Haunted Hollers

Come along with us as we give you the history of one of America's most haunted places - Waverly Hills Sanatorium in Louisville, KY.

https://www.therealwaverlyhills.com/

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/local/2022/09/14/louisville-waverly-hills-sanatorium-urban-legend-history/9501082002/

https://www.americanhauntingsink.com/waverlytb

Come with us to Bardstown, Kentucky as we explore the history and haunting of the Old Talbott Tavern.

Works Cited:

America's Haunted Inns: Bardstown Kentucky's chilling Old Talbott Tavern lives up to its reputation - Witchery Art: A Gothic Cabinet of Curiosities and Mysteries

https://www.gothichorrorstories.com/gothic-travel/americas-haunted-inns-bardstown-kentuckys-chilling-old-talbott-tavern-lives-up-to-its-reputation/

Bardstown, Kentucky: A Charming Town Where Bourbon is the Lure

https://www.visittheusa.com/destination/bardstown

Ghost Encounters - Talbott Tavern Restaurant & Inn

https://talbotttavern.com/ghost-encounters/

The Old Talbott Tavern history: Inside, one of KY's most haunted spots

https://www.courier-journal.com/story/life/2022/10/17/old-talbott-tavern-history-inside-one-of-kentuckys-haunted-spots/69505806007/

Today’s story comes from Elizabethtown, Kentucky, and centers around Kasey Family Cemetery, a 300-year-old graveyard believed to be a hotspot for paranormal activity that has been given the name The Gates of Hell.

Works Cited

“Kasey Cemetery Aka Grandview Cemetery Aka The Gates of Hell Elizabethtown, KY.” Serious Paranormal, https://www.seriousparanormal.com/kasey-cemetery.

Limke, Andrea. “Kasey Cemetery Is One of Kentucky's Spookiest Cemeteries.” OnlyInYourState, 6 Sept. 2019, https://www.onlyinyourstate.com/kentucky/kasey-cemetery-ky/.

Nixon, June. “Gates of Hell Cemetery in Elizabeth Town, KY.” Aghost, Aghost, 10 June 2018, https://www.aghost.org/post/2018/06/09/gates-of-hell-cemetery-in-elizabeth-town-ky.

To close out Spooky Season, we are bringing you to the most Haunted Nightclub in America, Bobby Mackey's Music World. This location has been the subject of several paranormal investigations, rumored satanic activity, murders, demonic possession, and more.

Works Cited

Sawyer, Bobbie Jean. “Bobby Mackey's Music World Is a Haunted Honky-Tonk with a Chilling History.” Wide Open Country, 18 Oct. 2021, https://www.wideopencountry.com/bob-mackey-music-world-most-haunted-places/.

Six, Taylor. “See a Ghost at Bobby Mackey's Music World.” Richmond Register, 7 Mar. 2022, https://www.richmondregister.com/opinion/columns/see-a-ghost-at-bobby-mackeys-music-world/article_94248124-51f6-5415-ad72-cffa5d7b86b3.html.

Smith, Dan. Ghosts of Bobby Mackey's Music World. Haunted America, 2013.

Come along with us to Richmond, Kentucky as we take a look at the spirits that supposedly haunt the historic campus of Eastern Kentucky University.

Works Cited

“The Blue Lady (Keen Johnson Building).” EKU Special Collections & Archives, https://digitalcollections.eku.edu/exhibits/show/ekux100/ekux100-locations/the-blue-lady.

Kuhl, Sara. “Madsocial: Eku's Ghost Stories - Dodd Talks Supposed Hauntings on Campus.” Richmond Register, 27 Oct. 2018, https://www.richmondregister.com/news/lifestyles/madsocial-ekus-ghost-stories-dodd-talks-supposed-hauntings-on-campus/article_0eb34964-b06c-5915-b008-e3de477f71a5.html.

Welcome back listeners! To kick off season 2, we are bringing you a tale from Russellville, Kentucky. Though there are several variations, this story details the fate of an angry teenage girl who cursed God for allowing a lightning storm to ruin her romantic plans. She was reportedly struck by lightning and her image was etched upon the windowpane she was standing in front of, preserving her moment of death for all to see.

Works Cited

“Lightning Portrait of Startled Lady Bather, Russellville, Kentucky.” RoadsideAmerica.com, https://www.roadsideamerica.com/story/11461.

Wilgus, D. K. “The Girl in the Window.” Western Folklore, vol. 29, no. 4, Oct. 1970, pp. 251–256., https://doi.org/10.2307/1499047.

Come with us to Braxton County, West Virginia, and let's talk about the Flatwoods Monster. Was this a case of a visitor from another world, or just some overactive imaginations of some young boys?

Works Cited

De Yampert, Rick. “Local UFO Expert Tracks Flatwoods Monster Case.” Daytona Beach News-Journal Online, The Daytona Beach News-Journal, 24 Oct. 2012, https://www.news-journalonline.com/story/news/2012/10/25/local-ufo-expert-tracks-flatwoods-monster-case/30616697007/.

“Flatwoods Monster.” Cryptid Wiki, https://cryptidz.fandom.com/wiki/Flatwoods_Monster.

“The Flatwoods Monster.” Visit Braxton, WV, 25 Apr. 2022, https://braxtonwv.org/the-flatwoods-monster/.

Wenzl, Roy. “In 1952, the Flatwoods Monster Terrified 6 Kids, a Mom, a Dog-and the Nation.” History.com, A&E Television Networks, 20 July 2018, https://www.history.com/news/flatwoods-monster-west-virginia.

In episode 13 we explore an Appalachian oddity that occurred in the late 1800s in Bath County, Kentucky in which pieces of meat rained down on a farm for almost 10 minutes.

Works Cited

Austin, Emma. Kentucky Meat Shower? Yes, Meat Fell from the Sky More than 145 Years Ago. Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Oct. 2019, https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/history/2019/10/25/kentucky-meat-shower-meat-fell-sky-bath-county-olympian-springs/4082953002/.

Felton, James. “The Time It Rained Meat on a Clear Day in Kentucky, and People Immediately Ate It.” IFLScience, IFLScience, 24 May 2022, https://www.iflscience.com/the-time-it-rained-meat-on-a-clear-day-in-kentucky-and-people-immediately-ate-it-63800.

“The Louisville Medical News: A Weekly Journal of Medicine and Surgery. V. 1-20. V.1-2 1876.” HathiTrust, https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015074156194&view=1up&seq=260.

Wang, Marina. “The Artist Trying to Explain Kentucky's 'Meat Shower' of 1876.” Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura, 9 Feb. 2020, https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/kentucky-meat-shower.