Louisvillian born, raised and bred.... Will never leave here. Iroquois Park is one of my favorite spots on earth! So many lifetime memories there. None really scary or sad, as I have seen many who've commented that. But always happy, pleasurable and fun. Although, when I lived literally next door to the park, I was very aware that there were some serious nefarious goings on there. Iroquois Park is in the south end of Louisville, and that is a notoriously bad area of The Ville and as I've aged, the crime rate in Louisville has grown astronomically, so it makes sense. But, Iroquois Park is one of the places I feel most at home. ❤️💫
When do you feel like the South end "went bad"? I grew up in the South End in the 80's and I absolutely LOVED it growing up. When do you feel it "went bad?" It saddens me so much that the South End of today is such a radically different area than where I grew up.
@KentKaliber I think that if you look at things historically, as suburbs started to develop outside of the core city of Louisville, people moved out of what was the old city to get newer homes and more property in new neighborhoods. As that happens over time, average incomes drop, and the demographics change a bit. There’s also population growth and other things going on while that’s happening. The Southern Parkway corridor isn’t as prosperous as it once was, but there have been efforts to improve things like the Colonial Gardens renovation. But crime numbers have shifted over the years, I’d have to dig deeper into the stats to kind of break down specific time periods. The only sure thing is that things will change over time, and areas of town that don’t see a lot of investment will fall behind over time.
Hi @@KentKaliberhi this is Nick a forty nine year old white man in Shelbyville KY. I was raised in Louisville KY on East Broadway in the Highlands it's hard to see my city and neighborhood going to the dogs on crime. It's like a war zone anymore.
In the late 80s my now wife and I were walking to the overlook. It was cold and a blonde girl with a tartan Fawcett haircut, wearing white bell bottoms and a red floral shirt walked by. The clothes were something you wore in summer, we waved and said hi, but she said nothing. We passed her and I had a weird feeling so I turned around and she was gone. We loomed for her and saw nothing.
Didn’t even scratch the surface. My dad was part of the third district in the old LPD - the stories I heard from those officers still chill me 40 years later. Billy goat man, the ghost off the 8th hole green - well I’m changing the subject so I have a chance at getting to sleep.
When putting this video together, I looked for stories online and talked to relatives who lived in the area for decades and referenced a few books and such. I’m sure with a large park like that, there have to be a lot of stories.
I lived on Inverness avenue growing up. Grew up around the crip gangs and learned a lot. I’m not stated my family’s rep name but there’s still good memories there in that park.
A park in louisville that might be worth looking into is Tom Sawyer. I used to spend a bit of time there until I found cameras hidden throughout the park. Not sure if it's for safety or if they don't want you to explore too much
I have gone to the park quite a bit just to use the trails, but they have the cameras and security to keep people out of Sauerkraut Cave. I don’t think there’s much left of the old asylum to see anymore, but I might go explore more with the drone sometime soon.
@@thevideozoneI got lost there once and stumbled onto the road going to the asylum. I just cross the road and continue on my way out of there. I cannot tell you how I got there or how I got back.
You get a sense of sadness while at the top of that park, there was a spot in particular that every time I got to that location, I would cry. I never knew that park had such a dark history
As a kid I always thought that it would be scary to be at the top of the park at night time, but I went at night time a few times when shooting this video and it was mostly chill. I don't know that I would walk up there at night by myself though as it would be pretty isolated, but that's advice for most parks and places like that in general. I think larger parks within cities all have similar issues as it allows space for things to go down without a ton of people around.
@@thevideozone Absolutely! I met a young woman up on the trails one night she was by herself no flashlight first thing I said to her "Are you alright?!" Very weird, first time in my life ever seeing a woman walk in the park at night by herself...and in the woods on the trail no less.
50 years ago, every Sunday morning, there were thousands of cars, a few hundred motorcycles, countless bicyclists and joggers, pot everywhere, some alcohol (but not much), people making their own music, singing, laughing - it was great. There were no police most of the time, just not really needed - the crowd did not tolerate troublemakers. You got the impression that everybody knew everyone. I saw Outlaws helping another rider fix a flat tire. There was an area where people brought custom cars and motorcycles, a car show every week. EVERYBODY got along. Nobody sitting on a bench with a cellphone taking all there attention, noone passing others without a smile or even looking at the stranger. It all changed one Sunday in the 80's when a car caught fire at the first lookout and it took hours for a fire engine to get up the hill. The next week there was a barricade at the bottom. Paradise lost. The Amphitheater - the old amphitheater was very small, no walls, no gate, anybody could come in, find a seat, maybe watch a bunch of stoners acting out Shakespeare, making up most of the lines. In all the Sundays I spent there I never saw a fight, and heard few cross words. You could drive your car all the way to the north lookout. Now you can't even drive the loop around the park. I don't go there now. Maybe it's because I remember what it used to be. OZ is gone.
Grew up in the south end of Louisville 8 blocks from the park. More takes of horror than I can remember. They closed the top for years because of the crimes and drugs. I played golf there. Two of my classmates were killed in that parking lot. I moved away almost 50 years but the park still haunts me. P.s. I hear it is a great amphitheater short on parking
used to be able to drive to the overlook..a big parking area in the late 50s a body of a girl was found at the overlook who tthey thonk she fell over or jumped over the wall
I remember the configuration of the outlook before the current remodel, where you could still drive up to it, but it wasn’t the older design with all of the parking. I could see accidentally falling from up there.
