Bobby Mackey’s Music World: The Haunted Honky-Tonk of Wilder, Kentucky

Bobby Mackey's Music World in Wilder, Kentucky, photographed in 2016 before the building was demolished in 2024

About 5 min readFor nearly half a century, Bobby Mackey’s Music World offered country music upstairs and ghost stories downstairs — a basement well, a murdered woman, and a sign at the door warning that the place was haunted. In December 2024, the building was demolished.