.Case 48
Mustang Club/ NKY Gambling Museum
602 Monmouth Street
Newport, Ky
June 4, 2010
Investigators- Christel, Matt
Weather Conditions - Overcast - temp 76 - humidity 56%
Moon Phase - Waxing Cresent
Solar X-rays - quiet
Geomagnetic Field - normal
History
1949-1965 The club was called the Frontier Bar and was the scene of several skirmishes and a killing.
January 18, 1965 A spectacular fire broke out in the club, destroying the second and third floors of the building and sending 5 firemen to the hospital.
May 27, 1965 A wrecking crew workman found a body, apparently undetected four months, in the burned out third floor debris of the Frontier Bar. The skeleton was identified as Ray Chapman who was thought to be in a Vets Hospital at the time of the fire.
1966-1984 The bar was renamed the Mustang Club.
November 20, 1972 Killing number three took place at the location, this time as a result of a fight between two “good friends”. James Douglas (Curly) Napier was shot five times by Ernest (Lucky) Johnson near the door of the bar and died immediately. Witnesses said Johnson walked up to Napier and started shooting at close range with a .25 caliber pistol. He then ran out the door.
Bouncer Charlie Woods was shot in the Mustang in 1975 as part of the Napier on going vendetta with a friend of his.
1973-1975 The bar, still called the Mustang was owned by Gene Trimble. As Gene describes the place, “it was a topless, redneck go-go joint”. Gene, a life member of the Casino Chip & Gaming Token Collector’s Club moved to Las Vegas after running the joint and remains in the gambling business to this day.
Present- Larry Trapp is now operating a Museum in the building
Click the photobucket logo below to view newspaper articles on the deaths at this location.
Conclusions of Investigation
Although it was a quiet night and we had no personal experiences, with the video camera moving on its own and the 1 Evp we collected, we do believe there is something going on in this business and we will be returning in the near future to conduct a follow-up investigation to try and gather more data from this location. It is a business with alot of history to it and we would recommend anyone with interest of the Newport Gangster/Gambling days to visit the Museum and look at the stuff they have inside.
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.Investigating and Reseaching the Paranormal
The video below shows the only 3 people in the building on upstairs camera (note camera cords on left bottom side of screen are not tugged) when the camera in the basement moves out of position for no reason.