The Farr Best Theater at 107 N. Main in Mansfield, TX had for most of its life been unencumbered by any rumors of spooky goings on. The movie house was built in 1917 by local magnate Milton Farr and remained a source of entertainment long after his death in 1975. Thereafter, some would say his ghost could be seen... Nope. Just kidding. Not at all. The theater was purchased by Charlotte Martin and operated as The Old Bijou Theater for the next five years. After a period of disuse, it was purchased by St. Lutheran's Church, which held services there regularly for nearly a decade. It wasn't until a local theater group purchased the property that ghostly reports began to surface. And still they seemed to have nothing to do with Milton Farr or any other person connected to the building. In fact, the reports seem to coincide with the donation of a bar pulled from an old Scottish pub by a man named Damon Steele that would serve as the theater's concession stand. Thereafter, lights would turn on and off of their own accord, and items left in one location would inexplicably show up later in an altogether different place. The staff has no idea who the ghost might be, but they've taken to calling him McDougal, an indication they believe he's a spooky Scottish import to this thoroughly Texas town.
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