Based on the documentaries I've seen about it, deaths took place there as far back as the 1800s, and that sightings and other odd experiences went on well before he bought it. Granted, it makes for good publicity that there are things going on, and I don't get the impression that Mackey discourages the ghost scuttlebutt because it's good for business. Plus, with more media outlets and a large ghost-hunting subculture, aided by TV and the Internet, it just gets more attention than it would have before a famous country singer bought it.

 

Jim, don't believe everything you watch. Trust me, nobody talked about any kind of hauntings there before he bought it. My dad and I used to laugh about it when they started coming out. Dad was closely involved there for many many years.

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The main activity centers around the homicide and decapitation of someone who's head ended up tossed in a cellar well on the Bob Mackey property. That happened around early 1900's I believe. Then a employee named Johanna fell in love with a singer there around 1940 I believe, her father found out she was going to run off with the singer and killed him. Johana acted by trying to poison her father and herself. The father did not die, but she did. It is said that a lot of satanic rituals have taken place in the past around where the well was the decapitated head got tossed down. Alonzo Jackson, one of the murderers was claimed to be a satanist himself. All of these rituals and things of evil is believed to have opened a portal to the otherside on the property. One of the tenants after Bobby Mackey purchased the business, named Carl lived in an upstairs apartment in the night club. It is fact that he had to undergo a real life exorcism because he became possessed by evil spirits.

 

Like Shoe said, stuffs been going on there and reported there for a while. Mackey was just smart enough to publicize the sightings. As of today I think Mackey says he has never experienced anything. However, his wife will not enter the building due to her experiences. There is even signs there that read that the establishment is not responsible for any activity that may be credited to be of the paranormal. I would love to get to visit someday, I have never been on an actual ghost hunt, but would love to get into it as a hobby. I even have my own team name in mind, P.C.P. (Pike County Paranormal) :lol: :lol:

 

Pearl Bryan, no connection except for they never found her head. Convenient story, huh.

Feel free to believe as you will, they do make for good stories.

Jim, don't believe everything you watch. Trust me, nobody talked about any kind of hauntings there before he bought it. My dad and I used to laugh about it when they started coming out. Dad was closely involved there for many many years.

 

I haven't personally experienced anything there, so I can't really attest to how legit the claims are. I would guess that before Mackey bought the property that prior owners may have discouraged ghost talk out of fear it may drive away business, the same way a realtor might not want to let a potential buyer know that the home they're looking at has had reports of unexplained things?

 

I've seen and heard unexplained things that I would attribute to ghosts, or something otherworldly of that nature. That certainly doesn't mean that I believe every little ghost story I read (but I still read a lot of them because I just find them interesting). Those who would be considered experts in things paranormal might suggest that your skepticism might act as a blinder much like Agent Scully on the X-Files in the early seasons of the show. That skepticism is not something I would consider a bad thing, as it probably keeps you from getting overly worked up about "things that go 'bump' in the night."

I've always had an interest in ghost stories, especially in Kentucky. I stumbled across this site not long ago, and it has some interesting stuff.

 

Kentucky Ghost Sightings

 

My grandmas house puts most of those stories to shame.

Then afterwards you can visit The Playpen, where stretch marks and boils are prerequisite.

 

I just threw up in my mouth.

My grandmas house puts most of those stories to shame.

 

Do tell.

I haven't personally experienced anything there, so I can't really attest to how legit the claims are. I would guess that before Mackey bought the property that prior owners may have discouraged ghost talk out of fear it may drive away business, the same way a realtor might not want to let a potential buyer know that the home they're looking at has had reports of unexplained things?

 

I've seen and heard unexplained things that I would attribute to ghosts, or something otherworldly of that nature. That certainly doesn't mean that I believe every little ghost story I read (but I still read a lot of them because I just find them interesting). Those who would be considered experts in things paranormal might suggest that your skepticism might act as a blinder much like Agent Scully on the X-Files in the early seasons of the show. That skepticism is not something I would consider a bad thing, as it probably keeps you from getting overly worked up about "things that go 'bump' in the night."

 

Could be, the prior owners had a lot more interesting stories to tell that might scare people more than ghost stories though. Place has quite the past, in living beings that is.

Then afterwards you can visit The Playpen, where stretch marks and boils are prerequisite.

 

I thought they changed the name to 'The PigPen" ?

The old TB hospital off the bypass in Paris is another great destination for ghost hunters, heard some great stories about that place. If anybody is truly interested in haunted houses in Kentucky there is a book at Barnes and Nobles that outlines the stories along with locations of around fifty or so homes. I purchased the book around five years ago but can't think of the title or remember what I did with it after flipping through it.