85 East 4th Street is a location familiar to ghosthunters and scientists of the paranormal . Its history is riddled with murders and horrible deaths which began even before the present building was erected a hundred years ago.   Sightings of ethereal beings and strange noises,  unexplainable occurences, foul smells and cold spots have made this location one of the most haunted in all of America.   Now it is home to the Kraine Theater, The Red Room, the KGB Bar and Horsetrade Productions.  Join us as we plan to uncover its gruesome past and maybe even speak to some of the troubled spirits who still reside there.

85 East 4th Street today.

How many troubled spirits

still haunt this place?

The famous 1949 photo of  the main staircase capturing a strange apparition which has been seen many times over the decades.   Is this Mrs. Conroy, the builder's wife, who hanged herself on the premises in 1908 shortly after their only son died in a fall down these stairs?  Is it the son?  Or, perhaps, it is the spirit of Frances Green, a prostitute murdered in 1928 in Lucky Luciano's Palm Casino speakeasy on the second floor? Or, is it someone else?

On the second floor landing stands a 7ft ornate mirror.  No one knows its origin.  Some say that the Communists who later inhabited the building brought it from Czarist Russia.   Patrons of the KGB Bar often claim to see a dark figure staring back at them with red eyes. Last year, a woman ran out screaming that she had seen the devil in the mirror.   Had she one too many cocktails at the bar?

In Nov 1964, Dr.Arnold Pemberton of the NY Society for Paranormal Research was mysteriously hurled three flights down the long stairs to the marble lobby below.  His body hit the floor with such force, the cracks in the tiles can still be seen. He remained physically unharmed...but his hair turned completely white! 

Behind this door, in 1919, a retarded immigrant, Rebecca Mittlebaum, murdered her rapist by nearly decapitating him.   Several documented sightings have been reported of a headless man lurking in the shadows.

In the 1920s, THE GREAT ALEXANDER, a well known Vaudevillian,  held weekly seances in his apartment on the top floor.  On one memorable night, he contacted a restless spirit that terrified even the great mystic.

THESE ARE ONLY A FEW OF THE TERRIFYING CHARACTERS AND INCIDENTS WE'LL UNCOVER IN RADIOTHEATRE'S

NEW LIVE STAGE PRODUCTION

OF

THE HAUNTING

OF 85 EAST 4th STREET 

DON'T MISS IT!

On June 11, 1912, a male prostitute known as TOBY was found on the front stoop in a deep shock and covered in blood...while clutching a man's severed hand!

WE'RE NOT  KIDDING

FRANK CONROY, the builder and

original owner of 85 East 4th Street. The 9th Precinct files document over 43 sightings of Frank in the streets over the years.

The original wooden tenement at

85 East 4th Street collapsed in 1882

killing 31 Italian immigrants illegally

jammed into its stinking carcass.  For

the next 20 years, the lot stood vacant,

believed to be cursed.

JULY 31, 1910...100 yrs ago, Herman Liebowitz, a textile worker, crossed the picket line to work as a scab.  At a heated union meeting in 85 E 4th Street

he came to apologize.  In return, he was clubbed to death and his body thrown into the street.