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The Clapper

The Ghosts of Pepperdine: Taking a Look Behind the Scenes at Smothers Theatre’s Paranormal Activity

October 27, 2020 by Kaelin Mendez

Assistant Technical Director Stewart O’Rourke stands on the catwalk above Smothers Theatre on March 2 from where he believes a mysterious clapping originated one night in the late 1980s. When workers checked, there was no one there. Photos by Kaelin Mendez

Via Apple Podcasts | Via SoundCloud | Via Spotify Podcast by Kaelin Mendez Editor's Note: Kaelin Mendez was an employee at Smothers Theatre at the time of writing this article. When Stewart O’Rourke, now assistant technical director at Pepperdine's Smothers Theatre, worked backstage for Songfest in the late 1980s, he and his fellow workers heard clapping coming from … [Read more...] about The Ghosts of Pepperdine: Taking a Look Behind the Scenes at Smothers Theatre’s Paranormal Activity

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