She began by giving a brief history of the theatre as they walked, which the teenagers found less than interesting. Then she told of the ghost trio and their interest was piqued. Three actors, possibly from the exciting days of the Civil War when Shakespearean plays were very popular, dressed in Edwardian costume, were known to haunt the balcony. Often during rehearsals, actors on stage would spot them, but whenever someone went up to investigate all they would find were three seats in the down position, while all the others in the balcony were folded up. This physical and very real evidence of the trio only served to heighten interest in the spectres.

Taty described them as friendly ghosts, devoted to the theatre, who sometimes helped out backstage. Once, she said, when set decorators were too exhausted to complete some painted scenery for a presentation taking place the next day, the decorators left to get some rest, and when they arrived early the next morning, mysteriously, the sets were completed.

On another occasion she had forgotten to prepare for a costume change of a female actress. The fancy dress had many tiny and intricate buttons that apparently were always left buttoned to preserve the costume’s shape and design. Taty had been so busy that she forgot to unbutton it and have it ready for the actress, who was at that moment making her stage exit for the change. When a breathless Taty got to the dressing room, seconds before the actress, the dress was already unbuttoned and lying on a chair. The actress had no idea it was not Taty’s fingers which had prepared the dress, but made her three-minute change with time to spare. When questioned later, not a living soul stepped forward to take credit for saving the play.

The boys were led all through the theatre, up and down the aisles, walking along the rows, up to the balcony, backstage, on stage-nothing. They were disappointed and fast becoming non-believers in the existence of spirits. While standing and talking out in the foyer near the conclusion of the tour, they happened to peer into the theatre through the open doors for another look when they became aware of "something" in one of the theatre seats about thirty feet away. "The apparition had no distinct form," Chris says, "it was more of a glowing light-but it was definitely a presence that we could feel as well as see."

They ran back inside to the stage. The thing had disappeared, but the boys were certain they had just experienced something from another dimension. It occurred to someone to check the balcony seats, so two of the boys ran up there, but found them all in the upright position. Taty had by then returned to the stage, wondering what the commotion was all about. She was on the stage with the other three boys, including Chris, when she thought it best to go to the balcony where she learned the other two had gone, more or less to check on them, as twilight was coming on and the theatre was growing dark.

As she began to walk up the aisle to the rear of the theatre, Chris, sitting on the stage, "realized a man was sitting there in the darkened theatre. I was not aware of when or how he arrived, but he was there, and just as she walked past him, the man stood up and followed Taty up the aisle. Sam Eckhardt and Tom Saks, two of my friends, saw him too, but Taty seemed oblivious to his presence. He wore a frock coat and knee boots in an Edwardian style and he was tall and slender." As Taty turned and went out of view, the spectral image disappeared.