The third and current season of Portals to Hell features at least three historical haunted places that have never before been investigated on national television. I say at least because we only know where they are heading eight episodes in to the season. There’s likely a second half with eight more episodes to come. For now, let’s have a look at these three previously never-before filmed haunts.
1. The Taylor Trask House
Built in 1829, the Taylor Trask House is said to be one of the most haunted houses in Plymouth, Massachusetts. No small task considering Plymouth was around 209 years old prior to the house being built.
Located at 31 North Street in Plymouth, the Taylor Trask house is filled with Victorian-era furnishings. Ghostly claims include lights flickering, weird sounds, and shadows that don’t belong to anyone. Dead of Night Ghost Tours, which does ghost tours at the building, claims the Trask house is no longer a museum because of the hauntings, making this place that much more enticing to visit.
You can watch Jack and Katrina’s investigation of the Taylor Trask House on episode 3 of Portals to Hell Season 3, now streaming on discovery+.
2. The Savannah Theatre
Built in 1818, the Savannah Theatre in Savannah, Georgia, is one of the oldest continuously operating theatres in the United States. Many talented performers have had shows there, including W.C. Fields, Julia Marlowe, Orson Welles and even baseball legend Ty Cobb, among others.
The theatre has suffered from three natural disasters, including two fires in 1906 and 1948 and a hurricane that hit Savannah in August 1898. The theatre is said to be haunted by at least three ghosts, all of whom are thought to have died there. First is Betty, an actress who is often seen behind the curtain in full dress ready to perform at a moment’s notice. Second is Ben, a child ghost said to cause mischief up on the balcony. Lastly there is the ghost they call “The Director,” who is often heard shouting at the actors, criticizing their performances.
According to Ghost City Tours, this theatre is so haunted that in 1895, the Savannah Police Dept. was called so often with reports of a ruckus inside, only to find nothing happening, that they stopped investigating it.
Jack and Katrina investigated this theatre on episode 4 of Portals to Hell Season 3, now streaming on discovery+.
The Malco Theatre
The Malco Theatre in Hot Springs, Arkansas is on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. The Maxwell Blade Theatre of Magic & Comedy currently calls the Malco home, as does a spirit or two.
The Malco was built around the remains of the former Princess Theatre, which burned to the ground on Christmas Eve 1934. They rebuilt it as the Princess Theatre and later sold it to the Malco Theatre group, which gives it its name today.
As the story goes, a woman disappeared the night of a show in the 1880s. Ever since then, people have heard disembodied screams emanating from the building. Objects are said to move on their own and the ghost of a woman was spotted in the basement.
You can watch Jack and Katrina explore the Malco Theatre when episode 7 of Portals to Hell season 3 airs on May 21 on Travel channel. It also starts streaming the same day on discovery+.
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I haven’t been to any of these. The Taylor Trask house sounds fascinating for its age as well as the (possible or probable) hauntings. Imagine, people lived there in the 1830s!
Really interesting locations in a variety of places across the U.S. Great job, Adam!