Former St. Peter Cathedral Center

History & local legend

In 1984, Lita T. was a first grader at St. Peter's Cathedral Center in Erie. Her music teacher, Mr. Martone, rewarded the class for learning classical music by playing Ghostbusters on the piano. In a recollection published in May 2013, she described an unusual sequence during those basement lessons.

Because their singing disturbed classes upstairs, Martone closed the door. It repeatedly opened when he resumed playing, then slammed if he ignored it. On one occasion, Lita remembered a chill and flickering lights as the children continued singing. At the loudest part of the chorus, a fluorescent fixture burst and fell, leaving the room dark. Nobody was injured.

About twenty years later, Lita visited her former teacher. He found the worn sheet music and played the song for her again.