About This Location
Tarrytown Music Hall, built in 1885, has served the Hudson Valley's cultural needs for over 130 years. Famous Hudson Valley families like the Rockefellers, Goulds, and Vanderbilts patronized this venue, which hosted presidential speeches and women's suffrage rallies. The Queen Anne-style building is an official site on New York's Haunted History Trail and the oldest operating theater in Westchester County.
The Ghost Story
The music hall has consistently shown paranormal activity over the decades. Staff and performers report sudden cold spots, lights flickering without electrical explanation, and the feeling of being watched from empty balcony seats. Some have seen shadowy figures in period clothing moving through the audience during performances. Backstage, objects move on their own, doors open and close, and footsteps echo when no one is there. The spirits seem to be former patrons who loved the arts so much they never left. Paranormal investigators have recorded EVPs of voices speaking in formal, old-fashioned language.