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Haunted PlacesWilder, Kentucky, USA3 min read

Bobby Mackey's Music World: The Honky-Tonk Over the Slaughterhouse

A country nightclub on a former slaughterhouse site, famous for its basement "gateway to hell" legend.

Bobby Mackey's Music World: The Honky-Tonk Over the Slaughterhouse — Wilder, Kentucky, USA
Photo: Nicolas Henderson from Coppell, Texas · CC BY 2.0 · via Wikimedia Commons

Built on grim ground

This country nightclub sits on the site of a former slaughterhouse and, by local legend, a well tied to a notorious 19th-century murder case.

The hauntings

Famous in paranormal circles for its "gateway to hell" lore, patrons and staff report being shoved, a vanishing dancer, and activity around the infamous basement well.

Visit

A working music venue — catch a show, or one of its paranormal events.

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