U.S. theaters haven't been occupied in the past few months, which is quite disappointing as Halloween time is normally when we come for some on-stage and on-screen ghost stories.

American Theater recently released a collection of some theatrical ghost stories, hoping to continue the Halloween "spooky season." 

There were also some horror stories from movie theaters that might give you the creeps. Hopefully, these stories can be just as thrilling as pieces in theaters:

Midland Community Theater, Texas

Ariana Cook, a former member of the west Texas company's teen acting group Pickwick Players, worked in the 1999 production of Edgar Allan Poe's "Night Chills."

Now a managing director of Cara Mía Theater Co. in Dallas, she recalled stories of a ghost named Christine. When people from the theater hear strange sounds, footsteps, or moans from the studio, Christine always comes into their mind.

It was during this Night Chills production that Christine decided to make an appearance. Her moans were heard during the show, with no noises or sounds coming out from the acts or the sound system.

The elevator also shut down on odd floors, something that did not happen before, except during the "Night Chills" run.

In the segment of "The Tell-Tale Heart," the stage manager angrily told the actors that someone was scurrying across the catwalks. Doing so was forbidden during a performance.

The assistant stage manager did not find answers from the performers, and everyone in the theater was accounted for.

Cook noted that it would be hard for anyone to reach the catwalk in the first place as it had very few access points, and all were watched.

To this day, the performer believes that the girl probably wasn't there to scare them but just wanted to tell them to break a leg. You can learn more about Christine's story on American Theater's post.

Bishop Arts Theater Center, Dallas

Bishop Arts Theater Center, like the MCT, also had a rogue elevator. On many occasions, people in the theater would hear the familiar sound of someone pushing the elevator button.

At the worst time, even during performances, when the audience was at the edge of their seats. It was a certain mood-killer to any dramatic moment.

The theater asked its ushers to minimize the audience's use of the elevators once shows start, and the ushers obliged. But the noise from the elevator still came in the middle of performances.

Executive artistic director Teresa Coleman Wash would, on multiple occasions, find no one near the elevators. Wash also felt a shadowy presence when working alone.

"We decided to fight fire with fire and began practicing sage smudging on the regular. I refuse to be intimidated in my own house," she said. Did the intimidation work? Wash claimed it did. 

The Silent Movie Theatre, California

Moving on to movie theaters, we have this Los Angeles place dedicated to silent films.

Founded by a man named John Hampton, this theater holds some grim stories of its own, said The Line Up. Hampton had cancer from the toxins used in preserving films and died in 1990.

Following Hampton's footsteps, new proprietor Lawrence Austin thought the theater had seen the end of a dark story. But he was wrong. 

In 1997, he was shot to death by a hitman in the theater's own lobby. The theater is known today as the Cinefamily, a movie house for weird and wonderful films.

It is said that Hampton haunted the upstairs while Austin stomped around in the lobby. But in 2017, the theater permanently shut down after a sexual harassment scandal, reported the Variety. 

Grauman's Chinese Theatre, California

While Grauman has earned fame for the hand- and footprints of Hollywood's finest, it is said to have a "real" claim to fame that lies in folklore.

Victor Killian, a one-eyed performer who was known as a character actor in the 30s and 40s, was put on the blacklist by movie studios during the 50s. After falling on hard times, Killian died from being beaten to death by robbers.

Stories say that he still roams the theater's open space, looking for the ones that killed him.

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