{"id":622,"date":"2020-10-11T23:08:34","date_gmt":"2020-10-12T03:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/?p=622"},"modified":"2020-10-23T16:40:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-23T20:40:55","slug":"the-alhambra-ghost-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/the-alhambra-ghost-story\/","title":{"rendered":"The Alhambra Ghost Story"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"622\" class=\"elementor elementor-622\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e9ecdcc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e9ecdcc\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efe7152\" data-id=\"efe7152\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2fc9a96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"2fc9a96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-image{text-align:center}.elementor-widget-image a{display:inline-block}.elementor-widget-image a img[src$=\".svg\"]{width:48px}.elementor-widget-image img{vertical-align:middle;display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"1498\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ghostlight.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-624\" alt=\"A single light lit in the theater\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ghostlight.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ghostlight-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ghostlight-684x1024.jpg 684w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/ghostlight-768x1150.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-66 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-92a6485\" data-id=\"92a6485\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-42d77ee elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"42d77ee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-heading-title{padding:0;margin:0;line-height:1}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title[class*=elementor-size-]>a{color:inherit;font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-small{font-size:15px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-medium{font-size:19px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-large{font-size:29px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xl{font-size:39px}.elementor-widget-heading .elementor-heading-title.elementor-size-xxl{font-size:59px}<\/style><p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">After the customers are gone, after the cast and waitstaff has left, when the doors are locked and the lights are out - the Alhambra gives an air of being empty. It\u2019s quiet and dark, and after an evening full of lights and fun, it can seem a little eerie. But if you were to wander through the halls, maybe carefully amble through the theater, you might soon realize that you are not alone. Yes, it is possible that you could come across the infamous, Alhambra ghost. <br><br>It\u2019s a common belief that every theater is haunted. Usually, the stories involve an actor who had a tragic accident; or a performer\u2019s love triangle gone awry, or a disgruntled crew member bent on retribution. But here, in our historic home away from home, our ghosts are believed to be employees who loved this theater so much, they can\u2019t bring themselves to leave.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7c2ad72 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7c2ad72\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-76fdd0b\" data-id=\"76fdd0b\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e3bd700 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e3bd700\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">\u201cIt's a common belief that every theater is haunted.\u201d<\/h2>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b29215b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b29215b\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4ede2ed\" data-id=\"4ede2ed\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08c5f6e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"08c5f6e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">One such ghost is thought to be a hard-working handyman who kept the theater in running order in the early 1970s. He and his wife, who worked alongside him as a housekeeper, worked nearly every night for many years. One night she walked backstage to ask him a question, and there, in one of the dressing rooms, she found him on the floor, the victim of a heart attack. She continued to work here for years, and often said that she felt he was still with her. We all firmly believe that the shadowy figure of a man that has been seen down that hallway is that of her husband. The wife passed away in the early 90\u2019s, and it has been speculated that she joined her husband at the workplace they so loved, as a woman\u2019s figure has also been seen onstage merging with the shadows of the ghost-light. To this day, they are still seen wandering backstage and through the halls of Alhambra. The husband has even been photographed backstage, watching the show.<\/p>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-520ea57\" data-id=\"520ea57\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-917677a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"917677a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.19.0 - 07-02-2024 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>The other Alhambra specter is Mr. Henry, another of our beloved former employees. After Mr. Henry passed away in the mid-90s, stories have circulated of furniture being moved and sounds coming from empty rooms. <\/p><p>One story recalls one of our staff entering the waiters&#8217; break room and having the door open for her to enter, then closed behind her, with no one else in the building. <\/p><p>Other stories report hearing a man\u2019s footsteps walking around the otherwise empty library. The box office staff will tell you that several times they\u2019ve heard someone sit down in Craig\u2019s chair in his office, only to find there is no one there at all.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9ce870 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9ce870\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4075b3c\" data-id=\"4075b3c\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fd45be9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fd45be9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.alhambrajax.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medium-in-the-raw-ghost-blog-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-626\" alt=\"The Local Haunts team investigating a disturbance\" srcset=\"https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medium-in-the-raw-ghost-blog-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medium-in-the-raw-ghost-blog-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medium-in-the-raw-ghost-blog-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/alhambra.wpenginepowered.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/medium-in-the-raw-ghost-blog.jpg 1371w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-780734d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"780734d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2014, the television show, Local Haunts came in to investigate the ghost claims. They not only confirmed the three ghosts we were aware of, but told us we had several more. Whether we have three ghosts or twenty, we\u2019re glad that they still love this theater as much as we do &#8211; and that they seem to be friendly!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After the customers are gone, after the cast and waitstaff has left, when the doors are locked and the lights are out &#8211; the Alhambra gives an air of being empty. It\u2019s quiet and dark, and after an evening full of lights and fun, it can seem a little eerie. 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