Haunted Theaters

1894 Grand Opera House

Galveston, Texas

The Grand 1894 Opera House, designated the official Opera House of the State of Texas by the 73rd legislature, has enter...

Akron Civic Theatre

Akron, Ohio

The Akron Civic Theatre opened on April 20, 1929, as Loew's Akron, a palatial movie house designed by the legendary Aust...

Apollo Civic Theatre

Martinsburg, West Virginia

The Apollo Civic Theatre in Martinsburg opened on January 19, 1914, designed by Reginald Geare, the same architect who c...

Avon Theatre

Decatur, Illinois

The Avon Theatre in Decatur officially opened on November 18, 1916, designed by R.O. Rosen for James Allman as a "moving...

Belasco Theatre

New York, New York

David Belasco's ghost began appearing immediately after his death in 1931. Performers and stagehands consistently descri...

Bijou Theatre

Knoxville, Tennessee

The Bijou Theatre has been called the most haunted building in Knoxville, and across its two-hundred-year history, the s...

Biograph Theater

Chicago, Illinois

The Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue gained notoriety as the location where legendary bank robber John Dillinger was g...

Boulder Theater

Boulder, Colorado

The Boulder Theater's original building was constructed in 1905 and opened in 1906 as the Curran Opera House, financed b...

Byrd Theatre

Richmond, Virginia

Richmond's Byrd Theatre stands as one of Virginia's most magnificent movie palaces and one of its most haunted. Named af...

Calumet Theatre

Calumet, Michigan

The Calumet Theatre opened on March 20, 1900, as one of the first municipally owned theaters in the United States, a tes...

Capitol Theater

Olympia, Washington

On October 7, 1924, over one thousand people filled a brand-new picture palace at 206 Fifth Avenue in downtown Olympia f...

Capitol Theatre

Clearwater, Florida

The Capitol Theatre, Clearwater's most notable haunted location, opened March 21, 1921 showing silent films with Friday...

Capitol Theatre

Flint, Michigan

The Capitol Theatre opened its doors at 140 East Second Street in downtown Flint on January 19, 1928, during the height...

Carnegie Hall

Lewisburg, West Virginia

Carnegie Hall in Lewisburg is one of only four Carnegie Halls still in active use anywhere in the world, and the only on...

Central City Opera House

Central City, Colorado

The Central City Opera House was built in 1878 by Welsh and Cornish miners who had struck it rich in the gold fields sur...

Cincinnati Music Hall

Cincinnati, Ohio

Human bones have been discovered every time excavation has occurred on the property, including during recent renovations...

City Opera House

Traverse City, Michigan

The City Opera House in Traverse City was built in 1900 and is one of the last surviving Victorian-era opera houses in t...

Colonial Theatre

Laconia, New Hampshire

The former projectionist of the Colonial Theatre in Laconia still watches over the building, his shadowy presence spotte...

Concrete Theatre

Concrete, Washington

The Concrete Theatre has survived fire, financial ruin, and a century of hard living in a town that once had more brothe...

Crump Theatre

Columbus, Indiana

The Crump Theatre at 425 Third Street in Columbus, Indiana, is the oldest theater in the state, with roots dating to 187...

Curran Theatre

San Francisco, California

The Curran Theatre opened in February 1922, built at a cost of $800,000 by theater impresario Homer Curran in partnershi...

Cutler Majestic Theatre

Boston, Massachusetts

The Cutler Majestic Theatre was built on Tremont Street in Boston in 1903, the second theatre to form what would become...

Dock Street Theatre

Charleston, South Carolina

The Dock Street Theatre at 135 Church Street in Charleston traces its origins to February 12, 1736, when the original bu...

Elkhart Civic Theatre

Bristol, Indiana

The Bristol Opera House, home to the Elkhart Civic Theatre, was built in 1897 by brothers Cyrus and Horace Mosier as a c...

Elsinore Theatre

Salem, Oregon

The Elsinore Theatre opened on May 28, 1926, a gothic castle of a building designed by architect Ellis Lawrence and name...

Embassy Theatre

Fort Wayne, Indiana

The Embassy Theatre at 125 West Jefferson Boulevard in Fort Wayne, Indiana, is a magnificent 2,471-seat movie palace tha...

Folly Theater

Kansas City, Missouri

The Folly Theater at 300 West 12th Street is the oldest surviving theater in Kansas City, a jewel-box of Victorian enter...

Fox Theatre

Atlanta, Georgia

The Fox Theatre is one of Atlanta's most recognizable landmarks and one of its most haunted. Built in 1926 as the headqu...

Fulton Theatre

Lancaster, Pennsylvania

The Fulton Theatre in Lancaster is the most haunted theater in Central Pennsylvania, with a dark history stretching back...