I use to drive up to the outlook with friends in the park in the 70s as a teen no big deal then, stayed in the car though lots of teens in cars there radios blaring rock n roll lol. Fun
I remember one night some friends of mine and I while exploring the lookout saw a ghost car. That was back in the late 90's. And I know of other weird things that have happened in Iroquois park area.
These Woods are haunted and the spirits will follow you sometimes they will just patch you on the shoulder or grab your clothes one woman told me that they followed her home and tormented her for weeks
@TheJaydonone I think in all truth, the only thing scary you might encounter at the top of the park at night is people. I have gone up there a number of times and it has always been fine. I still take precautions though visiting any isolated spot like that at night though.
Born and raised here. This is so misleading. I’ve been there morning, noon and night. I’ve never had any scary, or mysterious times there, there was no figures, ghost or any of that. Iroquois park is just located in a bad area. Always has been and it’s only got worse over the years. It’s just a small hood in Louisville. That’s why there was so many killings. It’s a shaded park with a lot of trees, places to hide out etc. there is no “urban legend”. Urban legends are typically just stories people make up. Especially in these days
In the video we even say that it isn’t necessarily that the park is dangerous, it’s the fact that it’s in the middle of a city which is why things have happened there for the most part. Cherokee park is in a different part of town, and things have gone down there as well. Being able to drive a few miles and find a place that is isolated and out of view like that will lead to bad things happening sometimes. The urban legend is just something that people have talked about for decades, not something that’s necessarily based in reality. I have gone through the park at night quite a few times by myself and never seen anything paranormal. I thought it made sense to give that context while exploring for the video though if people were curious about that.
Should have went to Shawnee Park but the west end don't have anything nice and that's the park you don't want to be at during the night. The police even avoid the area
Grew up in this park i have to say i was recently walking the park i did get the feeling of being haunted i felt i was being watched i made it to the top and had a feeling of danger anything could happen and there would becno way of getting help its sad the people can't enjoy the park like it was designed for
I'm a proud Louisvillian who was born & raised here and I live across from the park,in which you can't even go to the top during the day or not because of the park officials won't give access to it. the park was used as a camping park in the 40-50s. during the opening and developing of Louisville one of the founders lived in the park in which his wife was murdered by indians of the area in that time in which became an urban legend. during the late 70s into the 80s a serial killer used the park as a hunting ground for killing woman/girls from 15-45 in which they caged off a cave up by the jacob's lounge. crime around the park is outta control.
If you want to get to the top of the park, you can always walk/run/bike/jog the Uppil Road loop to the top, and there is also a path right by the Uppill Road parking area that goes straight up to the overlook and takes only a fraction of the time it would take to walk Uppill Road. The park system also posts a schedule for the year that indicates what days Uppill Road is open to drive to the top, it should be open to drive through one weekend every month. I am not sure why it isn't open more often to cars.
The woman with the holding her head that's haunts the park. While her husband was away Indians attacked the cabin and killed her. That's how the legend goes
Yeh, that is what I found as well. I tried looking for information related to the woman’s name, or where specifically people lived in the area before it became a park without any luck.
of course the lengend goes that way, because rather than anything else killin her, add to the list of settler lies & colonial mindset by blaming Indigenous people. Could have been true that they fought for their land. Much like people who fight for "stand your ground" laws SHOULD understand. And unless one is from the Native community or from India, Native & Indigenous, First Nations & the actual Nation you are discussing are better words to use when discussing the people on whose land we inhabit. Ys know, the Iroquois, Shawnee, Delaware perhaps?
Well a humongous park would be ideal for hiding bodies but there is a lot of negative energy there because every time I walk the trail I can feel it. It’s very uncomfortable and I never could figure out why I would be scared by walking in broad daylight!
If you go by RUclips ghost hunters and social media comments from people who have gone on tours at Waverly, it is supposedly very haunted. Having known people who have worked there over the years though, people worked and were there a lot didn’t see anything. I think that a lot depends on what people are expecting to encounter, as that colors how things will be perceived. I had heard urban legends and stories about Iroquois Park, but I don’t know anyone who claims to have experienced something supernatural there.
In the 1970's the Louisville Outlaws motorcycle gang cruised and hung out up there. A lot of stuff happened in the fields up in the top of that park. Especially near the cabin house!
Unfortunately there have likely been bad things happening that didn’t make the news over the years, or at least weren’t well publicized since the area is in a city with a decent sized population and a lot going on.
When I was doing the research for the video I came across the information about how the mayor originally purchased the land and the politics involved, but I left it out since I was more focused on the park’s age and physical attributes. Maybe at some point point I’ll try to do a proper historical account of the park. I’m not sure what the fratricide is being referenced. Unfortunately a lot of news stories around things happening in the park before the early 2000’s or 2010’s are not super easy to find online. Since I was putting together a video about how the park had a dark side, I didn’t think I needed to include every incident that ever happened, just enough to establish the pattern, so I mostly had more recent stories. If I was doing an actual documentary, or longer video I would have tried to get into contract with a historian or spend time at the library researching old news papers. I tried to find confirmation that people at some point lived at the top of the park to provide some confirmation the urban legends around the ghost woman were even possible, but I couldn’t find anything.
