I didn’t know the whole history of Bobby Mackey’s before we went. I knew it was supposed to be extremely haunted and some crazy things happened there. I was told there was a murder there and the lady was still stalking the place. I was told there have been bodies found in the wooded area surrounding the place. So I was really excited to be going on the ghost tour they offer anyone who wants to take it.

We gathered outside to meet the tour guide. She told us a brief history of the building. Originally a slaughter house was where the building stands now. It was there empty for many years. It was rumored Satanists and other occultists used the abandoned slaughter house to perform rituals at. There was a well in the basement of the slaughterhouse that was dubbed “Hell’s Gate” because pig blood was stored there and later the Satanists would throw animal remains into the well after they were finished with their rituals. Hell’s Gate was also the place that a woman’s decapitated head was thrown after she was brutally murdered in the early 1900’s. After the slaughterhouse was torn down, a roadhouse was built in its place. This was a place where local mobsters gathered for their gambling and drinking in the 1920’s and 30’s. It is also rumored many many murders took place during the times that the mob was using the building.

So this is the brief history we were told before heading to the basement. I was thoroughly excited by this point. Some people were pale already after hearing the “ghost story”. Walking around the side of the building, some people said they smelled a very strong scent of roses. The lady giving the tour just smiled. We entered the room and were told more of the story of the lady who was murdered and her head supposedly thrown into the well. As she told the story, the temperature changed in the room. Many of us felt chilled. I started to walk around the room to get a feel for the energy cold spots in the room. When I tried to move, I felt pressure on my shoulders like someone had laid their hands on me. I stood in place and one of my cousins asked if I was ok. I motioned for him to come closer to me and I whispered, “Someone has my by the shoulders. Can you see anyone standing behind me?” He looked around behind me and said he didn’t see anything. As he was saying that, one of the ladies in the group turned around and looked right at me. She gasped and covered her mouth, “There is a man behind that woman.” She and my female cousin that was with me were the only 2 who could see him. The more I tried to move, the more the pressure pushed down on me. I asked to be let go. Slowly the pressure released and I was able to move on. We walked deeper into the basement. You could feel an intense pressure in the air. I was thankful I didn’t drink anything before going down.

We stopped in another area and the tour guide told us some more stories but I couldn’t pay attention. There were 2 voices that I was hearing. One was a woman’s voice. She kept saying, “I am here, I am here. It’s me you are looking for. I am here.” Over and over again. The other voice was that of a man sobbing and saying, “Why? Why? You are torturing me.” My female cousin was able to hear the voices as well I learned later. If anyone else heard them, they didn’t say a thing.

I was glad to leave that area after the tour was over. We headed back into the bar for awhile. The only ghost I saw that night was a man sitting on the edge of the stage while Bobby Mackey and his band were up playing. He was sitting and nodding his head to the music it seemed. The music stopped but he was still nodding away. Bobby Mackey’s wasn’t the scariest places I have ever been. It is definitely haunted with some sad ghosts. There is evil lurking there definitely. I just don’t know what it is. I would love to get a chance to set up an investigation there for myself.