The Elgin Opera House is reportedly haunted by two rival ghosts, apparitions of men engaged in a perpetual gunfight on the front steps. Legend states that these spirits continue a late 1800s duel over the affection of a local woman, even after falling from their mortal wounds. Ghostly figures of two men are said to appear. These apparitions are seen on the front steps of the opera house, re-enacting a gunfight with six-shooters and falling to the ground as if shot. This supernatural display is tied to a tragic event from the late 1800s where two men died in a duel over a woman's hand.