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The Purple Mask Theater is haunted by an unfortunate football player. During his last collegiate game, he took such a nasty hit that he was killed.
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The Purple Mask Theater is haunted by an unfortunate football player. During his last collegiate game, he took such a nasty hit that he was killed.
my music teacher told me about this guy. he said he’s not mean, but he just kind of tricks u. like he moves stuff around.
Comment by hottie | 10.31.2005 | 1:57 pm
how did he get such a nasty hit that he died all of a sutton or was he badly injured and died a few hours later
Comment by allen | 01.29.2006 | 7:31 pm
na i dont belive that story
Comment by kelly | 05.27.2006 | 3:52 pm
i wounder how long ago was this well email me and let me konw i belave in this storys cause they r real laters
Comment by stephanie | 06.8.2006 | 3:11 pm
i for a fact know this one is true my dad and all his brothers went to k-state, and one time we were in manhattan, my dad gave me a tour of the campus. he dident say a word when, we were walking on to the old football staduim, i got a serious case of goose bumps, i looked to the side and saw this gated off hallway and my dad told me that is were they rushed a football player that end up dieing of his injys. then a couple of months later they had all the chair set up for a concert and some guy walked into the room alone,and people herd a hudge eruption of chairs crashing all over, and when they went in there the guy was hudeled in the corner and wouldent talk when he recoverd, he told the story of some kind of goast or force, tossing all the chairs accross the room
and ever seince then it has been closed
Comment by Eli | 07.27.2006 | 2:43 pm
hello
Comment by angel | 08.9.2006 | 6:31 pm
Which building was/is the Purple Mask Theatre in? Is it the new Theatre in Nichols Gym? I don’t recall it being in McCain. Anybody remind me.
Comment by Wilk | 08.17.2006 | 5:47 pm
Whwn was this supposed to have happened?
Comment by Wilk | 08.17.2006 | 5:50 pm
can anyone tell me how far away manhattan is from wichita?
Comment by chris | 08.19.2006 | 12:55 pm
Wichita in less than 3 hours from KSU. I also know for a fact that this ghost story is true. The Purple Theatre is actually located in “Old Stadium” (the all limestone stadium on the corner of Anderson and Denison that is now a soccer field.) I had very good friend…who was also rather quiet and would NEVER lie, come back to our sorority house sheet white and in tears. Apparently she was walking through the stadium with her boyfriend when they both stopped as they heard a clicking sound coming down a hall. When they turned around, they saw the back of man in antique style football pads, clicking his kleets down the hall. This was the same hallway they rushed “Nick” the football player down in his last moments. He is said to haunt the stadium, which at one time had a Theatre in it called the Purple Mask. There are a ton more hauntings I personally know about at KSU if anyone is interested, I went there for 4 years.
Comment by Ellen | 08.21.2006 | 1:48 am
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Comment by Jazmine Martinez | 08.30.2006 | 10:16 pm
Here’s an elaboration of the story (I lived in Manhattan for 20 years, and my mom was a KSU professor). Nick’s parents were on their way to the game and were killed in a car wreck. Nick himself was injured on the football field and died soon after. Nick’s ghost paces the halls, waiting for the parents to arrive at the game. Crazy stuff.
Comment by Carl | 09.20.2006 | 2:06 am
Does anyone know of any other haunted locations at KState? I’ve heard about Pi Phi Polly which is about a girl who was either killed or murdered in the old Pi Beta Phi house (which is now Lambda Chi Alpha.) And I’ve heard the story about Gamma Phi Beta and the chicken nuggets and all that. Anything else exciting?
Comment by kristin | 09.26.2006 | 5:34 pm
I would like to hear move stories from Ellen….it’s been a while so I will check back. Always love to hear a good ghost story.
Comment by BlackSheep | 10.5.2006 | 3:49 pm
Does ne one know about ne hauntings around the JC area besides ft. riley?? I recently went to a house n got some pics.. the results are pretty interesting. I want to do some kind of research on the house so i can get my facts.
Comment by keys | 10.28.2006 | 11:10 pm
After a bit of historical research into this, there are elements of the story that are true, but many more that appear to be ‘embellished’ over time.
In the 1950s, there were two K-State football players who died. Bob Mayer, a junior fullback, died of polio. John M. Holden died after colliding with another player during a game of intramural football.
There is nothing that I can find, however, that tells of either of these players’ parents dying in a car accident while travelling to the game.
The Purple Masque is located under Memorial Stadium’s eastern stands.
Comment by JacinB | 12.20.2006 | 4:23 pm
well i am not for sure about that story it sounds kinda made up or something but who really knows maybe people should go there and play football or something and see what happens maybe it will play to.
Comment by Andria | 12.27.2006 | 6:46 pm
This actually is a true story. I have heard of a couple eyewitness accounts of “Nick”
Comment by Aaron | 06.18.2007 | 12:06 am
hey, i would love to hear some more ghosts stories also about k-state. email me please!
Comment by galena | 07.29.2007 | 12:51 pm
Memorial Stadium? Really???? I don’t believe this is true. First of all, my brother used to play lacrosse in Memorial Stadium for the three years that he attended KSU. Never once did he say anything to me, and usually he is the one in the family who both experiences these types of things (though not very many) and likes to talk about these sorts of things. He would be there both late at night and during the day, and never ever saw a thing.
Secondly, I have been in Memorial Stadium countless times myself, both attending lacrosse games and other times during my adventures at KSU. I have been in both sides of the stadium, both with family and by myself, and I have never gotten chills, or seen anything at all concerning ghostly happenings. The only relatively unsettling thing that I had seen there, and wasn’t so much unsettling as it is cute, was one really ticked off chihuahua. I don’t know what people have seen, but I really don’t think it is a ghost.
Comment by Jodan | 09.23.2007 | 5:46 pm
Wow. Those stories are pretty interesting. I have never heard anything about those. K-state. Wow crazy. I couldnt believe it. I would like to go back up there and visit and check things out now. Anyone else have any good stories?
Comment by georgia | 10.29.2007 | 3:55 pm
I attended K-State in the early ’70s and had a number of music classes in the east side of Memorial Stadium. Most of the profs who taught there heard strange noises, especially later in the day and on weekends. The stories have been around for quite some time. Personally, I never heard or saw anything strange, but did often feel like I was being watched while I waited for a class in the structure.
Comment by dennis | 10.30.2007 | 10:49 am
I’ve been going to Kansas State University for two years now and I’m a theater major. I’ve worked in the Purple Mask theater. And I myself have experienced odd activity. Things go missing, props get moved around, lights flicker on and off. I think that whatever haunts the Purple Mask is just a spirit that likes to mess with the living. A friendly poltergeist if you will. It is believed by the majority of students that the spirit is a ghost from a football player that died during a game. Whatever he or it is… it’s there.
Comment by maria | 01.8.2008 | 8:24 pm
wow that really freaks me out im supposed to be attending ksu in august and im kinda like wtf thats scary!!!!! Hey all i can say is im steering clear of the stadium!
Comment by jasmine | 03.11.2008 | 1:23 am
I work at KSU at the old stadium, the “Gated” hallways are the telecom dept’s area and the place is alarmed. I’ve been here at ksu for a year and a half and have not seen anything that would be counted as paranormal.
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