Haunted Archives
When autumn finds Tupelo, the Lyric Theatre darkens and the creaking ramps up.
The production evolves annually, with volunteer builders, performers, and crew renewing the nightmare with fresh scenes and pacing. On this page, you can take a peek into past haunts.
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TCT’s Haunted House – Invitation Magazine
Summary: For more than a dozen years in 2024, Steve Miller has transformed Tupelo’s Lyric Theatre into the town’s Haunted Theatre, despite disliking horror movies himself. After attending an early version he thought “too theatrical,”…
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Boo! TCT’s Haunted Theatre is set to scare guests silly – Daily Journal
Summary: Tupelo Community Theatre’s 16th annual Haunted Theatre, “Phantoxic,” in 2023 ran for the first time ever on Halloween night at the Lyric (201 N. Broadway). Directed by Steve Miller, the “pro haunt” featured 18…
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One of America’s Most-Haunted Theaters is in Tupelo, Mississippi – Our Mississippi Home
Summary: Tupelo’s Lyric Theatre – opened in 1912 as the Comus and converted to a movie house with its now-iconic marquee in 1931 – has long mixed showbiz lore (like Elvis’s rumored first kiss) with…
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Tupelo Community Theatre reprises Haunted Theatre after 3-year hiatus – Daily Journal
Summary: After a three-year pandemic hiatus, Tupelo Community Theatre revived its long-running Haunted Theatre at the Lyric in 2022. Shows ran Thursdays 7–10 p.m. and Fridays/Saturdays 7–11 p.m., with opening night on Oct. 20 designated…
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Some say an otherworldly spirit haunts a Mississippi theater – Columbus Dispatch
Summary: The Lyric Theatre in downtown Tupelo maintains a year-round spooky reputation anchored by the legend of “Antoine,” a mischievous spirit with no historical record but a habit of hiding keys, singing snippets, and teasing…
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Haunted history of Tupelo theatres may be more than patrons bargain for – MS News Group
Summary: While Tupelo is best known for Elvis Presley, locals also trade ghost stories – especially about the historic Lyric Theatre. After the 1936 F5 tornado, the Lyric served as a makeshift hospital where tools…
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Haunted Theater Makes Preparations for Halloween – WCBI
Summary: In 2017, Tupelo’s historic Lyric Theatre prepared for the 12th annual Haunted Theater by holding two actor-training workshops ahead of shows planned for the final three weekends in October. Directed by Steve Miller, the…
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Haunted Theatre Takes Visitors To The ‘Comus’ – WCBI
Summary: 2016’s Haunted Theatre at Tupelo’s Lyric Theatre centered on a doomed spacecraft, the “Comus,” a ship that had vanished in the 1960s and reappeared decades later. Under director Steve Miller, the 11th annual event…
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Event Celebrates The Legends Born Out Of The Lyric Theatre – AP News
Summary: The Lyric Theatre, home to Tupelo Community Theatre, has a storied past dating to 1912 when it opened as the Comus vaudeville house and was converted into a movie theater in 1931, gaining its…