Merman's Ghost
Merman's Ghost
#0Merman's Ghost
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:10pmI've been dying to ask this on the board for a while, so I will. I remember reading that Ethel Merman's ghost haunts The Imperial Theatre. Is this true and can someone elaborate?
#1re: Merman's Ghost
Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:16pmapparently she's looking for a giant W, with money buried underneath
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#3re: Merman's Ghost
Posted: 6/21/06 at 4:46pmI believe it. When I saw Les Mis there, the actress playing Eponine tried to belt "On My Own". I think the Merm possessed her.
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#5re: Merman's Ghost
Posted: 6/21/06 at 9:48pm
"Too late... Dick Tracy's ghost got it all"
Um, as far as I can remember, Dick Tracy wasn't in the movie "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Word".
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#6re: Merman's Ghost
Posted: 6/21/06 at 9:56pm
I actually feel bad. I don't know the story, but yes, I have heard that, and I'm sorry, jv92, that everyone thinks it's a joke and won't bother being helpful and recounting the legend. Can somebody actually help out and elaborate on the supposed legend (i.e. any weird happenings, etc.)?
I personally/obviously don't believe, but these sort of creepy things are just so dang cool. 
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#7re: Merman's Ghost
Posted: 6/21/06 at 11:26pmThat was a Big W, and it was Spencer Tracy.
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#10re: Merman's Ghost
Posted: 6/22/06 at 9:46am
Never heard this one, but all of these theatre hauntings are fascinating! I believe Chuck Wagner, or w/e was in Dracula as the standby, is publishing, or has published, a book on this subject.
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