Curwensville auditorium

Pennsylvania · United States · Execution site

An old man is seen reflected in pictures and windows during late theatre rehearsals. He is said to have fallen from the scaffolding while the hall was.

During late night rehearsals in the auditorium at Curwensville, Pennsylvania, people see an old man reflected in the glass of pictures and in the windows, with nobody behind them.

His shadow is reported in the lighting box.

He is understood to be one of the men who worked on the building, who fell from the scaffolding onto the floor below while it was under construction.

That is a plausible thing to have happened. Construction of public buildings in small Pennsylvania towns in the early and middle twentieth century was done without much in the way of fall protection, and school and church records from the period carry a steady toll of exactly this kind of accident.

Whether this particular death occurred has not been established, and a local newspaper archive would settle it.

The reflection detail is worth noting: he is not seen directly, only in glass, which is a consistent pattern across accounts from this building.

The school is in use.

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Where is Curwensville auditorium located?

Curwensville auditorium is in Pennsylvania, United States.