Haunts of Owensboro | Kentucky Life | KET

Kentucky's Haunts of Owensboro Tour, led by historian and storyteller David Wolfe, is sure to make anyone believe in ghosts. With tales of Union Army soldier spirits, a mysterious Lady in White, a grieving father and his pregnant daughter, this spooky yet historical tour takes those who dare inside the rich folklore and iconic structures of downtown Owensboro, Ky.
Wolfe conducted interviews with local citizens and historians, spent hours researching downtown buildings, and then pulled it all together and came up with his Haunts of Owensboro Tour, modeled after the historic ghost tour that is such a tourist favorite in Savannah, Georgia.
On the ghost tour is the Theatre Workshop of Owensboro, the scene of a family tragedy back when it was the Trinity Church. A priest found out his young daughter was with child; angry and humiliated, he banished her from his sight. Hours later he found her body hanging from the church bell tower. Disconsolate, he then took his own life as well.
More spirits can be found at the site of Daviess County Courthouse, which was burned by Confederates in 1865. Union soldiers who occupied the old structure are said to lurk outside the current courthouse, still watchful to this day.
Even RiverPark Center is believed to have its own spirit-a Lady in White who occasionally spooks patrons of the arts.

[@alexxander650]

Mr Wolfe is the best!!! One of the best teachers you could ask for

[@______d1205]

I live in owensboro and it is very much haunted

[@keithsweat7513]

Talking out yer neck! I was born and raised along time ago in O'bo... No history of these places, they go way back to 2000'ish! and he popped in some crap about the hangings at the court house in 1936, there were NO coffee shops or freaking bistros on 2nd prior to 20 years ago! Maybe the "Ghost of a sale at McAtees"

[@patriciawitherspoon2344]

Thank you for this video I do Google LLC maps an post alot of things on KZbin an I'm very interested in this place it is a beautiful city Owensboro Kentucky is awesome

[@jimmypatterson4461]

I've never been on one of these tours. Would really like to though. But I think if u go back far enough in history, u would find that every place has it's own haunted history.

[@micahcraven6576]

There are soooo many more places than this. Should have done Lancaster cemetery

[@beckrivers8329]

I wanted to go to the one tonight but I couldn’t, oh well some in September. I know Mr. Wolfe from playing Abraham Lincoln when I was in middle school, and he substituted for one of my teachers in high school a few years ago.

[@zacharypayne4080]

IV lived here my entire life.. nothing like this ever happened