car. At midnight on a full moon, you can sit on the side of the road
down from the curve and wait for the ghost of a woman to appear and
walk from the curve toward your car. Witnesses say if you shut your car
off, you will have a hard time starting it again and leaving before she
can get to you. And if you leave your car running, the engine tries to
bog down and die. So far no one has stayed long enough for the ghost to
get to them.

Read more >>

Wal-Mart - Winchester,Kentucky

In 2003 there has been a suicide and a
murder there. the suicide was a man that walked into an isle and shot
himself. rumor is if you go to that isle you'll feel a cold wind rush
past you and get the sense some one is behind you. a man shot his
daughter in front of the store's doors for going with another man.
rumor for that is at night you can hear someone running and screaming
inside or in front of the store as if in need of help.

Read more >>

Hutch - Bell County,Kentucky

there is a small area off the main highwa called
Hutch. In this small community there is a local swimming hole called
"Devil's Garden". Before it earned this name, a small group of partying
teenagers were swimming one summer night. After partying too much, one
of the kids slipped and hit his head on a rock in the shallows. Not
thinking straight, the other kids decided to hide the body under water,
tied to a rock. The next day, the kids went to see if the night before
had really happened. They arrived to find that the local authorities
had already arrived and discovered the body. To their surprise, their
friend had drowned and not died of the fall. They lived with their
secret for over 15 years until they each started disappearing
mysteriously, and the remaining two confessed and were sentenced to ten
years in prison. Now every full moon, the moon's reflection casts a
skull like image on the water's surface.

Read more >>

Warfield Cemetery - Barbourville,Kentucky

Something follows you. Its footsteps move as you do, and stop when you do, yet this unseen thing moves very fast. You can feel its sense of urgency, and the steps crunch over the ground, as if it's agitated. When it starts this, you standing there cringing, just certain something is going to knock you down from behind, but the steps just stop abruptly and don't start back up until you begin walking again. When you step outside of the gate, the sounds of the footsteps stop.

Read more >>

Union College Pfeiffer Hall room 245 - Barbourville,Kentucky

There is said to be a ghost of a student that attended Union College in the 1960's. His name was James Garner and he was a football and basketball player at Union. James was about 6'4 or so and weighed about 250. Records say that he fell from his 2nd floor window while trying to close it on a cool nite. The date of his death was have said to been on October 30, 1963. Sources say that if you go to the room around midnight and open the window, that James ghost will shut it. Many sightings have been reported.

Read more >>

Paramount Artcenter - Ashland,Kentucky

It is said that during some early
renovation work on the Paramount Theatre, a death occurred there and
the man’s ghost has forever since haunted the Paramount. In the early
1940s, four construction workers from Boyd Theater Company in
Cincinnati, Ohio were working on a project inside the auditorium. It is
reported that all of them had gone to lunch except one man, a guy named
Joe. When the other three returned, they found Joe hanging from the
curtain rigging, dead. And since then, sounds have been heard, things
have gone missing, cold drafts have been felt, and some folks even
claim to have seen the image of a man appear on occasion. However, he
is by all means a “good ghost” - one who seems to look out for the
benefit of the theatre and its occupants. When Billy Ray Cyrus was here
filming his video for "Achy Breaky Heart," he was told about the legend
of Paramount Joe. Between breaks, Billy Ray would talk to Joe, laughing
and joking with him, sometimes even asking for his help. It is
customary to get 8 x 10 photographs signed by each performer that
appears at the Paramount and then hang the photo on the 'Wall of Fame'
in the box office. Billy Ray personally autographed large color posters
to each of the female employees working here at the time - and one with
a personal inscription to Paramount Joe, whom he now had a fondness
for. Each lady put her poster near her desk and Joe's was hung in the
box office, near all the other performers. As time passed and the walls
in the box office became too full of 8x10’s signed by other performers,
the executive director felt that some of the pictures and posters
needed to come down. Since there were so many of Billy Ray, she asked
the women to remove their posters since they were all so similar.
Nobody wanted to take their personally autographed picture of Billy Ray
down so they took down the one he had signed to Paramount Joe. The next
day, when the ladies came to work, every single 8x10 and poster that
had been hanging neatly on the walls the night before were now lined
strewn on the floor, many of their glass frames shattered! It was as if
someone had wiped each one off the wall. To this day, Paramount Joe’s
poster still hangs in the Paramount, in a very special part of The
Marquee Room, which is now the site of Paramount Joe’s Rising Star
Café’. There is another story about the time two new employees
wanted to investigate the basement in the Paramount and some old items
that had been stored there. To reach the basement, you must go through
a door that is located just inside the lounge outside the ladies
restroom. This brings you to the top of the stairs. At the top of those
stairs is a light switch that will light the first section of the
stairwell. As you progress, there is a switch that will light each area
in front of you. And, there is no partner switch. In other words, you
must turn the light off at the same place you turned it on. The
marketing director had offered to take the two new female employees
into the basement and turned on the lights at the top of the stairs.
The ladies hurried down the steps. At that moment the marketing
director was called to take a phone call inside the office. He told the
other two employees to wait, he would be right back. In their
excitement however, they did not hear him and they continued on.
Recounting the story later, it was at this point they called up to him
to turn on the next light for them. As it turned out, he was on the
phone longer than expected and met the ladies as they were coming back
up the steps. "Thanks for turning on the light for us," one of them
said, "but we can't get it to turn off." Puzzled, he explained that he
had not turned on the light for them – and in fact, could not turn on
the light. The expression on their faces revealed that they were not
kidding with him. They lead him back into the basement, only to be met
by darkness. 'Someone' had turned the light off again as well. "Well,
thanks Joe," called out one of the ladies, as she shivered. In 2004,
marketing director Tyson Compton was giving a tour to some high school
students. As he was relating the Paramount Joe story, he realized that
he was always talking about Joe, and not to him. So as he spoke to the
students, he stopped and called out, “Joe, are you here? Is it ok that
I tell your story?” While he swears that he then heard a seat squeak,
that is not the the most chilling part of this story. Compton relates
how he received a call the very next day from a psychic who lived in
the area. She asked him if someone in his family or a close friend had
recently died because she had gotten a message from “the other side.”
He said no that he could think of no one. “Well, she said, “I’m
supposed to tell you that Joe said he is here.

Read more >>

Witch Hill - Alexandria,Kentucky

There is a tree in
the middle of the road in Wilder where 3 witches were supposedly hung,
and there is a curse on the tree to whom ever tries to cut it down, or
spits on it. I have been to this place many times, and taken pictures,
and many times even though it was a clear night, the pictures have come
back covered in white blotches. You will find many out of the ordinary
happenings on the way out to the tree. -

It has recently been cut down and moved to thechurch parking lot at the top of the road. The three humps were alsoleft off the stroy. There are three evenly spaced humps righ before the
bend the tree was on. These are the graves of the witchs. the stories
of destorted pictures are true though.

Read more >>