There is a ghost at Kansas City’s Midland Theatre, and his name is Frank.
On Jan. 11, 1932, underneath the nearly full moon of the winter season, Frank was a janitor picking up after a show. He found a package on the balcony, picked it up and brought it down to the trash can. Unfortunately for Frank, that package was dynamite, and it exploded before he could throw it away.
According to the Kansas City Library, the bomb was placed because two unions were going at each other over which one had the right to play films in Kansas City. Three men were convicted of the crime and sentenced to life in prison…