08/03/2025
š¬ The Forgotten Seat at Majestic Theatre | A True American Horror Story
š Detroit, Michigan ā Est. 1922
šÆļø Read to the very endā¦ or risk taking that cursed seat yourself.
The Majestic Theatre in Detroit was once the crown jewel of American cinemaāvelvet seats, golden chandeliers, and movie premieres that made headlines. In the 1930s, it was always packed. Local families would queue up for hours just to catch a screening of Dracula or Gone With the Wind.
But one seatāRow E, Seat 13āwas always left empty.
Back then, nobody dared sit there. The ushers whispered stories about a man who died watching a film in that very seat in 1929. Heart attack, they saidā¦ but rumors always hinted at more. Something unnatural.
In 1974, the seat was removed during renovationābut the new chair placed there kept breaking. No matter how many times it was repaired, the bolts would rust, the cushion would split, and every few months someone would claim they felt ācold handsā around their neck while sitting there.
Still, the theater kept runningā¦ until 2002.
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Thatās when Jenna showed up.
She was a film student from NYU working on her thesis: āHaunted Architecture in American Cinemas.ā
The Majestic Theatre was her final location.
She spent three nights alone in the buildingārecording, documenting, and filming at night. Security gave her access to the entire structure.
Her footage, later found on her camera, is now considered one of the most disturbing unsolved archives in internet horror circles.
Hereās what the final recording captured:
š Night 3 ā 2:16 AM
Jenna sets up a camera aimed directly at Row E. She narrates into her mic:
> āThey say you can hear him whispering when the reel flickers.ā
Suddenly, the camera pans sharply left, though Jenna doesnāt touch it. The footage flickers.
From the back of the theater, a voice whispers:
> āThat seat is taken.ā
Jennaās breathing quickens. She calls out:
> āWho's there?ā
Thereās no reply. But every speaker in the theater starts to humāan unrecognizable static sound, like someone trying to speak through radio interference.
She turns the flashlight toward Row E.
Seat 13 is no longer empty.
Thereās a figure sitting thereāa man in a 1920s tuxedo, soaked as if pulled from water, face pale and jaw hanging loose.
She drops the camera. It lands sideways, still recording.
In the final 11 seconds of the clip, Jenna can be heard whispering:
> āPleaseā¦ Iām sorryā¦ I didnāt mean to sitā¦ā
Thenāscreaming. Deafening, distorted.
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The police found her car outside, lights on. Purse on the seat. Her backpack and notebooks still in the projection booth. But no sign of Jenna.
Whatās worseāRow E, Seat 13ā¦ was removed during renovations in 1987. But on the night of her disappearance, security photos captured a seat where there shouldnāt have been one.
And in it? A woman sitting with her head down. Face unseen.
It wasn't Jenna.
The footage, deemed āglitchyā by police, was never officially released. But a leaked copy surfaced on Reddit in 2016. Itās since been removedāevery upload vanishes within hours.
Locals say if you visit the theater during the last showing of the night, Row E Seat 13 appears again. Just for a moment.
And sometimesā¦
You can still hear her say:
> āIs this seat taken?ā
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