>> THE GHOST LIGHT IS AN ICON I CAN IMAGE IN THEATER.
MOST THEATERS HAVE ONE AND IT STAYS LIT ALL NIGHT LONG.
>> THERE ARE VARIOUS REASONS.
ONE IS PURELY SAFETY.
>> EMILY SAYS THE GHOST LIGHT, LIGHTS THE STAGE SO NO ONE GETS
HURT.
>> THE HISTORICAL AND INTERESTING REASON IS SUE
SUPERSTITION.
ONE IS THE IDEA IS AFTER THE THEATER GOES DARK THAT GHOSTS
COME OUT.
THE GHOST LIGHT MAY WARD OFF THE GHOSTS.
>> SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT ACTORS AS A PROFESSION, THE PROFESSION
OF ACTING, DOESN'T ALLOW YOU TO GO TO HEAVEN.
YOU HAVE TO HANG AROUND.
THERE THE SPIRITS AND SOULS OF ACTORS WHO PASS LIVE IN THE
THEATER.
THE GHOST LIGHT IS THERE SO WHEN EVERYONE GOES HOME THEY CAN ACT
AT 2:30 IN THE MORNING.
>> TURNS OUT THERE ARE A LOT OF GHOSTS IN THE LOCAL THEATERS.
GARCIA HAS WORKED SECURITY AND WOULD ONLY AGREE TO TALK TO US
IN A DARK THEATER.
SHE IS OFTEN THE LAST PERSON IN THE GLOBE LOCKING UP.
>> IN CERTAIN POCKETS OF CERTAIN PLACES YOU FEEL A PRESENCE LIKE
SOMEONE IS WATCHING YOU THE WHOLE TIME.
>> GARCIA HAS HEARD NOISE THAT'S CAN'T BE EXPLAIN.
>> I WAS WRITING PAPER WORK AT 12 MID MIGHT CLOSING OUT THE
EVENING.
I HEAR A WOMAN'S LAUGHTER.
IT WAS A PLAYFUL YET CREEPY LAUGHTER.
>> GARCIA THOUGHT A ACTOR CAME BACK.
SHE CHECKED AND DIDN'T FIND ANYONE.
SHE WENT BACK TO WORK.
>> NEXT THING I KNOW I HEAR IT AGAIN.
THIS TIME IT BROUGHT GOOSE BUMPS TO ME.
I CAME ON STAGE AND THE STAGE WAS ICE COLD.
I AM GETTING GOOSE BUMPS NOW.
>> MOST TELLING THING TO ME IS IT'S SPOOK ELATE AT NIGHT.
YOU HEAR SOUNDS.
THINGS MOVE.
IT'S THE THING PEOPLE POINT TO AND SAY THERE MUST BE A GHOST.
THINK IT'S TRUE.
>> LIKE OTHER THEATERS IN TOWN SIGNET HAS UNEXPLAINABLE EVENTS.
>> IT'S SOMETHING ABOUT THE SPACE, A THEATER SPACE, A ENERGY
OF -- ENERGY THAT WILL MOVE THINGS, CHANGE THINGS, YOU SET
SOMETHING DOWN AND YOU FIND IT SOMEWHERE ELSE.
YOU WILL -- I PERSONALLY HAVE SEEN IN THIS THEATER, OLD TOWN
THEATER WHERE WE HAVE OUR HOME I SEE THINGS OUT OF THE CORNER OF
MY EYE.
THE MOVEMENT -- THE GRID.
I SAW SOMEONE WALKING ON THE GRID AND I LOOK UP AND THERE IS
NOTHING THERE.
>> SEAN MURRAY USE TO ABOUT AT AN OLD VAUDEVILLE THEATER
DOWNTOWN.
ONE NIGHT HE AND THREE OTHERS SAW A GHOST WAITING FOR AN
ACTRESS TO FINISH HER SOLO.
>> WE LOOKED OFF STAGE ONTO THE STAGE.
THE LADY WAS PERFORMING BY HERSELF FACING THE AUDIENCE.
RIGHT NEXT TO HER AND RIGHT BEHIND HER WAS A KIND OF A
SHADOW FIGURE MOCKING HER.
DOING HER MOVEMENTS WITH HER AND KIND OF MAKING FUN OF HER.
WE COULD, ALL FOUR OF US SAW IT.
>> I THINK THAT PART OF THE REASON THEATER PEOPLE ARE
SUPERSTITIOUS IS THERE IS A SENSE OF WHAT THEY DO IS
DANGEROUS, NOT PHYSICALLY AND BODILY HARM BUT THEY MIGHT --
THEY MAY HAVE STAGE FRIGHT ON STAGE AND MAY DROP A LINE, BE A
DISASTER, IT'S A LIVE SHOW.
WHATEVER THEY CAN DO TO POSSIBLY CONTROL THE ELEMENTS AND GET THE
SPIRITS ON THEIR SIDE THEY WILL TRY TO DO.
>> YOU'RE CREATING THINGS IN THE AIR WITH LIVE PERFORMANCE.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE CREATING A SHOW IN EVERYONE'S MIND.
WHEN THE SHOW IS GONE WHAT HAPPENS TO THAT ENERGY OF 200,
300, A THOUSAND PEOPLE COME TOGETHER IN A SPACE AND
EXPERIENCE SOMETHING TOGETHER.
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE ENERGY WHEN THE LIGHTS GO OUT AND IT'S OVER?
>> WE MAY NOT KNOW WHAT HAPPENS IN SAN DIEGO THEATERS LONG AFTER
THE CROWDS GO HOME.
BUT WE DO KNOW THAT ON STAGE A STING WILL LIGHT BULB KEEPS
BURNING THROUGH THE NIGHT.