The Theater Built on a Massacre: The Fulton Theatre (Pennsylvania)
About this episode
The episode explores the haunted history of the Fulton Theatre, built on the site of a massacre of the Conestoga people.
Long before the curtain rose on one of America's oldest continuously operating theaters, the land beneath the Fulton Theatre ran red with blood. It was here, in 1763, that the last surviving members of the peaceful Conestoga people were slaughtered inside the walls of the Lancaster jail. Centuries later, actors, stagehands, and bartenders report phantom footsteps, ghostly applause, disembodied whistles, and apparitions wandering the galleries. Is the Fulton Theatre simply haunted—or are its ghosts keeping alive a history too painful to forget? Tonight, we uncover the tragic past and enduring legends of one of Pennsylvania's most haunted landmarks.
Topics covered
- haunted history
- theater
- ghost stories
- Conestoga people
- Pennsylvania landmarks
Keywords
- Fulton Theatre
- haunted
- Conestoga
- ghosts
- Pennsylvania
- theater history
- massacre
- phantom footsteps
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Lancaster jail
Places: Fulton Theatre, Pennsylvania, Conestoga
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