The story is told of a janitor named Fred, a hard working no nonsense kind of guy who was a lifetime employee of the theater. One of his duties was to clean and reapir the rest rooms after the local high school dances that were held there were over. There was a constint flow of broken dispencers and days of painting over the graffiti and this always made him so angry.Then one day Fred died while doing his daily duties and after many, many years folks thought they had seen the last of old Fred. But Fred never left! The first sightings as far as we can tell, were less than a year after Fred died. His spirit is said to be the one today, who roams the back stage area of the theater turning lights off that have been left on and appearing to people from time to time. Also in the restrooms spooking young vandals. The Akron Civic Theater is a great place to go and see. It will amaze you, take my word on it you wont be sorry.
The theater was designed in 1929 by John Eberson and Thomas Lamb.Two of the foremost movie theater designers of the time, Their speciality was atmospheric theaters. The auditorium of Akron’s Loew’s Theatre (now the Civic Theater)was designed to resemble a night in a Moorish garden, with twinkling stars and drifting clouds traveling across the domed ceiling. Located on Main Street in beautiful Akron, Ohio the theater is said to be home to a ghost of a long ago employee.
The story is told of a janitor named Fred, a hard working no nonsense kind of guy who was a lifetime employee of the theater. One of his duties was to clean and reapir the rest rooms after the local high school dances that were held there were over. There was a constint flow of broken dispencers and days of painting over the graffiti and this always made him so angry.Then one day Fred died while doing his daily duties and after many, many years folks thought they had seen the last of old Fred. But Fred never left! The first sightings as far as we can tell, were less than a year after Fred died. His spirit is said to be the one today, who roams the back stage area of the theater turning lights off that have been left on and appearing to people from time to time. Also in the restrooms spooking young vandals. The Akron Civic Theater is a great place to go and see. It will amaze you, take my word on it you wont be sorry.
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AuthorMy name is Roger Wright, I am co-founder of Akron Paranormal Investigations, we have been investigationg claims of the paranormal since 2004 in Oh, Ky, & Pa. Archives
November 2012
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