24 Three Men and a Baby (Urban Folklore And Legends)
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This article is from the Ghost Stories FAQ, by obiwan obiwan@best.com with numerous contributions by others.
24 Three Men and a Baby (Urban Folklore And Legends)
If I had to pick just one topic from this FAQ to post, this would
be the one. There is a scene in the movie -Three Men and a Baby- in
which some people claim to have seen the ghostly figure of a small boy
who was killed in the house in which the scene was filmed. In some
variations, the boy's parents are said to have sued the movie studio,
or the owners of the "house", for letting their boy's name be released
to the press. There are also tales of other ghostly objects being
seen throughout the movie, most notably a rifle pointing at the head
of the "ghost boy".
That is the legend. Here are the facts. The scene in question
was not shot in a house, but on a soundstage in a Hollywood studio.
The "ghost boy" is in fact a life-sized cardboard cutout of Ted
Danson (who stars in the film), which had been left in the background,
presumably accidentally, by a crew member. This cutout is seen in
full view in another scene in the movie.
There is no ghost boy. No boy ever died on the set, and no one
involved with the movie was ever sued by the mythical parents of
said ghost boy. No one appears to know how the legend started.
Some have suggested it was a promotional scheme perpetrated by the
producers of the film to get people to buy/rent/go see it. Most
likely the flub was simply noticed by one or more innocent movie
goers, who told a friend, or perhaps a newspaper...
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