Visit to the Capitol Theatre, Chambersburg, PA and Ghost #1

1930s hairstyle of female ghost

On Sept 27-28, I participated in the Spirits Through Time Paranormal Fair, in Chambersburg, PA where I spoke about 2 of my books, "Pets and the Afterlife" and signed books. The location was an amazing theatre called the Capitol Theatre, and it's haunted. On the first night, my friend Bill and I joined the local "Ghost Pit" group for a Paranormal Investigation of the theatre (both co-sponsored the event). I encountered 2 ghosts. In today's blog you'll read about the first ghost, learn about the theatre and when YOU can also investigate it's ghosts! 

THE FEMALE GHOST - There were about 30 people on the paranormal investigation of the theatre. The lights were turned out and we were split into two groups. 
  As Bill and I neared the stage I heard a woman's voice in my head. She told me she worked at the theatre in 1937. When she gave me the date, I didn't know when the theatre was opened. It opened in 1920. She made me feel a choking feeling, anxious.  She told me that she was assaulted when she left work at the theatre one night. She said she went out the back exit (where the parking lot is today) and walked down the narrow street behind the theatre. It was there where she was jumped by a man in the dark (it was night-time). She told me she ran back to the theatre afterward and apparently when she died, she came back to the theatre because it was a safe place.  She was distressed in her communications so when she said her name it sounded like an "L" sound. Perhaps Eloise, Elise, Lise, or even Liz. It was difficult to hear her. She was distressed and fearful of going outside... or apparently into the light to cross over.


WHERE IS IT LOCATED? Capitol Theatre is at 159 S Main St, Chambersburg, Pennsylvania 17201- midway between Gettysburg, PA and Hagerstown, MD.


THEATRE HISTORY -Opened on February 3, 1927 with Norma Shearer in “The Waning Sex,” The theater didn't close since then except for brief periods in 1945 and 2992 for redecorating and renovations. There's an orchestra pit with a Moller Theater Pipe Organ. In 1985 it was privately purchased and went from showing films to live theatre. 

YOU CAN INVESTIGATE THE THEATRE! - The next regular paranormal investigation will take place on… Sunday, January 27, 2019 | Investigation: 4pm – 7pm 
PARANORMAL INVESTIGATION w/ THE GHOST PIT - Participate in an actual investigation of the Capitol Theater led by The Ghost Pit. See if you can make contact with Wilfred or catch a performance by the Lady in White. Small group sizes with each lead-investigator. Includes an onsite evidence review. Investigation is limited to 30 people: https://www.thecapitoltheatre.org/paranormal-investigation/

PART 2: THE MALE GHOST OF THE CAPITOL THEATRE