@@thevideozone my grandmothers grandfather apparently was the oldest and inherited the family farm. He was murdered by his brothers. His widow fought for the property in court and was the first case in which property was awarded to a woman over surviving male siblings. She then turned and sold it at first opportunity. I don’t recall her or her husbands name off the top of my head, but the event was referenced in the book “the churchman’s of Kentucky” which claimed it as a suicide.
Thanks for making this video. I'm an older man but my wife knew a girl that was killed up there back in the seventies they tied her around the tree up there actually it's like you're going up toward the hills where they found her I believe I could be wrong on that. My wife said her name was star.
I am sure that plenty has happened at the park that I couldn’t find records of. Stuff that happened pre-internet era is kind of hard to track down unless it was a really big story.
I live down the street been in that park all times of the day and night since I was a kid . Never seen anything crazy myself but do remember the killings
Jacobs used to be a store/restaurant back in the day probably around the same time the city used it as a camp ground area. they're was a zoo either in the park or near it. From what my parents and grandparents told me about the park it was the place to be or go from the 20s-80s. in the late 90s, early 2000s the city decided to re-amp the parks look out but take a large beautiful area to look out from into a minimum space to overlook because they didn't really want to put that kinda money in the South end of Louisville like everything else. Cherokee park is where it's at now, but like every park in any town, city, and state. has darkness inside of the light. Like in the 80s there was a serial killer who only attacked and killed homosexual men and in which they think he's returned because there's current active popping backup in that area but not on the local news because of scaring people especially the LGBTQ community from not going to the park. Shelby park, Seneca Park, and Shawnee Park is located in the west end parts of Louisville in which was also prom-ante parks but now all you hear as a local is all the negative that happens in these beautiful parks.
It is a fun park, when I was in high school my friends and I would take skateboards and stuff up there and ride down from the top, you could go pretty fast!
Here's a fact ! Was born and raised in Louisville. Joined the Army and I've lived all over the US. Louisville is one of the armpits of America. It's a true dump. And I'm glad I left. They couldn't pay me to move back.
Like anywhere, there are good and bad parts of city, but it isn’t all bad. Now, I could see based on where people lived having vastly different experiences within the city, but at least it doesn’t get as hot or cold as some other areas.
They do have open carry laws here, but most of the more recent events seemed to involve guns, so not sure if that would have helped much in those instances. Luckily the park is overall safe, with unfortunate acts occurring occasionally.
They will never open up the roads on top. They open and close the roads in Cherokee park whenever they want to. And given less room for the cars to drive. I’m afraid that I now may hit someone or one of those white barrier things. Now I hate going to that park and I use to love going.
They open the top of Iroquois one weekend every month currently, they usually release the schedule on the Olmsted Parks social media accounts, I didn’t see the 2025 dates out there yet though. I recently went through and recorded a video on my motorcycle when it was open (ruclips.net/video/HILpLqYgl_Q/видео.htmlsi=WX2iMD4Mk1wMI6mv). For Cherokee Park, I think they have an event every month on the last Sunday where they close the park to car traffic from 8am-4pm, but other than that, it should be open. They finally finished the bridge repairs in the middle of that park, so you should be able to drive through the entirety of the car path in the park now without the detours that were required while they fixed the bridge.
@ I tried to go through the park recently about 2 weeks ago during the week and there was a road guard that did not let people driving go through that side of the park. I do not know what was going on but to some that would put people off and not wanting to go to the park to enjoy the scenery, the hiking, etc.
I do remember now that there was some road work going on that closed a portion, I think it’s all done now. It was around Park Boundary Rd and Beargrass Road, but there could have been some one off issue.
I was at that park throughout the 80s it was where all young people showed off there cars an hung out an that was everyday of the week the cars would be lined up off the new cut Rd an traffic backed up all the way around the park the only problem I ever had was my car over heating or police running us off so all threw the park on both sides of the road peaple were parked an when we did get run off we all went to greenwood boat docks til they ran us off the alot of us went to family billiard game room on Preston hwy looking back at it now the police ran us off an there was no guns being shot no fights no crimes happening an they still ran us off an today peaple do whatever they want an police hav no authority how did this ever happen any I never saw anything ghostly or nothing out of ordinary
Sadly, a large park within a city allows for things to happen since you can be relatively isolated, even though you’re within a few minutes of a major road via car. Sorry for the friend’s loss.
When editing this, I realized that there wasn’t usable b-roll footage of everything mentioned, so for a few things I had the voice over for a few things run over a single bit of footage, maybe that wouldn’t have been as jarring there if I flipped the order of the dialogue and had it say playground equipment first, haha.
@@thevideozone I am kidding with you, as you did a great job! I walk there every day, and when I pass that I am now going to laugh and say -- that is the archery range! :) LOL! jk
An old acquaintance of mine who was living in the park told me about how'd he hear a few little girls talking off in the not so far distance up on top of the hill. Do I believe him...idk.. not really...think he was methed up.
@@thevideozone he was pretty specific with me describing his alleged encounter, said it happened a few times when he was up there alone...however the guy is one of tall tales so idk I've never seen or heard a ghost in my life.
@@CountessKitten well yeah but that park does have a dark history...idk I'm willing to bet his brain is just methed up though at this point so I didn't believe him. I've personally never encountered any ghost or the sort so also as to why I'm not inclined to buy his story.
@@223twan5 He was a GREAT basketball player. I swear I believe if he would've worked as hard as he did on the basketball court in high school and put on a little bit of muscle he could've been a first round draft pick in the NBA.
