Case file · Haunting
The boy of the KiMo Theatre
In 1951 a water heater in the lobby of Albuquerque's KiMo Theatre exploded and killed a six-year-old boy, Bobby Darnall; staff later began leaving doughnuts on a backstage pipe to keep his playful ghost from spoiling shows.
1951 CE · 35.08, -106.65 · status: legend
The sceptical view
The explosion is a local record; the custom is theatre lore.