Roxy Studios
Also in Long Island City, there are rumors
that Roxy Studios, which closed a
few years ago on 28-39 Review Ave., was
haunted. According to a 2008 New York
Post story, when former owner Keith Angeleno
died of a brain tumor in 1980, he
had his ashes spread on the roof. After,
employees reported hearing music playing
in empty rooms, clocks falling and
footsteps in the crawl space.
A former employee said there were
supposedly two ghosts at the studio: an
old owner and a man who overdosed in
the studio in the ‘70s. He said a coworker
and a bandmate both had stories of seeing
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A photo from Roxy Studios in 2012.
someone they knew come into the
studio, then disappear, when they were
not actually there.
Today, the studio is Otter House Studios,
a rehearsal and recording space
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that opened in March 2016. The place
had been gutted, so it doesn’t look like
it did when it was Roxy Studio, but the
haunting still persists, according to owner
Andrew Kambanis.
“You’ll hear the chains from the first owner’s
pants when he walks around. Late at
night, you’ll hear random chains,” Kambanis
said. “It’s not consistent; it’s at random moments
when you least expect it.
“When you’re practicing alone, you
hear a drum beat in the background,”
he continued. “I’ve heard the same thing
from people who have stayed over at the
studios with me.”
The haunting seems to occur late at
night.
“It does get weird at night, I’m not going
to lie, when I stay over,” Kambanis
said.
His engineer has heard the ghost as
well, Kambanis said.
“If I’m away for the weekend and he’s
there, he’ll hear a presence in the room
when he’s mixing. When he’s working
on a band’s tracks, he’ll feel something
standing over him. It’s a strong feeling at
night.”
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A photo from Roxy Studios in 2013.