Are there stories about an old wall there? I think most parts of the park date back at the oldest to when the park first opened, but a lot has been updated over the years.
6 of the Olmsted designed parks were named after Native American tribes, so it definitely seemed rather intentional. There’s also even the Indian Hills neighborhood where a lot of the roads have stereotypical names like Tomahawk Rd and Arrowhead Rd.
Live near there and played basketball and other events there and never liked spending to much time up there after dark and was told as a kid the grounds were cursed by the Indians
I’d venture to guess that a number of things that happened before the real internet era began would be under reported today unless you knew it specifically happened or went through old police records or newspaper scans at the library. I know that at least today if someone dies due to suicide it doesn’t get reported in most cases, so there could be a number of people where it just wasn’t reported as well.
If you’re wanting to explore the top at night, you’ll have to park at the bottom and walk up to the top, even on days when the top is open, they close the gates at sunset.
Unfortunately a number of people have probably taken their life in the park. I think news channels and newspapers tend to not report on suicides unless they’re high profile, so there probably wouldn’t be an easy way to see just how many have happened. Hopefully there haven’t actually been many though.
I'm burying a few Latin blessed St Benedict medals in this park. Some apparitions are Holy Souls in Purgatory appearing so we'll have a Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for their Soul.
I am incredibly skeptical of anything paranormal or supernatural myself, but I do find it interesting and figured it would be worth it to cover the urban legend related to the park that had been shared for decades.
@SweetJustice ⚖️ I don't know what kind of drugs you have to take to think that's a nice part of town but people out there are probably doing it what ever it is. The park is ghetto, the overlook is always blocked off it's too crowed and despite being In the ghetto is has plenty of old people, middle age losers and karen types walking around staring at everyone just like everywhere else in looserville.
So have you already covered the goat man trestle situation? Also, Shawnee and Cher park are also haunted. But if you want the REAL scares go to sleepy Hollow road.
I have done a video doing some exploration around Pope Lick (ruclips.net/video/Hx0QZqs5v34/видео.html), and I also explored Sleepy Hollow Road on a motorcycle (ruclips.net/video/yJf0NIaZGTE/видео.html) and had done a shorter video about that as well. Sleepy Hollow road is kind of tough to investigate, as you can’t really get out and explore much as there are no sidewalks and it’s mostly all private property, and you don’t really want to walk on that road on foot, especially at night time. I had planned on doing a video about Cherokee Park at some point, as well as Tom Sawyer park covering the old Lakeland Asylum.
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During the mid 80s it was a big hang out for cruising cars. Many great memories there!
Louisvillian born, raised and bred.... Will never leave here. Iroquois Park is one of my favorite spots on earth!
So many lifetime memories there. None really scary or sad, as I have seen many who've commented that. But always happy, pleasurable and fun.
Although, when I lived literally next door to the park, I was very aware that there were some serious nefarious goings on there. Iroquois Park is in the south end of Louisville, and that is a notoriously bad area of The Ville and as I've aged, the crime rate in Louisville has grown astronomically, so it makes sense.
But, Iroquois Park is one of the places I feel most at home. ❤️💫
When do you feel like the South end "went bad"? I grew up in the South End in the 80's and I absolutely LOVED it growing up. When do you feel it "went bad?" It saddens me so much that the South End of today is such a radically different area than where I grew up.
@KentKaliber I think that if you look at things historically, as suburbs started to develop outside of the core city of Louisville, people moved out of what was the old city to get newer homes and more property in new neighborhoods.
As that happens over time, average incomes drop, and the demographics change a bit. There’s also population growth and other things going on while that’s happening.
The Southern Parkway corridor isn’t as prosperous as it once was, but there have been efforts to improve things like the Colonial Gardens renovation. But crime numbers have shifted over the years, I’d have to dig deeper into the stats to kind of break down specific time periods.
The only sure thing is that things will change over time, and areas of town that don’t see a lot of investment will fall behind over time.
Hi @@KentKaliberhi this is Nick a forty nine year old white man in Shelbyville KY. I was raised in Louisville KY on East Broadway in the Highlands it's hard to see my city and neighborhood going to the dogs on crime. It's like a war zone anymore.
@@nickriner It really breaks my heart man, Louisville has changed drastically in just the past 20 years.
@KentKaliber ya it is pitiful and a shame how Louisville KY has gone to the dogs.
In the late 80s my now wife and I were walking to the overlook. It was cold and a blonde girl with a tartan Fawcett haircut, wearing white bell bottoms and a red floral shirt walked by. The clothes were something you wore in summer, we waved and said hi, but she said nothing. We passed her and I had a weird feeling so I turned around and she was gone. We loomed for her and saw nothing.
Didn’t even scratch the surface. My dad was part of the third district in the old LPD - the stories I heard from those officers still chill me 40 years later. Billy goat man, the ghost off the 8th hole green - well I’m changing the subject so I have a chance at getting to sleep.
When putting this video together, I looked for stories online and talked to relatives who lived in the area for decades and referenced a few books and such. I’m sure with a large park like that, there have to be a lot of stories.
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I lived on Inverness avenue growing up. Grew up around the crip gangs and learned a lot. I’m not stated my family’s rep name but there’s still good memories there in that park.
