Sterling Opera House
Derby, Connecticut, United States
Theater · local-legend
The Story
Haunted Places records shadow figures inside Derby’s old opera house, alongside child-sized handprints that appear unexpectedly. Other reports describe Victorian-looking people and unexplained lights in photographs. The former performance venue later housed municipal offices; its lingering figures and photographic anomalies brought it to the television series Ghost Hunters.
The Hauntings
Haunted Places records shadow figures inside Derby’s old opera house, alongside child-sized handprints that appear unexpectedly. Other reports describe Victorian-looking people and unexplained lights in photographs. The former performance venue later housed municipal offices; its lingering figures and photographic anomalies brought it to the television series Ghost Hunters.
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Sources & further reading.
- Sterling Opera House | Haunted Places (visiting)
- Sterling Opera House | Haunted Places (reports)
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