Bobby Mackeys in Wilder Kentucky

Not too long ago I went with some friends to Bobby Mackey's!  I have driven by it a number of times but this was my first time actually going in.

Bobby Mackey's Bar has been on pretty much every show ever about ghosts and haunted places.  I remember hearing about it back before haunted places became so trendy.

Anyway, some friends found out that you can do a "private ghost tour" of the place on Sundays when it is not functioning as a bar.  This sounded pretty cool!

I wasn't exactly sure how this would work out (my friend called to set things up) but we arrived at Bobby Mackey's, and we met with Laura, who guided us on our tour.  This was kind of a tour/investigation of the site.  Laura took us around to the various areas, and told us about the building's history and reports of ghostly activity.  She then allowed time for us to investigate.  We weren't really prepared for an investigation (I just brought my camera) so Laura let us use an EMF detector.

We ended up spending a lot of time in the main bar area, near the well in the basement, and in the wall of faces room.  In these areas, we sat silently and listened for anything that might sound out of the ordinary.

Did we see or hear anything?  No, not at all, but it was a lot of fun trying to!

Laura did tell us about a few experiences she had.  In general, Laura seemed pretty skeptical which I thought was good.  She seemed to be someone who wanted solid evidence.  I appreciated that.  I have been on other walks where every noise, shadow and smell is credited to the supernatural.

Even though we have no scary stories from our time at Bobby Mackey's, we had fun.  It was a unique experience exploring the site and it was entertaining hearing about the characters who have been there- including one who lived on site for some time.  The building had been through a lot, even before Bobby Mackey took over in the 70s.  This is a good, creepy place.

Laura did let us know that much of the legend associated with the bar is questionable at best.  The origins of some of the stories you may have heard are hard to trace.  There is probably no real connection to the murder of Pearl Bryan.

Still, gambling and other illegal activity did occur here long ago.  We also learned about the time the building was used as a morgue.

AND I like how the tours are set up.  While we were there, we had the place to ourselves, and we were allowed to explore pretty leisurely.  With Laura as our guide, we were given a rare amount of freedom during our 2 hour visit.

http://www.bobbymackey.com/paranormal.html