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INVESTIGATION REPORT

HISTORIC WAYNE THEATRE REVISITED   2004

WEATHER=60F   MOON PHASE= WAXING GIBBOUS    # OF INVESTIGATORS= 12

THIS OLD THEATRE HAS A LONG HISTORY. AFTER INVESTIGATING IT LAST YEAR AND FINDING AT LEAST 3 SPIRITS RESIDING THERE, WE DECIDED TO MAKE A RETURN VISIT. WE WEREN'T DISAPPOINTED. WE HAVE PINPOINTED THE GENERAL LOCATIONS WITHIN THE BUILDING WHERE THESE 3 SPIRITS LINGER. OUR EVIDENCE POINTS TO THESE LOCATIONS WITH LITTLE DOUBT. THE PROJECTOR ROOM AREA/BALCONY IS HAUNTED BY A MALE SPIRIT. WE FOUND BOTH A HOT & A COLD SPOT THERE, AND MANAGED TO GET HIM IN A PHOTO. THE BACKSTAGE/DRESSING ROOM AREA ALSO HAS A MALE SPIRIT RESIDING. HE HAS SPOKEN TO ONE OF US BEFORE, BUT THIS TIME WAS FAIRLY QUIET. IN THE SUB-BASEMENT OF THE THEATRE THERE IS AN UNFRIENDLY SPIRIT, ALSO MALE. HIS STORY IS TOLD LATER IN THIS REPORT. 

AUDIO TAPE RECORDINGS WERE MADE DURING OUR INVESTIGATION. UPON LISTENING TO THEM, SEVERAL ODD VOICES TURNED UP IN THE BACKGROUNDS. THESE VOICES ARE WHISPERING-SOMETHING WE NEVER DO DURING AN INVESTIGATION.

LISTEN HERE:   1ST EXAMPLE   2ND EXAMPLE

(CLICK PHOTOS TO ENLARGE)

A NICE BLUE ORB NEAR THE PROJECTOR ROOM BY KEITH

A NICE MOVER BY KEITH

A NICE ORB CLOSE-UP BY FIONA

WAYNE THEATRE REVISITED- PAGE 2   (THE SUB-BASEMENT)

THIS IS AN AREA RIGHT OUTSIDE THE THEATRE, WHERE A LARGE HOTEL (USED TO BE ATTACHED) ONCE STOOD. A CATACOMB OF ROOMS UNDERNEATH GROUND LEVEL STILL EXISTS. THIS WAS WHERE THE OLD BOILERS WERE THAT USED TO SUPPLY HEAT TO THE BUILDING. THE ROOMS ALSO SERVED AS A RESIDENCE FOR THE MAN WHO WAS CARE TAKER OF THE BOILERS. THERE IS A DISTURBING STORY ABOUT THIS AREA:

THE OLD MAN WAS VERY PREJUDICED AGAINST AFRICAN AMERICANS. HE LIVED DOWN IN THESE CATACOMBS FOR YEARS. ONE NIGHT, A THEATRE USHER TOOK SICK, AND WAS TOLD TO GO DOWN INTO THIS AREA TO REST A WHILE. HE WAS A BLACK MAN. HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO THE CARE TAKERS QUARTERS AND SAT DOWN ON THE FOOT OF THE BED. THE CARE TAKER, WHO HAPPENED TO BE ASLEEP IN THIS BED, SUDDENLY AWOKE, AND FINDING THE USHER SITTING ON HIS BED HE IMMEDIATELY THREW HIM OUT. FROM THAT DAY FORWARD, THE CARE TAKER NEVER SLEPT ON THE BED AGAIN-HE SLEPT IN HIS EASY CHAIR INSTEAD. A FEW YEARS LATER, HE WAS FOUND DEAD FROM NATURAL CAUSES IN HIS CHAIR.

WHEN A FEW OF US WENT DOWN INTO THIS OLD COLLECTION OF ROOMS, WE FELT UNEASY & UNWELCOME. 3 OF US HAD OUR CAMERAS FAIL TO OPERATE WHILE THERE. WHEN ONE OF OUR MEMBERS (WHO HAPPENS TO BE AFRICAN-AMERICAN) WENT INTO THE CARE TAKERS RESIDENCE, HE GOT A VERY COLD WELCOME INDEED. HE WAS CHILLED TO THE BONE AND COULD SEE HIS BREATH. (TO THE REST OF US IT WASN'T COLD) HE  FELT DEATH LOOMING AROUND HIM. HE DIDN'T STAY LONG. 

(HE WAS NOT AWARE OF THE OLD MAN'S STORY AT THIS TIME WHATSOEVER!)

A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE SUB-BASEMENT

TAKEN BY KEITH

ANOTHER ONE TAKEN BY LARRY

THE MAN ON THE BALCONY! (LOOK IN THE LOWER RIGHT CORNER) WE THINK HIS NAME IS JIM.

A CLOSE-UP:

CAPTURED BY FIONA

A PERSON SHOWS UP IN THIS NICE SHOT BY CHRISTINE TOO!

HE OR SHE  IS STANDING, OR SITTING ON ONE OF THE SEAT-BACKS.