Egyptian Theatre

The Egyptian Theatre opened in downtown Boise in 1927, built in the ornate Egyptian Revival style popularized after the discovery of King Tut's tomb five years earlier. The theater is said to be haunted by "Joe," a longtime projectionist during the building's Fox and Ada eras who died of a heart attack on the stairs to the projection booth in the 1950s and is said to have never left. Staff and visitors report unexplained aromas, disembodied laughter, phantom touches, flickering lights, and doors that open and close on their own. Some also describe a second, gentler presence — a woman in 1920s dress, thought to have worked in theater management in its early years, seen walking the halls. The theater was featured on the Travel Channel's Ghost Stories in 2009.