Ghosties in Crowley Landmarks?

The Advertiser is given a tour Friday of Crowley City Hall. The building--formerly Crowley Motor Co.--also houses a Ford automotive and J.D. Miller Music museum. Ghost hunters will visit City Hall and the Rice Theater Saturday night to search for paranormal activity. 
By Leslie Westbrook
June 15, 2012

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CROWLEY – After June 16, those watching a show at Crowley’s Historic Rice Theatre or visiting City Hall may be a bit more curious as to each building’s history or the people who have previously performed in or occupied them. That’s because a group called Louisiana Spirits will be spending that Saturday night at each building testing for paranormal activity. In short, they will be checking to see if either place is haunted.

“We will be in both places that Saturday doing an investigation,” said Elissa Lehnardt who works with the group. “It should be great fun.”

According to Lehnardt, neither place as far as she knows has a reputation for being haunted. However, due to the age of both buildings and their histories both are considered very promising places where ghosts would reside.

“I personally haven’t heard anything about activity in either place but any place where something emotional has happened or where music is part of a building’s history is where most of the activity we encounter takes place,” she said. “For example, prisons and hospitals are very emotional places and we’ve found plenty of activity there.”

While the Rice Theatre is obviously an old building where plenty of music has been played, some people may not realize that Crowley’s City Hall building was formerly the music studio of renowned local music producer J.D. Miller.

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