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|Title= The Haunted Ballroom
|Title= The Haunted Ballroom
|image= [[Image:md-1999-10-11.png|400 px]]
|image= [[Image:md-1999-10-11.png|400 px]]<br>[[Image:md-2017-03-20.png|400 px]]<br>''(Re-released in 2017)''
|Start= October 11th, 1999
|Start= October 11th, 1999
|End= January 29th, 2000
|End= January 29th, 2000
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'''Locations'''
'''Locations'''
*The Coast Road
*New York City
**[[Xanadu]]
**The Coast Road
**The old pier
**The old pier
*New York
**New York City
**[[Xanadu]]


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==Behind the scenes==
==Behind the scenes==
===Title===
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of October 11, 1999 (Beginning: The Haunted Ballroom).
*The title for the story is taken from the strip of October 11, 1999 (Beginning: The Haunted Ballroom).
===Easter Eggs===
*In the strips of October 28 and 29: a child with the picture of the [[The Phantom|Phantom]] on his t-shirt.
*In the strips of October 28 and 29: a child with the picture of the [[The Phantom|Phantom]] on his t-shirt.
== Re-released story in 2017 ==
[[Image:md-2017-03-20.png|400 px]]
*Start date: 20 March 2017 / End date: 8 July 2017


== Reprints ==
== Reprints ==

Latest revision as of 19:19, 22 October 2023

The Haunted Ballroom
Md-1999-10-11.png
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(Re-released in 2017)
Start date: October 11th, 1999
End date: January 29th, 2000
# of strips: 96 (16 weeks)
Writer: Fred Fredericks
Artist: Fred Fredericks
Preceded by: "Siege at Xanadu"
Followed by: "The Lost Chord"

"The Haunted Ballroom" is the 233st Mandrake daily story. The story was written and drawn by Fred Fredericks.

Plot Summary

Mandrake heading home via the coast road when he meet the amateur ghost hunters Bill and Ester Crickett by the old pier. They planned to spend the night in the ballroom, which is said to be haunted by the ghost of a dead bandleader. Next day Mandrake and Narda drove out to the old pier to check on Bill and Ester, but the young couple young couple had disappeared.

Appearances

Recurring characters

One-time characters

  • Bill Crickett
  • Esther Crickett
  • Mr. and Mrs. Marsh

Locations

  • New York City
    • Xanadu
    • The Coast Road
    • The old pier


Behind the scenes

Title

  • The title for the story is taken from the strip of October 11, 1999 (Beginning: The Haunted Ballroom).

Easter Eggs

  • In the strips of October 28 and 29: a child with the picture of the Phantom on his t-shirt.

Re-released story in 2017

Md-2017-03-20.png

  • Start date: 20 March 2017 / End date: 8 July 2017

Reprints

This story has been published in the following publications:

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