Night at the Twin City Opera House - McConnelsville, Ohio: June 12, 2010 Night at the Twin City Opera House June 12, 2010 -- 10:00 PM to 4:00 AM 15 West Main Street McConnelsville, Ohio Click Here for Reservations to this Event! Opened in May 1892 with a performance of Gilbert and Sullivan's "Mikado", the Twin City Opera house has seen more than its share of history over the years -- and many believe is now home to more than its share of ghosts! During its time as one of the leading opera houses in the region, the theater played host to scores of musical productions and acclaimed speakers, including fiery evangelist Bill Sunday and William Jennings Bryan. Its massive stage, balconies and basement have hidden many secrets over the years, although perhaps none as mysterious as the underground tunnels that exist below the building. For generations, the story has been told that the tunnels were used to hide slaves on the Underground Railroad in the building that previously stood on the site of the opera house.  After the theater was constructed, the tunnel leading across Main Street (then Center Street) to the Kennebec Hotel was used by performers in traveling to and from their rooms.  Now, only the entrance is visible.  The tunnel was filled in during the 1930s, out of a concern that the increasingly heavy traffic would cause a collapse. In 1913, the theater was outfitted with a permanent system for showing silent films, ushering in a new era in the opera house's history. The first sound pictures came to the Opera House in 1930, using the RCA photophone system, but true "talkies" did not arrive in McConnelsville until 1936, when the theater closed its doors for the first time in its history to install sound projectors and a new projection booth and to renovate the auditorium.  The theater continues to screen recently released films, as it has done nearly every weekend since 1936.  The Opera House has many secrets, and is reluctant to give them up.  In the late 1980s, while doing electrical renovations, workers discovered a hidden stairway leading from the second floor mezzanine to the village offices on the first floor below.  How long that stairway had been hidden is uncertain. There was no indication that it existed before its 1980s discovery, and no one in the village could recall any mention of it. Perhaps most intriguing, though, are the myriad of ghosts that are believed to still walk the stage and corridors of the opera house. One of them, the legendary "woman in white" has been a fixture at the theater for more than 40 years! American Ghost Society reps -- the Central Ohio Ghost Squad -- call the Twin City Opera House "the most haunted location in the state of Ohio!" Now, join American Hauntings Guides Chris & Angela Settles for an eerie ghost hunt at one of Ohio's most haunted spots -- the Twin City Opera House. Spend the night looking for the ghosts of this historic -- and very haunted -- theater with a limited number of ghost hunters during a private ghost hunt. Find out if the place is really as haunted as so many people claim and perhaps come face to face with one of the former patrons of the opera house! The evening will include a historic tour of the theater, followed by a ghost hunt at a place that has been called one of the most haunted in the state. The Twin City Opera House haunting experience begins at 10:00 p.m. on June 12 and continues until 4:00 a.m. -- or until the last guests go screaming from the theater! $50 per Person for this PRIVATE American Hauntings Event!