Phantom Encounters at America’s Oldest Distillery
Something strange happens when the sun sets over Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. The show’s two lead investigators, Jason and Grant, said Buffalo Trace was one of the few sites they had been to where all of the investigators on the team had a paranormal experience. This isn’t just local folklore anymore. According to Buffalo Trace, the ghost hunters reported more incidents there than any other site they investigated at the time. When professional paranormal investigators call your distillery one of the most haunted places they’ve ever visited, you know there’s more brewing than bourbon in those aging warehouses.
Over the years, Buffalo Trace has received visits from a number of paranormal investigators, drawn by claims that ghosts roam the distillery’s halls. Chief among them are the spirits of Colonel E.H. Taylor and Colonel Albert B. Blanton—Taylor was the distillery’s founder, and Blanton ran the distillery in the first half of the 20th century and died on-site in 1959. Imagine spending over fifty years working at the same place, only to discover that retirement apparently isn’t an option when you’re that passionate about bourbon.
The Colonel Who Never Clocked Out
One of the oldest paranormal legends at the distillery comes from the early 20th century when workers were doing some updates on the Warehouse C building. The foreman, who had dozed off momentarily while his worker labored, was awoken by a voice telling him to get his workers out. He couldn’t find anyone around, so fell back asleep. A short time later, the same voice let out a booming yell at him to get everyone out while he still could. Too frightened to sleep, the foreman did as this mysterious voice told him and evacuated his workers from the area. A few minutes later, the wall his men had been working on collapsed. If he hadn’t heeded the spirit’s warning, it is quite possible a few more ghosts would be lurking the grounds.
This protective spirit might just be Colonel Blanton himself, still looking after his workers decades after his death. It makes you wonder if some people are so dedicated to their jobs that even death can’t convince them to take a permanent vacation.
Security Guards See More Than They Bargained For
Security guard Zack Evans divulges that several employees have stories about ghostly encounters. He says he frequently sees ghosts. “On numerous occasions, I’ve seen a man who isn’t here,” Evans says. “It started one day when I was getting off the elevator. I saw this older gentleman. He had a moustache and a beard that was all grey and he’s dressed like a worker. He was just standing there looking at me through the door. Then he just walked off. We checked the video and there was no one there. After that, I saw him every day for a week.”…