The Shady Oak

Missouri · United States · Theatre

Film has been seen unwinding on the shelf. The lobby speaker came off its hook and was found fifteen feet away in the middle of the floor.

The accounts from this cinema in Clayton, Missouri concern objects rather than figures, and they are unusually concrete.

Film has been seen unwinding while sitting on the shelf.

The lobby speaker came off its hook and was found fifteen feet away in the middle of the floor.

Staff cleaning up after hours describe the sense of being watched.

The speaker is the one worth dwelling on. A distance is given, the object was found by somebody, and it is the sort of thing that would be remembered precisely because it made no sense at the time. Most reports in this archive cannot be checked against anything. This one at least describes a specific object ending up in a specific place.

A cinema is dark, sealed and acoustically dead, and the people alone in it are the projectionist and whoever locks up.

The building is a neighbourhood cinema.

FAQ

Where is The Shady Oak located?

The Shady Oak is in Missouri, United States.

More haunted places in Missouri

Accounts are drawn from local folklore and visitor reports.