Ghost reports at Ford's Theatre

Ford's Theatre, the site of President Abraham Lincoln's assassination on April 14, 1865, has long been associated with reports of apparitions and unexplained phenomena by staff, actors, and visitors. Accounts of sightings and odd occurrences at the theatre and the adjacent Petersen House appear in newspapers, books, and oral histories about the site. These reports are part of the site's public lore and are treated as anecdotal and debated by historians and investigators.