The Haunted Grand

So tonight was the night some of the IndyKnow team members "spent the night" inside The Grand movie theater. I put 'Spent the night' in quotes because in actuality we couldn't do the entire night because of time constraints and the fact we all had to work the next day. But we were along inside the Grand for a few hours at night and we explored, trying to see if it was really haunted.

This shot is of an area behind the screen in the theater. Some old chairs and scary steps lead to an old boiler/coal room that was pretty freaky.

But we had a lot of fun poking around the place. Allegedly, the place is haunted by an old janitor, and possibly by the ghost of Grand Island legend Wally Kemp. We spent some time in his old office in the basement trying to feel if the room gave off a creepy vibe. We also spent some time in the theater just sitting at the top of the house looking down to the stage area because reportedly a ghostly janitor was seen pushing his mop across it by a woman who used to manage the theater.

Finally we made our way in the dark down to the basement storage areas, told ghost stories, talked about how the place made us feel and showing off our dirty joke repertoires.

A fun night. This Friday we'll have video and audio from tonight on IndyKnow.