Bob Mavity: 32 Years with the Ghosts of the Grand

Echoes of the South · Oct 1, 2026 · 1h 23m · transcript

For 32 years, Bob Mavity knew the Piedmont Grand Opera House in Macon, Georgia, from top to bottom. He knew the stage, the balconies, the rafters, the hidden spaces, and what the theater sounded like when everyone else had gone home.

And sometimes, Bob says, he wasn't alone.

Carrie Genzel sits down with the Grand's longtime former technical director to explore more than three decades of unexplained experiences inside one of Macon's most historic theaters.

Bob shares stories of massive stage lights moving on their own, figures appearing in empty balconies, music heard when no one was there…