HAUNTED
(Discussion Board Files
courtesy of Matt Muller)
Subject: Gainseville
From:
Goldman@fred.ifas.ufl.edu (Meikle Goldman)
Date:
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The town I currently live
(unfortunately) is
The local state theater here The Hippodrome (yeah I know,
I thought the same thing to) is haunted. But lemme
get you the back
ground first.
Back in the 1880/90 when it was built, the Hippodrome was
the local court house, so more then enough people got hung there. Also happens
my great cousin James Wesely Harden killed some one
there, but anyway, next it was the local post office. I dunno
if it was haunted then.
And come about 1975 or so I was told it was made into the
theater. Little was though of this. However during one performance, One of the actresses was back stage heading up the stairs to
the second story. (they cross over the stage so people
can enter from both sides.
About half way between the second and 3rd floor (3rd is
the business area ) Stood a lady. This is not unusual.
So the actress opened her mouth to say "hullo, " or some
such, thinking it was another member of the cast. When she opened her
mouth, the lady on the stairs above her turned and floated into the stairs and
away.
I called the Hippodrome a few years ago and asked about
the ghost. Currently I
hear that at late night and early morning noises and crashes can be heard.
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