The Ghosts of the Egyptian Theatre, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 27 August 2024
⏱️ 34 minutes
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Summary
In 1922, following the discovery of King Tut’s Tomb, Egyptian-themed theaters became quite popular. The Egyptian Theater in DeKalb, Illinois, was one of more than 100 similarly-themed theaters built in the US. Construction began in the spring of 1929, and a few months later, in December, the Egyptian Theatre opened its doors - just a couple of months after the stock market crashed and the Great Depression began.
The renovations and resurgence of the theater have apparently awakened some old ghosts within its walls. Spirits from the vaudeville era and some from present times are reported to mingle with the living, haunting performances and after-shows at the theater. According to legend, six unique spirits are residing at the Egyptian Theatre. From the lady in green to Irv, one of the theater’s biggest supporters, and even a mysterious young girl – they all make their presence known.
Today, Part One of our conversation about the Egyptian Theater with marketing and communications director Jeanine Holcomb.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, a conversation about the Egyptian theater King Tut's tomb, Egyptian themed theaters became quite popular. The Egyptian theater in |
| 0:23.8 | De Cal, Illinois was one of more than 100 similarly themed |
| 0:28.8 | theaters built in the US. Construction began in the spring of 1929 and a few months later in December. |
| 0:36.0 | The Egyptian theater opened its doors, just a couple of months |
| 0:40.0 | after the stock market crashed in the Great Depression began. |
| 0:45.0 | The renovations and resurgence of the theater have apparently awakened some |
| 0:51.0 | old ghosts within its walls. |
| 0:53.0 | Spirits from the vaudeville era and some from present times are reported to mingle with the living. |
| 1:01.0 | According to legend, there are six unique spirits residing at the Egyptian theater. |
| 1:06.3 | From the Lady in Green to Irv, one of the theater's biggest supporters, and even a mysterious young |
| 1:12.3 | girl, they make their presence known at the |
| 1:15.4 | theater. Today a conversation about the Egyptian theater with marketing and |
| 1:21.2 | communications director Janine Holcomb. |
| 1:24.0 | Janine I have to tell you one of my favorite topics that I love to talk about a |
| 1:36.2 | haunted theaters and when I saw the Egyptian theater I was like I have to talk to |
| 1:41.4 | them about this theater. |
| 1:43.0 | Glad we have a very shared interest with haunted theaters because it's one of our favorite things, |
| 1:49.0 | at least my favorite thing to talk about with our theater is our ghost. |
| 1:53.2 | And let's talk about the history of the theater first. |
| 1:57.2 | Let's go back to when this was built, |
| 1:59.1 | because I'm actually surprised it was ever even completed considering the time it was built. |
| 2:06.0 | Yeah, absolutely. |
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