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Haunted Kentucky-MAMOTH CAVE (BOWLING GREEN)
Mammoth Cave National Park
The largest cave in the world has attracted a number of ghosts. One is a black slave guide named Stephen Bishop, who loved the cave so much he refused to leave it, even when offered his freedom. Another spirit of the cave is a Southern lady named Melissa, who brought her Yankee lover to the cave in 1843. She took the man deep within the cave to Purgatory Point and left him there as a prank. The man was never seen again, and Melissa's ghost still searches the area known as Echo River. The ghost of Floyd Collins, who died after being trapped for sixteen days in nearby Crystal Cave, is also said to wander the grounds. The case became so popular that in 1926, Collins's body was removed from his family plot and displayed in a glass coffin at the entrance to Crystal Cave. The grisly tourist attraction proved very profitable, until someone stole the corpse. It was finally returned to the cave; however, for some reason the body was missing its left leg. In recent years, tourists have reported the unidentified ghost of a man dressed in an old-fashioned cummerbund. Others have witnessed a disembodied pair of legs running down the hill near the main visitors' center. The legs were wearing denim overalls and work shoes. With over 150 sightings of ghosts reported, Mamouth Cave is one of the nation's most haunted locations.
Floyd Collins now rests in the Flint Ridge Baptist Cemetery on the park grounds. Mammoth Cave is twenty miles northeast of Bowling Green on I-65. Mammoth Cave National Park, KY 42259. Phone: 502-758- 2328
-WILDER
Bobby Mackey's Music World
Malevolent spirits roam this 1850s building, now a popular nightclub. At one time, the structure was a slaughterhouse, and a deep well was dug in the basement to collect animal blood and body fluids. When the slaughterhouse closed, Satanists used the well of blood for rituals. In 1896, two devil worshippers beheaded a woman named Pearl Bryan and used her head in their ceremonies. Before they were hanged, the men were offered life sentences in exchange for disclosing the whereabouts of the missing head, but both refused, claiming that to do so would bring down the wrath of the devil himself. The cursed building was a speakeasy in the 1920s, and several unsolved mob murders added more violence to the already diabolic ambiance. So far, twenty-nine witnesses have signed affidavits testifying to ghostly phenomena at the nightclub, and a recent exorcism on the premises has failed to halt the harrowing activity. In September 1994, a customer was assaulted in the men's restroom by a ghost wearing a cowboy hat. The injured customer is suing Bobby Mackey for not getting rid of the ghosts in his establishment. Douglas Hensley investigated the case and published his account in a 1994 book entitled "h***'s Gate"
Wilder is in Kenton County, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. It is 1.5 miles south of Covington on Highway 9. Bobby Mackey's Music World, 44 Licking Pike, Wilder, KY 41076. Phone: 606-431-5588
-Don Young Farm House, Lexington.
Address uknown.
It's rumored that his ghost still walks the property slamming doors and opening and closing windows into the late hours of the night. You can also hear as cars pulling up to the property when nothing is actually there.
-Morehead State University, Morehead.
*Website
Jesse Baird is still rumored to walk the halls and people have not only heard noises and smelled odors they have come to associate with Jesse, but they have actually seen him as well.
Also, it is said that in Nunn Hall at Morehead there is a playful spirit named Penelope, who flickers the lights and turns on and off televisions. It is said that many years ago, while in love with a man her parents did not approve, she became pregant. Saddened by the circumstances she jumped to her death.
-Seelbach Hotel, Louisville
*Website
Many guests and employees have reported the sounds of someone running along the wooden floors. The strange thing? No wooden floors in this place. Also, television will switch on a 4am, blasting noise, but in only fifteen minutes time they shut off again.
-Gravity Hill, Princeton.
Unknown location.
Back in the early 1900s the story has it that a man and his two daughters passed away here when their stalled car was hit by a truck. Now, if you park your car at the bottom, someone will slowly push you up and you can often find handprints on your truck. EVP sounds also captured here.
