The Haunted Historic Monroe Theatre, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
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🗓️ 8 May 2024
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Summary
On December 2nd, 1939, the Monroe Theatre opened in Woodsfield, Ohio. Everyone who was anyone played at the theater back in the day. It was an operating theater until January 1977, when it closed its doors. It sat empty for 43 years.
Except for those who never left. It’s said that some of its former employees still like to help out around the theater. Moving items, playing music, and even messing with the projectors. On this episode of the Grave Talks, we’ll talk with Rick Brown, theater and stage manager of the Monroe Theatre.
For more information, check out their website at historicmonroetheatre.com
For information on paranormal investigations, visit their Facebook page here.
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| 0:00.0 | Have you ever felt like escaping to your own desert island? |
| 0:03.8 | Jane Gaskin did exactly that, |
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| 0:09.9 | But she soon discovers that Paradise has its secrets. |
| 0:13.4 | I'm Alice Levine, and this is the price of Paradise, |
| 0:17.8 | the island dream that ends in kidnap, corruption, and murder. Wish you were here. Follow the price of Paradise Now, wherever |
| 0:26.7 | you listen to podcasts. Today on the Grave Talks, the hauntings of the Historic Monroe Theater. |
| 0:37.0 | On December 2nd, 1939, the Monroe Theater opened in Woods Field, Ohio. |
| 0:49.0 | Everyone who was anyone played at the theater back in the day. It was an operating |
| 0:54.5 | theater until January 1977 when they closed the doors and it sat empty for 43 years. |
| 1:01.8 | Except for those who never left. It's said that some of its former employees still |
| 1:08.3 | like to help out around the theater, moving items, playing music, and even messing with the projectors. |
| 1:15.0 | I'm Carol Hughes and on this episode of The Grave Talks, |
| 1:19.0 | we'll talk with Rick Brown, theater and stage Manager of the Monroe Theater. |
| 1:25.0 | Can you give me an idea where is Woodsfield, Ohio? |
| 1:30.0 | Woodsfield, Ohio is in the far southeastern corner of the street. |
| 1:37.0 | We're in Appalachia, which that's actually a pretty big area, |
| 1:41.0 | but we are about one hour south of Wheeling, West Virginia, |
| 1:48.8 | we're about one hour north of Marriott, Ohio, and we're about 45 minutes southeast of Cambridge. |
| 1:57.0 | And that's pretty much in the middle of nowhere, if you draw a triangle between those three places, it just looks like it's nowhere, but when you get here, here we are. |
| 2:08.7 | It sounds like it's a beautiful area. |
| 2:11.6 | It is. It's very rural. A lot to see here are our parks and stuff here are just |
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