THE STORY
Reported Haunting
Originally opened as the Hollywood Playhouse in 1927, the Avalon has long been associated with unexplained paranormal activity. Staff and performers have reported shadow figures, disembodied voices, and mysterious footsteps echoing through the historic theater after closing. Some believe former actors and patrons still linger in the building, making it one of Hollywood's best-known haunted entertainment venues.
Avalon Hollywood, a former theater built in 1927, has also been called the Hollywood Playhouse and the Palace Theater over the years. It once featured Fanny Brice’s radio show, the Baby Snooks Radio Show and Ken Murray’s Blackouts Theater Revue, then became one of the earliest TV studios housing the likes of This is Your Life and The Lawrence Welk Show. It is now a night club as well as a TV studio, and employees have had many encounters with several ghosts, including a piano player, a friendly woman who wears perfume, and a gentleman wearing a tuxedo.