Garde Arts Center

New London, Connecticut

The Garde Arts Center stands on ground steeped in tragedy. Before this Moroccan-revival movie palace rose at the corner...

Grand Opera House

Oshkosh, Wisconsin

Percy Keene, the theater's dedicated stage manager for decades, is still often seen by visitors, performers, and staff....

Harvard Exit Theatre

Seattle, Washington

In 1891, a group of prominent Seattle women founded the Woman's Century Club for "cultural and intellectual development"...

Historic Everett Theatre

Everett, Washington

The Historic Everett Theatre opened on November 4, 1901, as the Everett Opera House, an ambitious cultural landmark desi...

Hollywood Pantages Theatre

Los Angeles, California

The Hollywood Pantages Theatre, completed in 1930, was the last and most magnificent of theater magnate Alexander Pantag...

Indiana Repertory Theatre

Indianapolis, Indiana

The Indiana Repertory Theatre occupies the former Indiana Theatre, a Spanish Baroque movie palace that opened on June 18...

Keith-Albee Theatre

Huntington, West Virginia

The Keith-Albee Theatre in Huntington opened on May 7, 1928, as a palace of vaudeville excess designed by the legendary...

King Opera House

Van Buren, Arkansas

The building that would become the King Opera House was constructed in 1891 on Main Street in Van Buren, Arkansas, first...

Landers Theatre

Springfield, Missouri

The Landers Theatre at 311 East Walnut Street in Springfield, Missouri, opened on September 18, 1909, with a production...

Landmark Theatre

Syracuse, New York

At least three spirits inhabit the Landmark Theatre. Oscar, an old stagehand, manipulates the lighting system, making li...

Lexington Opera House

Lexington, Kentucky

The Lexington Opera House, one of the oldest continuously operating theaters in America, stands as both a cultural landm...

Liberty Theatre

Astoria, Oregon

On December 8, 1922, a devastating fire destroyed over 200 establishments across nearly thirty blocks of downtown Astori...

Longstreet Theatre

Columbia, South Carolina

Longstreet Theatre stands as one of the most haunted buildings on the University of South Carolina campus, its paranorma...

Louisville Palace Theatre

Louisville, Kentucky

The Louisville Palace Theatre, one of the most opulent movie palaces ever built, has earned a reputation as one of Kentu...

Majestic Theatre

Chillicothe, Ohio

During the Spanish Flu outbreak, when nearly 1,200 people died at Camp Sherman, the Majestic Theatre's stage was used fo...

Majestic Theatre

Dallas, Texas

The Majestic Theatre opened its doors on April 11, 1921, on the ominously named Elm Street in downtown Dallas. Originall...

McMenamins Bagdad Theater

Portland, Oregon

The Bagdad Theatre opened on January 14, 1927, as a grand movie palace and vaudeville house on Southeast Hawthorne Boule...

Moore Theatre

Seattle, Washington

The Moore Theatre stands on ground that has held Seattle's dead since the city's founding. Pioneer settlers began buryin...

Mt. Baker Theatre

Bellingham, Washington

The Mt. Baker Theatre opened on April 29, 1927, to a crowd that lined up around the block on North Commercial Street. De...

Orpheum Theater

Madison, Wisconsin

The ghost of Pete the Projectionist haunts the theater, particularly the projection booth and the balcony area. Pete was...

Orpheum Theatre

Memphis, Tennessee

The Orpheum Theatre on South Main Street in Memphis has been a performance venue for over a century, and its most faithf...

Pabst Theater

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

The spirit of Frederick Pabst is said to roam these darkened halls after the lights dim, fiercely protective of the venu...

Palace and Majestic Theaters

Bridgeport, Connecticut

When Italian immigrant Sylvester Z. Poli commissioned architect Thomas W. Lamb to design his grandest theater in 1921, n...

Palace Theatre

Stamford, Connecticut

When Mary Vuono arrived in America from Potenza, Italy, as an infant in 1883, no one could have predicted she would beco...

Palace Theatre

Manchester, New Hampshire

A woman named Mary haunts the backstage of the Palace Theatre, and she has been making things go wrong on stage since lo...

PlayMakers Repertory Company Theatre

Chapel Hill, North Carolina

PlayMakers Theatre at UNC Chapel Hill has long been the subject of ghost stories passed down through generations of dram...

Plaza Theatre

El Paso, Texas

The Plaza Theatre, El Paso's atmospheric 1930 movie palace, has accumulated ghosts as readily as its ornate Spanish Colo...

Portsmouth Music Hall

Portsmouth, New Hampshire

The land beneath Portsmouth Music Hall at 28 Chestnut Street carries three centuries of concentrated human suffering. In...

Rialto Square Theatre

Joliet, Illinois

The Rialto Square Theatre in Joliet opened on May 24, 1926, at a cost of nearly two million dollars. The "vaudeville mov...

