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Royalty Theater

Clearwater, Florida

The Royalty Theater was once an old vaudevillian movie house and since 1921, it has been plagued by paranormal activity. The theater’s apparition is nicknamed Captain. He is said to be a bearded, blue-eyed man in a blue coat and hat. Footsteps are heard moving across the stage when no one is present. On one stage wall, there is an image of a knife that simply will not go away–it has been covered by twenty coats of paint! Users of the theater do maintain, however, hat Captain is actually very friendly and does not harm anyone.

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Panelle says:

April 9, 2009, 9:19 am

Belleview biltmore hotel in Bellaire is haunted, The Don Cesar, Vinoy is too. So all of these places are just as haunted. you got to chek them out!!
The best time to go to these places is during Halloween when they give the tours. the biltmore will be closing soon for 3 yrs renovations but the haunts are still there, they will not go anywheres even if they move.I say when you get into the hotel go down to the old phone booths, they have a small staircase to the upper floors, they are a booth that has closed glass doors next door to the candy and sweet shoppe.that area is a hot spot. Also on the 13th floor yes there is a 13th floor in this hotel and on the 5th floor is very haunted, alot of kids died in a fire that was in the early 20;’s there . so their souls are up there, the maids quarters are on the 13th floor. but no one likes going up there. There are alot of secret rooms, floors that go nowheres, staircases to no place,under the floorboards to the lower level is the place they used to bring the booze in and food underground, go see that if you can.

Kayla says:

September 21, 2009, 9:00 pm

I took the time to read all of these comments on this website and what some people said was crazy,like that one person who said she saw the Captain.now that was freaky.I would love to visit some haunted places so please comment and say some of the huanted places you know.I will check this website every now and then so PLEASE comment soon.

Kayla says:

September 21, 2009, 9:10 pm

And any of the haunted places you know of kinda need to be in florida because thats the state i live in and i’m only 13 but i love paranormal shows like “A Haunting” and “The Othersiders” so please comment on the places in florida that you know of that are haunted and PLEASE comment really soon.

Lawrence says:

December 8, 2009, 7:13 pm

If footsteps are heard when no one is around… how are they heard?? The Theater is also under construction so it will be re-opened shortly!

Erin says:

August 31, 2010, 10:38 pm

I would be scared too my self if I was their but like you said,he’s friendly.I was wondering if I knew where was this place so I can check it out.I got a camcorder, so I can vidio the place.I like Haunted places.

Annabell says:

October 24, 2010, 2:42 pm

The Royalty Theater original name was the Capitol Theatre which opened in the early 20′s. I worked at the Capitol while it was own by ABC/Plitt Theatres and also worked there later when it was an independent. Yes, Al Capone did go to the theatre especially just prior to the St Valentine’s massacre to been seen. As for the ghosts – there are many there. In the dressing room under the stage on the west side that has the most eerie and evil presence. The rest of the dressing rooms area has many presences that curious but not threatening. The elderly small woman “ghost” that walks down the west side (right aisle) caring a blue bank bag is Ruth. She was the cashier there for many years. Like clock work she always took the money bag down the right aisle 10 minutes after closing the box office which usually closed at 10:00 PM.
I heard some people say they would see a man in the balcony. This could be the man who died in the balcony who I believe is the same ghost who for a time was seen by employees of Sunshine Mall 5 Theatres (at that time own by Cineplex Theatres) in the projection booth and the stairway. The employees’ description of the presence of a man wearing tan slacks, long sleeve blue shirt with a tie match what the one of the managers of Sunshine Mall Twin wore, Bill. Later this same manager co-owned the Capitol (an independent theatre) after Plitt Theatres sold it. Those employees never met Bill. I did, I work for Bill at the Sunshine Mall Twin and when he co-owned the Capitol.
I do not recall the stories of presences at the Carib Theatre which was located on Cleveland Street and or the stories of the Ritz Theatre – my Grandmother work at both.

kayla says:

October 15, 2011, 12:49 pm

i heared thare was a little girl sighted there too.

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