About the Tour

The Haunts of Owensboro is a ghost walking tour that was created by David Wolfe. It started two years ago when David noticed nothing like this was in the historic downtown. So David did countless hours of research and interviewing people and local Historians to get true Historic and Haunted stories! David just so happened to be going to Hilton Head S.C. in the summer of 07, and one day he decided to go to Savannah Georgia. This was also for research to get ideas on how to run a ghost tour! He went on a couple tours there in that Beautiful City and thought hey I can do this!! He knew this is what Owensboro needed, and it would help to get people to the downtown area. So he went back to Owensboro Ky.He got all of his historical data together and with the help of www.hauntedamericatours.com he put this tour to a test, and in Sept of 2007 he tried it out! He first did tours out of the Big E, but it shut down. Now tours run out of the historic Crème Coffee house. It’s a wonderful old place that has great drinks for people to get before going on a tour! Now where going on two year and it’s growing bigger than ever. We are now working with the Theatre Workshop of Owensboro and thanks to them we get to go inside of the most haunted spot in the tri state!!! Click on tour page for more info. But, don’t cut the regular tour short either! We get to go to other locations that are not on the TWO Tours! So come and have a spooktacular time on Owensboro’s only ghost tour!!!

                                       David Wolfe's Biography

Hey, Folks!
Well, here it is: my life story. I was born in Coshocton, Ohio, Sept. 8, 1971, to Dave & Jan Rose Wolfe. My dad at the time was a manger at a shoe store, and mom worked at a sewing factory. My mom and dad got a divorce when I was 3 or 4. I don’t remember it much; I was very young. But I do have some fond memories around the holidays, which were and still are my favorite times. I remember when we used to go over to my grandmother’s house every Christmas Eve, and all the family was there. We’d gather around the fire place and tell stories, and we kids would play and exchange gifts. It was an awesome time and I still cherish it. Funny thing: even after my dad and mom got a divorce, my mom would still come over there for the holidays.

When I was 10-11 years old we moved to Wausau, Wisconsin. I lived there for one year. Then I moved to Wapello, Iowa, when I was eleven and lived there for about one year. My step-dad was working for Westinghouse as an engineer, so he had to transfer a lot. Every summer I’d stay with my dad. Mom would have to leave me behind, and then when I’d go back with Mom, I’d have to leave Dad. That was a hard time in my life, and maybe I’ll right a book about it later (ha ha). So we finally moved to Owensboro, Ky. when I was almost thirteen. I love Owensboro and call it my second hometown.
I graduated from Apollo High School, and then went to community collage for what seemed like forever. I was a little wild,hung around the wrong crowd, and didn’t study much. But that changed when I started to go to church and then got saved on Dec 15 1993. Then I was doing the music business, going to college,and working all at the same time. So I thought I would give up collage, (stupid me) and make it in music (yeah right!!!). Well, I moved to Nashville in 1998, and then moved back in the end of that summer. I had a string of bad luck there!!

I got married in 2000, had a son in2003, and now am back in college at Brescia University studying to be a history teacher. Now I’m starting this new adventure doing ghost tours. I hope it will take off and bring more tourists to Owensboro, Ky.

So I guess you’re wondering where I got the whole interest in storytelling. Well, it comes from my Grandma and Grandpa McFarland, my dad and mom, and other family members. My grandma used totell us kids tons of ghost stories from where she used to live in Black Mountain, Ky.

My Dad and I were always interested in Bigfoot and ghost still talk about it.

I’ve always love history, haunts,stories, and never been shy to be in front of a crowd. This is some of the reasons why I wanted to do this, also I was always fond of one particular person here in Owensboro that influenced me ever since I was a kid and that person is Joe Ford. He always came to our school when I was a kid and told us ghost stories around Halloween (Which is one of my favorite holidays). I love going to the museum were he worked and hearing his history stories. He’s a big influence on me and helped me a lot with this project thanks Mr. Ford. Also www.hauntedamericatours.com with all their help. The people of downtown Owensboro, The Executive Inn, The library, and staff, William T Reynolds forhis stories, Ron Mayhew for his stories, The Book sixty years of Owensboro, My Family for putting up with me through all of this, The fans and people that goon the tour thanks this wouldn’t happen with them also, and My Lord Jesus thanks for your grace and love. So there you have it my life story in a nutshell hope you like the tour, the Website, and my stories there will be more in the future thanks…..

Yours Truly
David A Wolfe II