A park in louisville that might be worth looking into is Tom Sawyer. I used to spend a bit of time there until I found cameras hidden throughout the park. Not sure if it's for safety or if they don't want you to explore too much
I have gone to the park quite a bit just to use the trails, but they have the cameras and security to keep people out of Sauerkraut Cave. I don’t think there’s much left of the old asylum to see anymore, but I might go explore more with the drone sometime soon.
That park has its problems like shootings. But it is safer than Iroquois and Cherokee.
@@thevideozoneI got lost there once and stumbled onto the road going to the asylum. I just cross the road and continue on my way out of there. I cannot tell you how I got there or how I got back.
You get a sense of sadness while at the top of that park, there was a spot in particular that every time I got to that location, I would cry. I never knew that park had such a dark history
As a kid I always thought that it would be scary to be at the top of the park at night time, but I went at night time a few times when shooting this video and it was mostly chill. I don't know that I would walk up there at night by myself though as it would be pretty isolated, but that's advice for most parks and places like that in general. I think larger parks within cities all have similar issues as it allows space for things to go down without a ton of people around.
@@thevideozone Absolutely! I met a young woman up on the trails one night she was by herself no flashlight first thing I said to her "Are you alright?!" Very weird, first time in my life ever seeing a woman walk in the park at night by herself...and in the woods on the trail no less.
Dusty hill of ZZ Top did his last show there at the amphitheater. A couple years ago sad
50 years ago, every Sunday morning, there were thousands of cars, a few hundred motorcycles, countless bicyclists and joggers, pot everywhere, some alcohol (but not much), people making their own music, singing, laughing - it was great. There were no police most of the time, just not really needed - the crowd did not tolerate troublemakers. You got the impression that everybody knew everyone. I saw Outlaws helping another rider fix a flat tire. There was an area where people brought custom cars and motorcycles, a car show every week. EVERYBODY got along. Nobody sitting on a bench with a cellphone taking all there attention, noone passing others without a smile or even looking at the stranger. It all changed one Sunday in the 80's when a car caught fire at the first lookout and it took hours for a fire engine to get up the hill. The next week there was a barricade at the bottom. Paradise lost. The Amphitheater - the old amphitheater was very small, no walls, no gate, anybody could come in, find a seat, maybe watch a bunch of stoners acting out Shakespeare, making up most of the lines. In all the Sundays I spent there I never saw a fight, and heard few cross words. You could drive your car all the way to the north lookout. Now you can't even drive the loop around the park. I don't go there now. Maybe it's because I remember what it used to be. OZ is gone.
Used to hang out here a lot when I lived in Louisville and loved it.
Grew up in the south end of Louisville 8 blocks from the park. More takes of horror than I can remember. They closed the top for years because of the crimes and drugs. I played golf there. Two of my classmates were killed in that parking lot. I moved away almost 50 years but the park still haunts me. P.s. I hear it is a great amphitheater short on parking
AWESOME amphitheater, not enough parking.
Cruised this park many times, family bbq and it creeped me out then and I had so much anxiety when he was there at night.
walking in a full moon at night at iroquois park is cool also the sunrises when the leaves have fallen
Going through when the trees are bare, it’s a very interesting view at night.
used to be able to drive to the overlook..a big parking area in the late 50s a body of a girl was found at the overlook who tthey thonk she fell over or jumped over the wall
I remember the configuration of the outlook before the current remodel, where you could still drive up to it, but it wasn’t the older design with all of the parking. I could see accidentally falling from up there.
I recall this place in my childhood but scary I don’t really remember it pretty spooky.
I use to drive up to the outlook with friends in the park in the 70s as a teen no big deal then, stayed in the car though lots of teens in cars there radios blaring rock n roll lol. Fun
I remember one night some friends of mine and I while exploring the lookout saw a ghost car. That was back in the late 90's. And I know of other weird things that have happened in Iroquois park area.
dude i live next door to the park and have hung out in it my whole life, nothing scary/supernatural has ever happened to me. ur just insane
These Woods are haunted and the spirits will follow you sometimes they will just patch you on the shoulder or grab your clothes one woman told me that they followed her home and tormented her for weeks
Wow, nice video, very eerie!
I live in Louisville and never knew this like wow 😮
I use to be one of the teens. Driving around the park in the 70s and 80s
I remember some of us partying up there in the middle of the night. I never heard, saw, or heard of anything spooky
@TheJaydonone I think in all truth, the only thing scary you might encounter at the top of the park at night is people. I have gone up there a number of times and it has always been fine. I still take precautions though visiting any isolated spot like that at night though.
Born and raised here. This is so misleading. I’ve been there morning, noon and night. I’ve never had any scary, or mysterious times there, there was no figures, ghost or any of that. Iroquois park is just located in a bad area. Always has been and it’s only got worse over the years. It’s just a small hood in Louisville. That’s why there was so many killings. It’s a shaded park with a lot of trees, places to hide out etc. there is no “urban legend”. Urban legends are typically just stories people make up. Especially in these days
In the video we even say that it isn’t necessarily that the park is dangerous, it’s the fact that it’s in the middle of a city which is why things have happened there for the most part. Cherokee park is in a different part of town, and things have gone down there as well. Being able to drive a few miles and find a place that is isolated and out of view like that will lead to bad things happening sometimes.
The urban legend is just something that people have talked about for decades, not something that’s necessarily based in reality. I have gone through the park at night quite a few times by myself and never seen anything paranormal. I thought it made sense to give that context while exploring for the video though if people were curious about that.
