The Stage Is Still Occupied: Lincoln Theater Hauntings Revealed, Part One | Grave Talks CLASSIC
The Grave Talks | Haunted, Paranormal & Supernatural
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🗓️ 26 May 2026
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
This is a Grave Talks CLASSIC EPISODE!
What if the greatest performers in history never really left the stage? At Lincoln Theatre, some believe they never did.
Once a grand vaudeville theater that hosted legends like Harry Houdini, Ginger Rogers, and The Marx Brothers, the Lincoln Theater has become known for something far stranger than applause. Staff and visitors report phantom footsteps, cold spots, disembodied voices, and apparitions of long-dead performers still roaming the halls.
Then came the EVP.
A chilling voice captured saying just two words: “Time for magic.” Many believe it may have been Houdini himself, still performing long after death.
Renowned paranormal investigator Dale Kaczmarek shares his firsthand experiences investigating the Lincoln Theater, including eerie recordings, intelligent hauntings, and the strange energy that still clings to the historic building.
This isn’t just a haunted theater. It’s a place where the past may still be waiting for the curtain to rise once again.
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| 0:00.0 | Today on the Grave Talks, the Haunted Lincoln Theater. |
| 0:04.0 | The Haunted Lincoln Theater in Illinois has been the stage for some of the most iconic performers in history. |
| 0:22.8 | Harry Houdini and more. |
| 0:25.0 | Long after the stage shows ended, the Lincoln Theater fell onto hard times, |
| 0:29.7 | suffering through multiple closures and reopenings. |
| 0:33.4 | Through it all, did some of the performers never leave? |
| 0:36.9 | Did the ghosts of some of history's top performers still graced the stage of the Haunted Lincoln Theatre? |
| 0:42.3 | Some claim to have even seen and heard the ghost of Houdini himself telling from the stage it was time for magic and a shocking EVP. |
| 0:52.3 | Today we discuss the Ha world of the Lincoln Theater |
| 0:55.9 | and how the ghosts are captured with paranormal investigator Dale Casmerk. |
| 1:01.0 | Well, the theater obviously is located in downstate Decatur, Illinois, |
| 1:05.8 | and it's truly one of the most haunted theaters that I've ever investigated in the country. |
| 1:12.2 | The theater was originally built back in 1916 by a guy named Clarence Waite. |
| 1:17.4 | That's just like the W-A-I-T-W-A-T-W-A-T. |
| 1:21.4 | And the building was actually built. |
| 1:23.8 | This theater was built on the site of a tragic fire that took place here in 1915 |
| 1:30.9 | which destroyed the Decatur Hotel killing an unknown amount of people inside so basically |
| 1:38.6 | the theater was right built upon the ashes of this very tragic fire. |
| 1:49.4 | It opens for his first performance back October 26th of 1916 and has seating for over 1,200 people. |
| 1:54.2 | One of the very first performances, the first performance actually was a comedy called |
| 1:58.4 | Hit the Trail Holiday by George M. Cohen. |
| 2:03.6 | It was later opened as the Lincoln Square Theater, but it was simply called the Lincoln Theater later on. |
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