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Guyer Opera House
Lewisville, Indiana
The Guyer Opera House was built in 1901 and is named after Dr. Oscar K. Guyer. The two story opera house is the tallest building in the small town of Lewisville. During a Wild West Show, in the early1920’s there was a gun accident where an eight year old audience member was shot and killed. The Guyer Opera House is believed to be haunted by at least one ghost. Employees and actors have been terrified by lights turning on and off in the dressing rooms. There have been reports of strange, loud banging noises at the back of the auditorium. Also in the auditorium, the doors will sometimes open and close on there own. The light booth seems to be the place that most staff members are afraid of. On numerous occasions staff members were sent screaming from the booth, terrified by what they experienced. What happened were an extreme temperature drop and the sound of animal like growling. A shadowy figure has also been reported in the building.
Danville Bridge
Danville, Indiana
The Danville Bridge in Danville, Indiana is reportedly haunted by the ghost of an Irish worker. In the 1850s Irish immigrants were hired as cheap labour to build a bridge across White Lick Creek. While pouring a pylon to support the bridge, a wooden platform collapsed and the Irish worker was thrown into the wet cement. As he sank deeper into the concrete the other workers could hear him screaming and pounding on the wooden sides of the frame. He sank so quickly that there was no time for anyone to save him from his ultimate demise. Since that fateful day, people that are near the bridge at night claim to have heard the loud piercing screams that were heard the day of the accident. It has also been reported that a pounding sound can be heard from the same pylon the Irish worker fell into. Many years later the trestle was torn down and now a swinging bridge crosses White Lick Creek. The remnants of the old bridge are still there to see. Since the removal many people report seeing the apparition of the Irish worker haunting the area.
Rivoli Theatre
Indianapolis, Indiana
The Rivoli Theatre was built in 1927 by Carl Laemmle Jr. of Universal Pictures Corporation and Universal Chain Theatrical Enterprises Inc. Before the Rivoli, there stood a farmhouse and before that an Indian burial ground. The theatre was designed in Spanish Mission Revival style by architect and Henry Ziegler Dietz, and had 1500 seats. Universal sold out their interest in the theater in 1937, and the theater changed hands several times until 1976 when acquired by Charles Richard Chulchian. The Rivoli to this day has the largest theater stage in Indianapolis. It was also host to live music concerts in the 1970s and 1980s, and closed down in 1992, having been dormant for ten years. The Rivoli theatre is also known to be haunted. Many of the previous owners have said that when entering the theatre in the morning they would see and hear people in the auditorium. When the owners would try to ask them how they got into the theatre they would disappear. It has also been reported by people in the theatre that a man would run through the aisles in the auditorium then disappear into the wall. There is a feeling of being leered at when in the women’s washroom. Toilets would flush and water taps would turn on and off on there own. Staff at the theatre claim to have been shoved and have seen objects move on there own. The ghostly images of a man and woman have been seen on the stairs leading to and in the projection booth. Lights turn on and off by themselves, the sound of smashing glass can be heard, and voices can be heard throughout the theatre.
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