@@thevideozoneJust because it hasn't happened to us doesn't mean it's not true. I've never won the lottery but others have.
I use to go here a lot I never saw anything bad or heard anything bad. All the teens like me went there never heard or saw nothing bad
@user-ej6z6xd5f Same here. NEVER had anything but a good time
Should have went to Shawnee Park but the west end don't have anything nice and that's the park you don't want to be at during the night. The police even avoid the area
I'm from Louisville and grew up not too far from the area. I didn't know any of this.
Grew up in this park i have to say i was recently walking the park i did get the feeling of being haunted i felt i was being watched i made it to the top and had a feeling of danger anything could happen and there would becno way of getting help its sad the people can't enjoy the park like it was designed for
I'm a proud Louisvillian who was born & raised here and I live across from the park,in which you can't even go to the top during the day or not because of the park officials won't give access to it. the park was used as a camping park in the 40-50s. during the opening and developing of Louisville one of the founders lived in the park in which his wife was murdered by indians of the area in that time in which became an urban legend. during the late 70s into the 80s a serial killer used the park as a hunting ground for killing woman/girls from 15-45 in which they caged off a cave up by the jacob's lounge. crime around the park is outta control.
If you want to get to the top of the park, you can always walk/run/bike/jog the Uppil Road loop to the top, and there is also a path right by the Uppill Road parking area that goes straight up to the overlook and takes only a fraction of the time it would take to walk Uppill Road. The park system also posts a schedule for the year that indicates what days Uppill Road is open to drive to the top, it should be open to drive through one weekend every month. I am not sure why it isn't open more often to cars.
The woman with the holding her head that's haunts the park. While her husband was away Indians attacked the cabin and killed her. That's how the legend goes
Yeh, that is what I found as well. I tried looking for information related to the woman’s name, or where specifically people lived in the area before it became a park without any luck.
@@thevideozone Remains of cabin were close to archery range
I had found pictures on a Facebook group of a cabin more towards the bottom of the park, I wonder if that would be the same one?
@@thevideozone Could be..I remember coming across remnants of either cabin or house back in the 70s, as a kid.
of course the lengend goes that way, because rather than anything else killin her, add to the list of settler lies & colonial mindset by blaming Indigenous people. Could have been true that they fought for their land. Much like people who fight for "stand your ground" laws SHOULD understand. And unless one is from the Native community or from India, Native & Indigenous, First Nations & the actual Nation you are discussing are better words to use when discussing the people on whose land we inhabit.
Ys know, the Iroquois, Shawnee, Delaware perhaps?
Well a humongous park would be ideal for hiding bodies but there is a lot of negative energy there because every time I walk the trail I can feel it. It’s very uncomfortable and I never could figure out why I would be scared by walking in broad daylight!
Great place in the 50’s
Great narration!
I was born in Louisville Kentucky and the last time I was in that Park it was a really nice place
The park is very nice, I visit it quite a bit.
I lived in Louisville close to 3 years. Nobody said anything to me about IIroquios Park or the granddaddy of them all Waverly hills!! Not a peep!!
If you go by RUclips ghost hunters and social media comments from people who have gone on tours at Waverly, it is supposedly very haunted.
Having known people who have worked there over the years though, people worked and were there a lot didn’t see anything.
I think that a lot depends on what people are expecting to encounter, as that colors how things will be perceived. I had heard urban legends and stories about Iroquois Park, but I don’t know anyone who claims to have experienced something supernatural there.
In the 1970's the Louisville Outlaws motorcycle gang cruised and hung out up there. A lot of stuff happened in the fields up in the top of that park. Especially near the cabin house!
From what I've been told. by my mother who grew up on Taylor Blvd there was a serial rapist back in the early 1950's
Unfortunately there have likely been bad things happening that didn’t make the news over the years, or at least weren’t well publicized since the area is in a city with a decent sized population and a lot going on.
Was his name Chester?
You did not mention the fratracide, and precedent changing legal settlement that led to the land being sold to the city.
When I was doing the research for the video I came across the information about how the mayor originally purchased the land and the politics involved, but I left it out since I was more focused on the park’s age and physical attributes. Maybe at some point point I’ll try to do a proper historical account of the park.
I’m not sure what the fratricide is being referenced. Unfortunately a lot of news stories around things happening in the park before the early 2000’s or 2010’s are not super easy to find online. Since I was putting together a video about how the park had a dark side, I didn’t think I needed to include every incident that ever happened, just enough to establish the pattern, so I mostly had more recent stories.
If I was doing an actual documentary, or longer video I would have tried to get into contract with a historian or spend time at the library researching old news papers. I tried to find confirmation that people at some point lived at the top of the park to provide some confirmation the urban legends around the ghost woman were even possible, but I couldn’t find anything.
@@thevideozone my grandmothers grandfather apparently was the oldest and inherited the family farm. He was murdered by his brothers. His widow fought for the property in court and was the first case in which property was awarded to a woman over surviving male siblings. She then turned and sold it at first opportunity. I don’t recall her or her husbands name off the top of my head, but the event was referenced in the book “the churchman’s of Kentucky” which claimed it as a suicide.
That is very interesting, and I’m sure there is plenty of tragedy like that across time. I’ll have to look into that book.
Beautiful park.. I drove through there once with friends back in the mid 1970s
I did not know all of that!
