THE STORY
Reported Haunting
The Mantorville Opera House is widely regarded as one of Minnesota's most haunted theaters. Performers and visitors have reported apparitions, phantom footsteps, mysterious voices, and unexplained activity backstage and in the auditorium. Several former actors are believed to still haunt the historic opera house.
Built in 1918, the Mantorville Opera House building has been a club, a speakeasy, a silent movie house, a skating rink, a city hall and a civic center. It is believed to be haunted by several spirits, including former actors and entertainers and a woman who the staff nicknamed Ellen. Witnesses also have felt cold spots, seen lights turn on and off, heard the thump of cowboy boots in the second-floor hallway, and described an uneasy feeling of being watched in the basement, among other eerie occurrences.