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Bobby Mackey’s Music World is roadside honky-tonk bar in Wilder that is famous for its history and haunting urban legends. The nightclub today is owned by country singer, Bobby Mackey, but dating back to the 1850s, the site has been home to a butchery, a speakeasy for mobsters, and a plethora of paranormal phenomena. ADDRESS: 44 Licking Pike (41071) / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
Today, many patrons and employees of the bar have admitted to experiencing ghostly encounters and feelings of a dark presence in the building. Some people even speculate the basement holds a portal to the underworld. Tours of the premises are offered to guests to learn more about the bar’s historic and eerie past. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The Bull Room is where multiple spiritual occurrences have allegedly taken place. Instances include sightings of a tall, thin, faceless man, hearing men's voices not associated with the tour, witnessing a small gargoyle-like creature in the corner, and seeing a pool cue thrown at a tour guide. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
A former caretaker of the bar named Carl Lawson may have experienced the worst supernatural involvements at the bar. Lawson had many stories of different frightening encounters which included a possession. His exorcism took place in the bar by a minister. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The upstairs apartment, where Carl Lawson lived for a number of years, is believed to have originally been a brothel. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
An EMF monitor in use / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The sink where Bobby Mackey's wife Janet was doing dishes and felt something push her{ }/ Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
During the mob-run era of the bar, people were held in this cell, awaiting their fate. It is considered one of the most spiritually active areas of Bobby Mackey’s.{ }/ Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The bath tub that Carl Lawson was bathing in when he felt something attempt to pull him under{ }/ Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The Bull Room is where multiple spiritual occurrences have allegedly taken place. Instances include sightings of a tall, thin, faceless man, hearing men's voices not associated with the tour, witnessing a small gargoyle-like creature in the corner, and seeing a pool cue thrown at a tour guide. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
During Prohibition, the spot was a nightclub and casino where outlaws came to gamble. Then the bar became known as the “Primrose” in the 1930s and later renamed the “Latin Quarter” in the 1950s. That’s when a woman named Johanna—the daughter of the owner of the club at the time—killed herself after poisoning her dad when he forbade her from running away with the love of her life. He was a singer in the club named Robert Randall. Eerily enough, Bobby Mackey’s full name is Robert Randall Mackey. ADDRESS: 44 Licking Pike (41071) / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
When attempting to communicate with spirits, the investigators at Gatekeeper Paranormal—the official paranormal team of Bobby Mackey’s ghost tours—believe it helps to offer them a drink. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
An original craps table from the "Primrose" or "Latin Quarter" era / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
Bullet holes in the basement after a shootout occurred during the Prohibition era when the bar was a speakeasy{ }/ Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
Bobby Mackey’s Music World is roadside honky-tonk bar in Wilder that is famous for its history and haunting urban legends. The nightclub today is owned by country singer, Bobby Mackey, but dating back to the 1850s, the site has been home to a butchery, a speakeasy for mobsters, and a plethora of paranormal phenomena. ADDRESS: 44 Licking Pike (41071) / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
“The Stairway to Heaven” was originally built with a trap door at the top where people would be locked in a cell during the mob-era years. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The place is reportedly filled with hauntings in large part because the building was used for so many different purposes. In the 1850s, the site was used as a slaughterhouse and meat-packing facility. Some people believe cult rituals were performed here after the slaughterhouse closed in the 1890s. Around that same time, a woman named Pearl Bryan was found beheaded two miles from the spot. Murderer Alonzo Walling swore he'd come back to haunt the place after he was executed. ADDRESS: 44 Licking Pike (41071) / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
A menu from the Latin Quarter nightclub and casino / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The place is reportedly filled with hauntings in large part because the building was used for so many different purposes. In the 1850s, the site was used as a slaughterhouse and meat-packing facility. Some people believe cult rituals were performed here after the slaughterhouse closed in the 1890s. Around that same time, a woman named Pearl Bryan was found beheaded two miles from the spot. Murderer Alonzo Walling swore he'd come back to haunt the place after he was executed. ADDRESS: 44 Licking Pike (41071) / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The drain from the original slaughterhouse is now the basement of Bobby Mackey's. Some people consider it the portal to the underworld and believe it to be the former site of multiple cult rituals. Some people speculate the missing head of Pearl Bryan was dumped into the drain when she was murdered. Carl Lawson said a spirit told him in a dream to dig in that exact spot in the basement. Some people consider that the moment when many evil spirits were released. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
Bobby Mackey’s Music World is roadside honky-tonk bar in Wilder that is famous for its history and haunting urban legends. The nightclub today is owned by country singer, Bobby Mackey, but dating back to the 1850s, the site has been home to a butchery, a speakeasy for mobsters, and a plethora of paranormal phenomena. ADDRESS: 44 Licking Pike (41071) / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
Bobby Mackey’s Music World is roadside honky-tonk bar in Wilder that is famous for its history and haunting urban legends. The nightclub today is owned by country singer, Bobby Mackey, but dating back to the 1850s, the site has been home to a butchery, a speakeasy for mobsters, and a plethora of paranormal phenomena. ADDRESS: 44 Licking Pike (41071) / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
People leave presents for the spirit of Carl Lawson in his former upstairs apartment. He died in 2012.{ }/ Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
A ghost box in use / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
An original Latin Quarter Christmas sign / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The original dressing rooms for dancers that would perform at the Primrose and Latin Quarter are where Johanna—after poisoning her father—also came to commit suicide / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The safe designed and installed specifically for Buck Brady, owner of the Primrose / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The mechanical bull that was featured in the movie "Urban Cowboy" starring John Travolta / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
Bobby Mackey’s Music World is roadside honky-tonk bar in Wilder that is famous for its history and haunting urban legends. The nightclub today is owned by country singer, Bobby Mackey, but dating back to the 1850s, the site has been home to a butchery, a speakeasy for mobsters, and a plethora of paranormal phenomena. ADDRESS: 44 Licking Pike (41071) / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
The men’s restroom where multiple spiritual encounters have been reported, including the sighting an angry cowboy figure / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
Today, many patrons and employees of the bar have admitted to experiencing ghostly encounters and feelings of a dark presence in the building. Some people even speculate the basement holds a portal to the underworld. Tours of the premises are offered to guests to learn more about the bar’s historic and eerie past. / Image: Mike Menke // Published: 10.9.18
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