The Majestic Theatre

Michigan · United States · Theatre

Houdini performed his final show on this Woodward Avenue stage. Beneath the theatre is a bricked up hallway.

The Majestic on Woodward Avenue in Detroit is where Harry Houdini gave his last performance. He was already seriously ill and died in the city days later, on Halloween 1926.

Beneath the theatre is a basement, now reduced to a small room and a hallway that has been bricked up.

Staff and visitors have on several occasions seen someone coming up from that basement.

There is also an old mezzanine level that has been covered over.

Houses of this age accumulate sealed spaces as they are modernised, and a bricked up passage under a theatre is exactly the kind of thing that produces stories whether or not anything is behind it.

The complex operates as a music venue and bar, and the connection to Houdini is a matter of record rather than legend, which is rare on this map.

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Where is The Majestic Theatre located?

The Majestic Theatre is in Michigan, United States.