The Ghosts Who Haunt The Comedy Store

The Comedy Store in Los Angeles opened in 1972 and soon became a mecca for those hoping to break into the big time in standup comedy. The nightclub became famous for incubating the careers of some of the biggest comedians of the last 50 years. Of course, there have been plenty of comedians who graced the stage at The Comedy Store or else waited tables and never made it big. And some of them swear that the place is haunted.

Ghostly apparitions appeared early in The Comedy Store, and they are dressed in garb from the 1940s. Maybe that's because the building was not new in 1972. It had been a nightclub before, one run by the mob, with plenty of grisly stories to go with its reputation. The ghosts don't hurt anyone, but the stories can be pretty scary. And that's why no one wants to go down into the basement at The Comedy Store.