Redondo Union High School auditorium

California · United States · School

Jake died in this California auditorium in the 1940s. Students describe his footsteps going up the wall.

The auditorium at Redondo Union High School in Redondo Beach, California is associated with a figure students call Jake, who died there in the 1940s.

The detail everyone repeats is the footsteps, and specifically that they go up the wall rather than across the floor.

Other reports are more ordinary: loud knocking on walls when there is nobody on the other side, lights switching on and off, and both sightings and sounds around the staircase leading up to the sound booth.

The sound booth stair comes up in a remarkable number of American school theatre accounts, for the practical reason that it is where one student sits alone, above and behind everyone else, for the whole of a rehearsal.

The school is in use and the auditorium is a working performance space.

FAQ

Where is Redondo Union High School auditorium located?

Redondo Union High School auditorium is in California, United States.

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