Bobby Mackey's Music World

**Theories** |  · Ghost · Demonic entity · Hoax

**Bobby Mackey’s Music World** is a ghostly haunting well-known honky-tonk bar located in Wilder, Kentucky. The establishment has gained notoriety due to claims of being haunted. The building has a rich and colorful history, which has contributed to the numerous ghost stories and urban legends associated with it.

## Manifestations

* A ghostly of
* An demonic in the gateway to hell
* A hoaxes

## Background

Bobby Mackey's Music World, has become famous mainly due to the stories of tragedies and horrors that have taken place in and around it over the years. The building currently operates as a well-known country music club run by singer Bobby Mackey, and has been described as "The Most Haunted Club in the US."

The ominous history of the building dates back to the middle of the 19th century. In 1850, a large slaughterhouse was built on the site, which was to serve northeastern Kentucky and also Cincinnati, Ohio. A well was dug in the floor of the building, which was supposed to be used to drain animal blood and entrails into the river. It was speculated that the blood from the slaughtered animals later attracted Satanists to the area, who performed their dark rituals in and around the building (especially near the well).

In 1896, local newspapers reported the horrific murder of 22-year-old Pearl Bryan, whose headless body was found in a field near the slaughterhouse. Pearl was pregnant and her boyfriend Scott Jackson urged her to come to Cincinnati to have an abortion. Jackson and his friend Alonzo Walling wanted to perform the abortion themselves, but something went terribly wrong. In a panic, they threw her body into the field and, hoping that the dead person would not be identified, they cut off her head. They almost completely succeeded in the crime except for one detail - they left the dead woman with her original shoes on her feet. Both were executed by hanging. Alonzo Walling swore on the gallows that even after death he would forever haunt the slaughterhouse area. The head of the poor man was never found, but it was rumored that Jakson had certain connections with Satanists, who allegedly used her head in their rituals, until it ended up in the well of the slaughterhouse. Locals still believe that the well is a kind of "gateway to hell."

The slaughterhouse was razed to the ground at the beginning of the 20th century, and the land remained abandoned for several years. During Prohibition, however, in the 1920s, a new building was built on the site to serve as a nightclub and casino. However, after Prohibition, the club began to attract gangsters from the area, and the owner experienced many threats and violence.

The building reopened as a nightclub in the 1950s under the name Latin Quarter. The owner's daughter Johanna (who was known to wear rose-scented perfume) fell in love with singer Robert Randall, who was performing at the club. Not long after, she became pregnant, so she decided to run away with her younger sister. However, her father figured it all out and, thanks to his criminal connections, had Randall killed (note: Mackey's full name is Robert Randall Mackey). When Johanna found out what happened, she poisoned her father and ended her own life in the basement of the club.

In 1978, several fights ended in death in the club, so the police were forced to close the club. Later that year, country singer Bobby Mackey bought the building and turned it into a music hall and inn in one, which actually still stands today. Mackey's business was doing well and people were still coming to his club. However, since the first day, inexplicable and disturbing phenomena have been happening in the club.