We’ve all been unsettled by chilling stories of hauntings and the unquiet dead, those spirits who refuse to rest and instead remain to take part in the lives of the living. We’ve read the tales, seen the movies, and occasionally we lean close to hear of someone’s personal experience with a ghost. Especially when that someone lives next door. Discover eerie legends and uncanny firsthand accounts of the ghostly and supernatural in a neighborhood perhaps just like yours, where residents of a quiet bedroom community come home nightly to unseen footsteps; resign themselves to objects mysteriously moving, disappearing, and reappearing; live with lurking, spectral figures; and otherwise share their homes with the ghostly and supernatural. Webster Groves, Missouri is one of the early suburbs of St. Louis, a place with a history that extends back to Colonial times and reaches across the Civil War right through to today. Some who lived that history have evidently remained…
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“David was Master Electrician for the Rep and worked regularly in the theatre. Amongst other things he did, he ran the Backstage Club when he was on campus. One year—I think it was 1982, while we were in tech rehearsal for a Rep production of Tartuffe—David had come to rehearsal after the end of the Muny* season, where he had just done the end-of-season strike. He came almost directly to our tech rehearsal and he wasn’t feeling all that well. So he left the students on the light board that afternoon and went to take a nap.
“He never woke up from that nap.
“He was up on the catwalk when that shockingly occurred. But I’m pretty well convinced, from a variety of elements, that David never left the building. There’s never been an actual sighting of him—”
Somehow fitting for a backstage crew guy.
“—But there are two things David is protective of: the focus of the lights and their operation, and the inherent safety of the students.
“He apparently has gone around and checked and the improved on the lighting for shows—the focus and the arrangement of the lighting. We know there have been adjustments made, improvements. The lights weren’t moved, but they were aimed differently, and nobody would own up to the tinkering. It always happens late at night, and can only be attributed to David.”
Peter considered a moment, then continued, “There are also three instances I can think of where a student on the catwalk lost their balance and felt that they were about to fall, but was then miraculously pulled back and saved from a dangerous drop. Each one said they felt a hand grab a shoulder or belt and pull them back. There’s a feeling that David is around to help protect students and provide that kind of safety up on the catwalks
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Author review: Luisa is a professional and easy to work with, and I would without hesitation recommend her as a translator for any project. Knowledgeable, patient and attentive, she is quick-working and creative, yet always open to ideas and feedback. When I complete my follow-up to “Haunted Webster Groves”, I would enjoy working with her again as translator for it. |
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