Merman's Ghost

[jv92]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:10pm

I'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?

[Elphaba]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 2:16pm

apparently she's looking for a giant W, with money buried underneath

[TicketMediaGuy]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 4:43pm

Too late... Dick Tracy's ghost got it all.

[Gothampc]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 4:46pm

I believe it. When I saw Les Mis there, the actress playing Eponine tried to belt "On My Own". I think the Merm possessed her.

[Blanche]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 6:47pm

Elphaba...too funny. :)

[RuprechtJr.]

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".

[thevolleyballer]

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.

[shatteredheart]

Posted: 6/21/06 at 11:26pm

That was a Big W, and it was Spencer Tracy.

[alterego]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 9:25am

Spencer Tracy. How soon they forget.

[sondwisenheimer]

Posted: 6/22/06 at 9:28am

Ah, Dick Tracy and Audrey Hepburn. What a team.

[WickedGeek28]

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.