Thanks for making this video. I'm an older man but my wife knew a girl that was killed up there back in the seventies they tied her around the tree up there actually it's like you're going up toward the hills where they found her I believe I could be wrong on that. My wife said her name was star.
I am sure that plenty has happened at the park that I couldn’t find records of. Stuff that happened pre-internet era is kind of hard to track down unless it was a really big story.
I live down the street been in that park all times of the day and night since I was a kid . Never seen anything crazy myself but do remember the killings
crazy to think id be at the park '16-'18 12A-4A jus chillin with friends or by myself
Jacobs used to be a store/restaurant back in the day probably around the same time the city used it as a camp ground area. they're was a zoo either in the park or near it. From what my parents and grandparents told me about the park it was the place to be or go from the 20s-80s. in the late 90s, early 2000s the city decided to re-amp the parks look out but take a large beautiful area to look out from into a minimum space to overlook because they didn't really want to put that kinda money in the South end of Louisville like everything else. Cherokee park is where it's at now, but like every park in any town, city, and state. has darkness inside of the light. Like in the 80s there was a serial killer who only attacked and killed homosexual men and in which they think he's returned because there's current active popping backup in that area but not on the local news because of scaring people especially the LGBTQ community from not going to the park. Shelby park, Seneca Park, and Shawnee Park is located in the west end parts of Louisville in which was also prom-ante parks but now all you hear as a local is all the negative that happens in these beautiful parks.
its a good park i love riding my bike there up the hill and then racing back down at 20 mph
It is a fun park, when I was in high school my friends and I would take skateboards and stuff up there and ride down from the top, you could go pretty fast!
Here's a fact ! Was born and raised in Louisville. Joined the Army and I've lived all over the US. Louisville is one of the armpits of America. It's a true dump. And I'm glad I left. They couldn't pay me to move back.
Like anywhere, there are good and bad parts of city, but it isn’t all bad.
Now, I could see based on where people lived having vastly different experiences within the city, but at least it doesn’t get as hot or cold as some other areas.
Definitely missed the urban legend of animal sacrifices at the top of the Northern Outlook, Southend local stories rumor an ominous tale.
I actually had not heard about that before, I’ll have to see if any of family members who lived by the park for years know anything about that.
Do they not have open carry law in Kentucky? Thank goodness, Virginia is open carry. It looks so creepy, lived near there in the 70’s.
They do have open carry laws here, but most of the more recent events seemed to involve guns, so not sure if that would have helped much in those instances. Luckily the park is overall safe, with unfortunate acts occurring occasionally.
They will never open up the roads on top. They open and close the roads in Cherokee park whenever they want to. And given less room for the cars to drive. I’m afraid that I now may hit someone or one of those white barrier things. Now I hate going to that park and I use to love going.
They open the top of Iroquois one weekend every month currently, they usually release the schedule on the Olmsted Parks social media accounts, I didn’t see the 2025 dates out there yet though. I recently went through and recorded a video on my motorcycle when it was open (ruclips.net/video/HILpLqYgl_Q/видео.htmlsi=WX2iMD4Mk1wMI6mv).
For Cherokee Park, I think they have an event every month on the last Sunday where they close the park to car traffic from 8am-4pm, but other than that, it should be open. They finally finished the bridge repairs in the middle of that park, so you should be able to drive through the entirety of the car path in the park now without the detours that were required while they fixed the bridge.
@ I tried to go through the park recently about 2 weeks ago during the week and there was a road guard that did not let people driving go through that side of the park. I do not know what was going on but to some that would put people off and not wanting to go to the park to enjoy the scenery, the hiking, etc.
I do remember now that there was some road work going on that closed a portion, I think it’s all done now. It was around Park Boundary Rd and Beargrass Road, but there could have been some one off issue.
The gentleman’s voice sounds just like my cousin, Christopher. He lives up in Louisville. Lol. Sounds just like him.
THEY SHUT THE ROAD DOWN IN THE 70'S BECAUSE THE COPS COULDNT CONTROL THE CRAZY THINGS THAT HAPPENED UP THERE.
Wow, if there was ever evidence that carrying a pocket knife is good for your hhealth, this is it.
I was at that park throughout the 80s it was where all young people showed off there cars an hung out an that was everyday of the week the cars would be lined up off the new cut Rd an traffic backed up all the way around the park the only problem I ever had was my car over heating or police running us off so all threw the park on both sides of the road peaple were parked an when we did get run off we all went to greenwood boat docks til they ran us off the alot of us went to family billiard game room on Preston hwy looking back at it now the police ran us off an there was no guns being shot no fights no crimes happening an they still ran us off an today peaple do whatever they want an police hav no authority how did this ever happen any I never saw anything ghostly or nothing out of ordinary
I knew a 17 year old boy that killed a girl there went to prison but I think he is out now .
i just went there yesterday
My wife friend daughter was murdered in Iroquois Park.
Sadly, a large park within a city allows for things to happen since you can be relatively isolated, even though you’re within a few minutes of a major road via car. Sorry for the friend’s loss.
1:17 Did you say archery ranges while showing the climbing wall for kids? LMAO - then you say playground equipment. I laughed at this way too hard.
When editing this, I realized that there wasn’t usable b-roll footage of everything mentioned, so for a few things I had the voice over for a few things run over a single bit of footage, maybe that wouldn’t have been as jarring there if I flipped the order of the dialogue and had it say playground equipment first, haha.
