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Mary Moody Northen Theatre

Knotted (undated)

A group of Theater Arts students left MMNT after a late-night rehearsal. One of the students, a freshman, realized that he'd left his cell phone on the stage and turned around to go back inside. Noting odd occurrences they'd heard about in the theater at night, several of the students offered to go with him. The freshman waved off any help and went back inside alone.

Walking onto the dimly lit stage, the freshman quickly found his cell phone on a nearby chair. As he turned to leave, an object struck him in the face and nearly knocked him to the ground. He flipped open his phone for some light and looked around. There was nothing at his feet or hanging down from above.

He ran outside and told his friends he'd been hit by something with the consistency of a baseball. One of his classmates laughed. "Dude, you got knotted." He explained how lots of students have claimed to have been hit in the face with what feels like a large knot on a rope.

Legend has it: Long ago, a disgruntled Theater Arts major hung himself on a rope from the overhead catwalk. When the theater is quiet, it is said that you can hear the creaking of the rope.

Source: Hans Christianson, SEU Magazine (Fall 2007)

Original Source: unattributed

"Everybody Knows"

MMNT is often considered by current and former students to be "one of the most haunted places" on campus, if not in all of Austin. There are numerous reports of items moving without explanation, noises with no identifiable source, and areas of the building where equipment is more likely to malfunction. Some believe the building is actually home to more than one spirit.

Source: unattributed