Ghostly Encore at the Brown Grand, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 14 October 2025
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
The Brown Grand Theater in Concordia, Kansas, has always been a showstopper — but the most unforgettable performances may come from those you can’t see. Built in 1907 by Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte Brown and completed by his son Earl, the theater’s century-long history is steeped in legends of spirits who never left their beloved stage.
Visitors report the lingering scent of Gertrude’s phantom perfume drifting through the aisles, while Earl is said to still “run the show” from the other side. Then there’s the mysterious man said to haunt the boiler room and the ghostly little girl in a blue dress who appears when the lights go down.
In this episode of The Grave Talks, we speak with theater director Melissa Swenson and paranormal investigator Tonya Merrill about the unexplained events, spectral sightings, and chilling stories that make the Brown Grand Theater a hotspot for paranormal activity — and a place where the curtain never truly falls.
For more information on The Brown Grand, as well as information on events and paranormal investigations, visit their website at browngrand.org
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| 0:00.0 | Today on The Grave Talks, a conversation about the many spirits at the Brown Grand Theater. |
| 0:20.6 | The Brown Grand Theater is a beautifully restored historic theater in Concordia, Kansas. |
| 0:27.1 | In 1907, Colonel Napoleon Bonaparte Brown commissioned the building and entrusted its completion |
| 0:34.1 | to his son Earl. However, by 1910, Colonel Brown was dead, and his son died about six months later. |
| 0:44.5 | These days, when you go to a show at the Brown Grand, you might see more than you were planning on. |
| 0:50.5 | There have been numerous sightings of a man who's believed to be Earl overseeing the operations of the theater. |
| 0:57.2 | People have reported smelling perfume that's believed to be his wife, Gertrudes. |
| 1:02.4 | A little girl in a blue dress has been seen in the theater, and there is a spirit of a man downstairs in the boiler room. |
| 1:11.4 | Full disclosure, I've had an interest in the Brown Grand for years |
| 1:15.4 | ever since I saw it when I moved there to go to college. |
| 1:19.2 | And at one time, one of my dear friends' parents owned it. |
| 1:23.7 | So in this episode of The Grave Talks, |
| 1:25.9 | I'm excited to talk about the Brown Grand Theater |
| 1:29.1 | with Melissa Swenson, director of the theater, and Tanya Merrill, Paranormal Investigator. |
| 1:51.1 | I am really excited today to talk about the Brown Grand in Concordia, Kansas, because full disclosure, that's where I went to community college. And it is a magnificent theater. And Melissa, |
| 1:58.1 | now you're the director there at the Brown Grand. Can you tell us a little background? |
| 2:02.3 | Like, when was it built? |
| 2:03.8 | And can you tell us a little bit about Napoleon Bonaparte Brown? |
| 2:07.8 | Because I find that name fascinating. |
| 2:10.9 | Of course, yeah. |
| 2:12.2 | So I've been director here since April of 2021. |
| 2:17.1 | And the Brown Grand itself was built. |
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