@@thevideozone I am kidding with you, as you did a great job! I walk there every day, and when I pass that I am now going to laugh and say -- that is the archery range! :) LOL! jk
Ha, well glad to provide some entertainment! I have gone up to the park recently some as well to hike up to the outlook.
Lol I thought it was just me maybe he made a mistake
😂😂😂
My great nephew's dad was the 26 year old in the red.. Sleep peacefully Dj.
Sorry for your loss, it’s always so tragic to lose someone to violence like that.
Oh. I am taking my kids there today. No worries
I have gone there for years without issue at least. The worst thing that I have run into would be unleashed dogs.
An old acquaintance of mine who was living in the park told me about how'd he hear a few little girls talking off in the not so far distance up on top of the hill. Do I believe him...idk.. not really...think he was methed up.
Sound can carry pretty far when you’re on top of a hill like that, so it wouldn’t be crazy to hear someone talking who is actually pretty far away.
@@thevideozone he was pretty specific with me describing his alleged encounter, said it happened a few times when he was up there alone...however the guy is one of tall tales so idk I've never seen or heard a ghost in my life.
Sounds about right for a homeless Louisvillian living in Iroquois Park. 😂🤣
@@CountessKitten well yeah but that park does have a dark history...idk I'm willing to bet his brain is just methed up though at this point so I didn't believe him. I've personally never encountered any ghost or the sort so also as to why I'm not inclined to buy his story.
i'll never buy Liberty after all the commercials
Up there almost everyday. Very nice park I have seen some weird shadows. Heard some weird sounds. But beautiful park.
Honestly I'd say don't go at night rumors about a cult or even ghosts coming out at night
They need to station one cruiser there every day ,then a night shift unit
I went to high school with Mike Lockhart. Sad stuff.
It's always crazy when things like that happen, just sad all around.
@@thevideozone He was incredibly popular and had such a bright future and threw it all away. He could've been super successful in life.
@@guykiernan537 his sister is my big cousin heard he was a good basketball player shit crazy
@@223twan5 He was a GREAT basketball player. I swear I believe if he would've worked as hard as he did on the basketball court in high school and put on a little bit of muscle he could've been a first round draft pick in the NBA.
Where are the ancient wall
Are there stories about an old wall there?
I think most parts of the park date back at the oldest to when the park first opened, but a lot has been updated over the years.
MY FUCKING PARK IS HAUNTED GREAAAAATTTTTT
All the parks are given Indian names. Cherokee. Iroquois. Shawnee. Etc
6 of the Olmsted designed parks were named after Native American tribes, so it definitely seemed rather intentional. There’s also even the Indian Hills neighborhood where a lot of the roads have stereotypical names like Tomahawk Rd and Arrowhead Rd.
Live near there and played basketball and other events there and never liked spending to much time up there after dark and was told as a kid the grounds were cursed by the Indians
Missed a body dump from a man named Jeremy Gibson.... Late 90s
I’d venture to guess that a number of things that happened before the real internet era began would be under reported today unless you knew it specifically happened or went through old police records or newspaper scans at the library.
I know that at least today if someone dies due to suicide it doesn’t get reported in most cases, so there could be a number of people where it just wasn’t reported as well.
We will see. Sceptical people. Coming there soon. And this is a true case
If you’re wanting to explore the top at night, you’ll have to park at the bottom and walk up to the top, even on days when the top is open, they close the gates at sunset.
In the late 70's a young lady comitted took her own life near the playground with a hand gun.
Unfortunately a number of people have probably taken their life in the park. I think news channels and newspapers tend to not report on suicides unless they’re high profile, so there probably wouldn’t be an easy way to see just how many have happened. Hopefully there haven’t actually been many though.
I'm burying a few Latin blessed St Benedict medals in this park. Some apparitions are Holy Souls in Purgatory appearing so we'll have a Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for their Soul.
Urban achievers dump their bodies there.
Russians bit me from Shenandoah county
Ive been all over Iroquois park and I've never seen anything supernatural - thats a bunch of BS
I am incredibly skeptical of anything paranormal or supernatural myself, but I do find it interesting and figured it would be worth it to cover the urban legend related to the park that had been shared for decades.
Nebulous meaning? What a tool.😅😂
Too bad it's in the ghetto and not very well maintained.
You're wrong. It's NOT in the ghetto, it's MY HOME, AND IT IS MAINTAINED FINE.
@SweetJustice ⚖️ I don't know what kind of drugs you have to take to think that's a nice part of town but people out there are probably doing it what ever it is. The park is ghetto, the overlook is always blocked off it's too crowed and despite being In the ghetto is has plenty of old people, middle age losers and karen types walking around staring at everyone just like everywhere else in looserville.
Ok 🤡
So have you already covered the goat man trestle situation? Also, Shawnee and Cher park are also haunted. But if you want the REAL scares go to sleepy Hollow road.
I have done a video doing some exploration around Pope Lick (ruclips.net/video/Hx0QZqs5v34/видео.html), and I also explored Sleepy Hollow Road on a motorcycle (ruclips.net/video/yJf0NIaZGTE/видео.html) and had done a shorter video about that as well. Sleepy Hollow road is kind of tough to investigate, as you can’t really get out and explore much as there are no sidewalks and it’s mostly all private property, and you don’t really want to walk on that road on foot, especially at night time.
I had planned on doing a video about Cherokee Park at some point, as well as Tom Sawyer park covering the old Lakeland Asylum.