Andrew Lloyd Webber Claims He Had To Call A Priest To Rid His Home Of A ‘Poltergeist’

Famed musical composer Andrew Lloyd Webber revealed that he believe that “poltergeists” have haunted him in both his home and theaters where his shows have been performed.

A poltergeist is often recognized as a spirit that physically affects its surroundings and is translated from German into “noisy ghost.”

Lloyd Webber claimed that he had a London home on Easton Square “which had a poltergeist,” he told The Telegraph.

He also stated that the spirit would take script papers and rearrange them in different rooms where they didn’t belong.

The composer of The Phantom of the Opera had a priest come in to bless the house and cast the spirit out. Webber said that the spirit left him and his house alone after that.

This isn’t the only creepy occurrence in the Broadway world. According to Playbill, there are at least nine other theaters that have had paranormal activities associated with them. Some of these haunted theaters include the Belasco Theater in New York City and the Brookside Theatre in Romford, U.K.

Another infamous theater is Broadway’s New Amsterdam Theater, which adopts the lore as tradition, featuring pictures of a chorus girl, Olive Thomas, who died in the 1920s. Each day, workers greet the ghost upon their arrival at the theater.

Although Lloyd Webber has never actually seen any ghosts, he has claimed to “feel their presence,” but after having his home blessed by a priest, he feels much more at ease.

Bad reviews, not ghosts, were blamed for the early closure of Lloyd Webber’s most recent Broadway show, Bad Cinderella, in December.