The Haunted Monroe Theatre, Part One | The Grave Talks
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🗓️ 17 May 2026
⏱️ 31 minutes
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This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!
When the Monroe Theatre opened in Woodsfield, Ohio, in 1939, it quickly became a hub for entertainment, hosting everything from vaudeville performances to classic films. But when the theater closed in 1977, the building didn’t fall completely silent.
For decades, reports of unexplained activity have continued inside its walls—phantom footsteps echoing backstage, music playing when no one is there, and equipment seemingly coming to life on its own.
Some believe the spirits of former employees and performers never left, continuing their routines long after the final curtain call.
On this episode of The Grave Talks, theater and stage manager Rick Brown shares his firsthand experiences inside the Monroe Theatre, the eerie encounters that occur during late-night checks, and why certain areas of the theater are best left alone.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, the hauntings of the historic Monroe Theater. |
| 0:12.4 | On December 2nd, 1939, the Monroe Theater opened in Woodsfield, Ohio. |
| 0:19.6 | Everyone who was anyone played at the theater back in the day. |
| 0:23.2 | It was an operating theater until January 1977 when they closed the doors, |
| 0:29.0 | and it sat empty for 43 years. |
| 0:32.5 | Except for those who never left. |
| 0:35.8 | It said that some of its former employees |
| 0:37.8 | still like to help out around the theater, |
| 0:40.2 | moving items, playing music, |
| 0:42.4 | and even messing with the projectors. |
| 0:45.1 | I'm Carol Hughes, |
| 0:46.5 | and on this episode of The Grave Talks, |
| 0:48.5 | we'll talk with Rick Brown, |
| 0:50.9 | theater and stage manager of the Monroe Theater. |
| 0:55.1 | Can you give me an idea? |
| 0:57.0 | Where is Woodsfield, Ohio? |
| 1:00.0 | Woodsfield, Ohio is in the far southeast corner of the state. |
| 1:06.7 | We're in Appalachia, which that's actually a pretty big area. |
| 1:18.6 | But we are about one hour south of Wheeling, West Virginia. We're about one hour north of Marriott, Ohio, and we're about 45 minutes southeast of Cambridge. |
| 1:27.3 | And that's pretty much in the middle of nowhere. |
| 1:30.0 | If you draw a triangle between those three places, |
| 1:33.7 | it just looks like it's nowhere. |
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