-Mitchell Hill Road, Louisville
Located directly off of Mt. Holley Road.
At the top of this hill rests a cemetary. However, the spirit of a young girl killed in a car crash while on her way to the prom is not as restful. People say you can still see her standing at the top of the road dressed in her prom dress.
-The Old Theatre Workshop, Owensboro
Rumor has it that a priest who once ran this old church had a daughter who became pregnant by a man he did not approve of. After a heated argument, the daughter hung herself and the father commited suicide shortly thereafter. To this day bells will ring, chills are felt and, in the basement, people have been shoved by a pair of unseen hands.
-Granny's Old Farm House, Whitley City. On school road.
People have reported footsteps, doors that slam and the occasional fire ball of light.
-Old Talbott Inn, Bardstown.
See website for address.
*Website
Claimed the previous patrons still haunt the inn today.
-Jacob Hiestand House Museum, Campbellsville.
1075 Campbellsville Bypass.
It's rumored that Jacob still walks the halls of his home.
-Liberty Hall, Frankfort.
See webiste for location.
*Website
A lady in grey is said to walk the property as well as the spirits of an indian and a soldier.
-Hunt-Morgan House, Lexington.
201 North Mill Street, Lexington, KY
Built around 1814 by John Wesley Hunt, this two story brick house was almost torn down during World War II in order to make a parking structure for what used to be a library across the street. This is when The Foundation for the Preservation of Historic Lexington and Fayette County purchased this historical home. It's been through some minor changes, for instance, the bay on the corner closest to second street was added where an office for Hunt used to be. All the original appearances have been restored and it seems the orignal owners have, as well, since their spirits are still rumored to live within.
-Bobby Mackey's Music World, Wilder.
44 Licking Pike, Wilder, KY 41076. Phone: 606-431-5588
Malevolent spirits roam this 1850s building, now a popular nightclub. At one time, the structure was a slaughterhouse, and a deep well was dug in the basement to collect animal blood and body fluids. When the slaughterhouse closed, Satanists used the well of blood for rituals. In 1896, two devil worshippers beheaded a woman named Pearl Bryan and used her head in their ceremonies. Her head was never found, so Pearl wanders the building today still looking for her missing head.
-Jefferson Hotel, Jackson.
See webiste for location.
*Website
It is said that some years back a young man was gunned down on the front steps of the hotel and his spirit has never left.
-Highland Orphanage, Jackson.
Location not known.
It is rumored that many children perished in a fire there and you can still hear them on the grounds today.
-Round Bottom Curve, Jackson.
Location unknown.
The local golf course was shut down at this area since so many sightings were reported of people who passed away on this dangerous road.
-Cody Road Bridge, Independence.
See following site for more info and investigation photos.
*Website
There are two versions to this story. One, that a woman was killed by a train and, two, that she had driven her car into a swollen creek bed and was washed away. Either way, the locals will tell you she still haunts the area even today.
-Middendorf-Bullock Funeral Home, Covington.
Address unknown.
The ghost of a man has been spotted wandering the mortuary by several empoyees and, even when you can't see him, you can still sense his energy.
-Ghost Bridge, Winchester.
It's said that four teenagers jumped to their deaths from this bridge and can still be seen walking below it on many an evening.
-Madison Middle School, Richmond.
See website for location.
*Website
Faculty members report hearing strange noises in this building.
-MSU Fine Arts Building, Murray.
See website for location.
*Website
Two ghosts are said to haunt here. One still roams the halls, making appearances in the Lovett Audiorium as well as playing the piano in the stillness of the third floor music room. The other, has claim over the elevator and will take you to floors the rider has not requested.
-Barbourville Union College, Barbourville.
See website for location.
*Website
In one hallway you will encounter a boarded up room. There, a young woman died while delivering a child. If you listen carefully, you can hear her walking about and, if you dare to knock, she may just knock back. Also, in the tower across the yard you will find another unhappy spirit of a sad girl who hung herself.
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