Bobby Mackey's Honky Tonk from Hell, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC

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🗓️ 21 June 2025

⏱️ 36 minutes

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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!

They say country music can stir the soul—but at Bobby Mackey’s Music World, it might just summon the dead. Nestled in Wilder, Kentucky, this honky-tonk hotspot has more than just line dancing and longnecks. Some believe it sits atop a portal straight to hell. Literally. From a man murdered by Satanists and left in a nearby field, to a cursed prosecution team, to the tragic tale of Johanna—the pregnant dancer who took her own life after her lover was killed in the dressing room—this place has earned its haunted reputation. In this episode of The Grave Talks, we two-step our way through the twisted legends, chilling accounts, and ghost stories that swirl around the infamous Bobby Mackey’s. Buckle up—it’s going to be a hell of a ride. Yeehaw.

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0:00.0	Today on The Grave Talks, Haunted Bobby Mackey's music world.
0:11.9	It's known as one of the most haunted nightclubs in America.
0:17.8	Rumors say that haunted Bobby Mackey's music world was once a slaughterhouse in the early 19th century.
0:25.2	Later records show it being a roadhouse to names such as the Brisbane and others.
0:31.1	Today it is the music venue owned and operated by country singer Bobby Mackey.
0:38.4	Some legends claim the property holds a portal to the other side.
0:41.8	Some say the side it points to is down, meaning hell.
0:47.3	Almost a gateway of sorts to the underworld.
0:49.8	Rumors fly abound that the ghost of a man found dead in a field.
0:55.8	Mere miles from the front door haunts Bobby Mackey's music world.
1:00.1	They claim that a murder took place at the hands of Satanists who cursed the location
1:05.2	and everyone involved in prosecuting that case.
1:10.7	Further stories of turmoil and turbulence include that of a pregnant dancer named Johanna.
1:19.3	It's rumored that she committed suicide in the 1950s after her father murdered her lover and father to her unborn child in the dressing room of what is now Bobby Mackey's
1:29.8	music world. What is the history of these stories? What haunts Bobby Mackey's music world today?
1:41.1	On this episode of The Grave Talks, we talk with Laura, one of the paranormal investigators
1:46.7	who hosts tours through Bobby Mackey's to this day. Well, as far as the structure that would
1:53.5	have sat on the Mackey property, that goes back to around 1875. They built a distillery there on the property.
2:02.7	And it was very large.
2:04.9	They had warehouses on both sides of Licking Pike, which is the road that runs in front of Mackie.
2:09.9	So it was a very large operation.
2:12.5	And that's the first structure that was built on the property.
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