History & local legend
Lancaster’s Fulton Theatre preserves several ghost stories of its own, including one about an unexpected member of the audience. During a performance, a spotlight operator noticed an elderly man sitting in the gallery, an area then closed to ordinary spectators.
At intermission, she asked whether he had permission to be there. He pointed out a young actress from the first act and explained that she was his granddaughter. By the end of the show, he had gone. When the operator later spoke to the actress, the young woman said both her grandfathers were dead and neither had ever seen her perform.
The theater’s other stories include a woman in white near a spiral staircase and a man who asked a carpenter for a cigarette before disappearing. Employees have also described unexplained whistling and applause backstage.
