Three ghosts Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
KSTP reported in 2026 that Heather Rand-McKay of the theater said ghost hunters claim to have been grabbed, scratched and touched and to have seen full-body apparitions, and that "the lore is that three ghosts inhabit the theater." Source: KSTP, 2026.
Facts below are drawn from the linked sources.
Real history
The theater was built in 1922 for silent films and live shows (KSTP, 2026) and was one of St. Paul's first to show talkies. It closed in July 1967 and served as a warehouse; owner George Hardenbergh donated it to Portage for Youth in 2001, and it reopened after renovation in October 2003 (Mounds Theatre).
Ghost stories
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A girl, a man and an usher Our creepiness rating 💀💀💀💀💀
Visit Saint Paul wrote in 2022 that the theater is said to be haunted by a little girl, a man and a former usher. Source: Visit Saint Paul, 2022.
Visit Saint Paul wrote in 2022 that the theater is said to be haunted by a little girl, a man and a former usher. Source: Visit Saint Paul, 2022.
Then and now
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Public access
Open to the public The theater offers tours, including for those who "want to hunt for our well-known ghostly residents," by email request on its own site (Mounds Theatre). Last checked: Nov 1, 2026.
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