Rivoli Theatre

Indianapolis, Indiana

The Rivoli Theatre opened on September 15, 1927 as the first Universal Studios-owned theater in Indiana, built at a cost...

Roseland Theater

Portland, Oregon

The Roseland Theater occupies a building at 8 Northwest Sixth Avenue in Portland's Old Town Chinatown district that was...

Ryman Auditorium

Nashville, Tennessee

The Ryman Auditorium on Fifth Avenue in Nashville is the Mother Church of Country Music, the original home of the Grand...

Saenger Theatre

New Orleans, Louisiana

The Saenger Theatre opened on February 4, 1927, to a parade of thousands along Canal Street in New Orleans. Built by the...

Sandusky State Theater

Sandusky, Ohio

The Sandusky State Theatre opened on October 12, 1928, as the Schine State Theatre, a grand movie palace built by Willia...

Savannah Theatre

Savannah, Georgia

The Savannah Theatre opened in December 1818 with a performance of "The Soldier's Daughter," making it the oldest contin...

Shepherdstown Opera House

Shepherdstown, West Virginia

The Shepherdstown Opera House stands in the heart of what has been called the most haunted town in America, a community...

Shreveport Municipal Auditorium

Shreveport, Louisiana

The Shreveport Municipal Auditorium was constructed between 1926 and 1929 as a memorial to the servicemen of World War I...

Springer Opera House

Columbus, Georgia

The Springer Opera House in Columbus is arguably the most haunted theater in the South and a National Historic Landmark....

Springfield Theatre Centre

Springfield, Illinois

The Springfield Theatre Centre at 101 East Lawrence, built in 1951, hosted performances for the Springfield Theatre Guil...

Sterling Opera House

Derby, Connecticut

The Sterling Opera House rises from downtown Derby like a Baroque cathedral to entertainment, its ornate terra cotta fac...

Stifel Theatre

St. Louis, Missouri

The Stifel Theatre -- formerly known as the Kiel Opera House -- stands in downtown St. Louis as one of the city's premie...

Strand Theatre

Shreveport, Louisiana

The Strand Theatre, a magnificently restored 1925 movie palace, is believed to be haunted by spirits from its nearly cen...

Tabor Opera House

Leadville, Colorado

The Tabor Opera House was built in 1879 by Horace Austin Warner Tabor, a storekeeper-turned-mining magnate who struck it...

Tampa Theatre

Tampa, Florida

Tampa Theatre opened in 1926 as a lavish movie palace, designed by architect John Eberson to resemble a Mediterranean co...

Tarrytown Music Hall

Tarrytown, New York

The music hall has consistently shown paranormal activity over the decades. Staff and performers report sudden cold spot...

Tennessee Theatre

Knoxville, Tennessee

The Tennessee Theatre, a magnificent 1928 movie palace, is home to spirits who seem to appreciate the fine entertainment...

Thalian Hall

Wilmington, North Carolina

Thalian Hall stands at the corner of Third and Princess Streets in downtown Wilmington, a grand performing arts venue bu...

The Comedy Store

West Hollywood, California

The building at 8433 Sunset Boulevard was completed in 1935, initially housing the ill-fated Club Seville where patrons...

The Majestic Theatre

Madison, Wisconsin

A strange, misshapen shadow man has been reported roaming the vintage venue by multiple witnesses over the years. In a 1...

The Ritz Theater

Scranton, Pennsylvania

The Ritz Theater opened its doors in 1907 as the Poli Theater, serving as a vaudeville stage that hosted legendary perfo...

Thespian Hall

Boonville, Missouri

Thespian Hall in Boonville, Missouri, holds the distinction of being the oldest continuously operating theater west of t...

Thralls Opera House

New Harmony, Indiana

Thralls Opera House at 612 Church Street in New Harmony, Indiana, stands at the heart of one of America's most historica...

Tower Theatre

Bend, Oregon

Edgar and Myrtle Thompson arrived in Bend, Oregon in 1910, a married couple with modest ambitions and a love of music. T...

Victoria Theatre

Dayton, Ohio

The theater's most famous ghost is "Vicky," a touring actress from the early 20th century who vanished under mysterious...

Waco Hippodrome Theatre

Waco, Texas

The Waco Hippodrome Theatre opened in February 1914 as the town's crown jewel, welcoming patrons to vaudeville shows, or...

Youngstown Playhouse

Youngstown, Ohio

The Youngstown Playhouse traces its origins to the early 1920s, when four women from Temple Rodef Sholom began reading p...

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Capitol Plaza Theater

Charleston, West Virginia

The Capitol Plaza Theater in Charleston was built between 1909 and 1914, but its haunted history reaches back more than...

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Forum Theatre

Jonesboro, Arkansas

The Forum Theatre stands at 115 East Monroe Avenue in Jonesboro, the seat of Craighead County in northeastern Arkansas....