It started in 1929 as The National Dance Hall, and has evolved into one of the most haunted locations in Western Canada.
The Towne Theatre has been showcasing films for decades, but beyond the big screen there are reels of unexplainable and spooky events.
91裸聊视频淕uests have had experiences where they felt kicking on the backs of their seats and there91裸聊视频檚 no one sitting behind them,91裸聊视频� said Rebekah Beck, operations manager.
Staff and guests have also often found seats down, as if someone is sitting in them, yet they are spring loaded.
Someone died watching a movie in early 2000s.
Up the steep stairs to the projection room, strange noises, voices and sightings have haunted staff 91裸聊视频� particularly former owner Gerry Sellars.
91裸聊视频淥ne evening Gerry had spent the night here,91裸聊视频� explained Beck. 91裸聊视频淪omeone woke him up in the middle of the night. This door was locked, that door was locked and he saw a man walk right through the doors.91裸聊视频�
If that didn91裸聊视频檛 spook staff enough, an oversized movie poster needed to be hung above the stairwell to cover up a giant nail in the wall. It91裸聊视频檚 rumoured that a former staffer used the nail to hang himself.
Ironically, the banner used is from the movie Proof Of Life.
The presence of a little girl is often felt upstairs as well.
In the electrical room, some of the plaster on the wall has been chipped away, revealing another wall. On it there are paintings resembling something that would be in a nursery.
But perhaps the creepiest area of the theatre is below the seats.
The basement is in fact an old tunnel, which used to connect to a cafe next door and the old National Hotel. It was used to bring food back and forth easily.
Now it makes the hair on the back of your neck stand up.
The theatre doesn91裸聊视频檛 use the basement for much, except storing old seats and touring ghost-hunters.
It91裸聊视频檚 a maze of hallways and rooms that one could get lost in.
Within the worn concrete walls and dirt are even more unexplainable items and occurrences.
There91裸聊视频檚 a scythe in one of the many rooms, no one knows how it got there.
But Beck says the minute it goes missing, that91裸聊视频檚 when she will be scared.
A makeshift wall was created between the theatre and the Italian Kitchen in the tunnel.
Beck doesn91裸聊视频檛 know how, but it was broken partially down one day when she was down there.
A black charred door sits open between the space next to The Vibe. A fire in 2022 at the boutique nearly claimed the theatre through the adjoining tunnel.
The stories of people being in the basement and hearing or feeling things are endless.
91裸聊视频淭here91裸聊视频檚 so much that91裸聊视频檚 not officially recorded,91裸聊视频� said Beck.
Several paranormal investigations have taken place with strong findings of spirits throughout the theatre.
The name Alan is strongly associated with the basement while Mary is related to the auditorium. 91裸聊视频淲e91裸聊视频檝e garnered the title of being one of the most haunted locations in Western Canada,91裸聊视频� said Beck.
While she doesn91裸聊视频檛 frighten easily, Beck has had her own share of experiences.
There91裸聊视频檚 an old projector upstairs, it91裸聊视频檚 too big to remove and has sat unused for many years with new technology taking over. 91裸聊视频淭he creepiest thing that happened to me is one morning when I came in the old projector had power and we didn91裸聊视频檛 even know you could turn it on.91裸聊视频�
Ghost tours are so popular at the theatre that two evenings of tours have sold out with the showing of the Rocky Horror Picture Show on Oct. 27 and 31.
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