Hank Williams

Hank Williams is the Ryman's greatest ghost — reported backstage and in the alley behind the Mother Church, the Opry legend who legend says still takes the stage he made famous. The building was a tabernacle before it was a stage; its performers' spirits are part of its tradition. Theatres collect ghosts the way they collect curtain calls, and Ryman Auditorium in Nashville, Tennessee has taken its bows. Sources including 'Ryman Auditorium' keep the claim in circulation. The named presence is what turns a haunting into a household.