The Warner Theater

Opened in 1931 as a Warner Brothers movie palace seating 1,772 people, this Art Deco theater is a well-preserved example of architect Thomas W. Lamb's work. Its resident ghost is most often called "Murph," said to have been a homeless man who died falling down a staircase into the basement while trying to find shelter for the night — though other, more specific accounts identify him instead as E. Frost Knapp, a patron who died in a fall at the theater in 1934 while attending a show with his wife. Performers report cold drafts in the middle of summer and figures seen on the balcony only during rehearsals; staff describe lights switching on and off on their own, and a heavy control lever — normally requiring two or three people to pull — that has been seen to throw itself.