Jacob Cooley was a plantation and slave owner just outside Frankfurt Kentucky around 1840. Jacob beat his slave Hosea to death after Hosea built a beautiful Chest for Jacob and his wife's new born baby. Jacob didn't like it which resulted in the beating. The other slaves were furious over this and one of the slaves was a conjured slave which could place spells and curses on people. A curse was placed on the chest that Hosea built so all future generations of Jacob's descendents would be cursed. And soon after the chest was put in Jacob Cooley's baby's room, the baby died a few days later. And so it begins. Curse number one. 17 deaths total. Listen and find out how the curse was lifted, or was it, and where the chest is today. Me being a Cooley myself, and having Ancestors that were plantation and slave owners back around that time and place, worries me a bit. You can view the chest at history.ky.govYou can share stories with me or if you would like to be on a future episode, you can reach me at cooley54@gmail.com, facebook/ghostsinthevalley, twitter#GhostsValley and www.cooley54.wixsite.com/ghostsinthevalley Please leave me a rating and ccomments at any of my podcast sites, Apple,Spotify, iHeart Radio, SoundCloud, Spreaker and all other sites you wwould listen to your podcast