Brannon Braga exorcizes the Paramount lot of Gene Roddenberry ghost stories.

He actually quit the series before its third season.

But Roddenberry commandedStar Treks return.

The show died, but he never gave up the ghost.

Well, the Roddenberry building is not where the originalStar Trekswere shot, Braga says.

Hed been producing movies there since the early days of cinema.

He wore a lot of cologne, so maybe thats what it was.

Stories of AC Lyles still haunt the tour guides.

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Rod Kindlund was a page at Paramount from 1996 to 2000.

Kindlund says he has tons of ghost stories about Paramount and RKO, which was formerly next door.

AC Lyles began working for Paramount studios while he was still in high school.

Lyles also produced the mutant rabbit movieNight of the Lepusfor Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.

His last gig was as as consulting producer on HBOsDeadwood.

Kindlund worked the lot during a busyStar Trekproduction period.

The crowds loved that.

The Roddenberry building is not one of the historic ones.

Its a newer building.

I had also heard a rumor that his coffin had been shot into outer space when he passed away.

Thats ridiculous of course, but I thought it was funny.

Probably stemmed from when that happened to Mr. Spock inThe Wrath of Khan.

He was actually cremated and buried at, I believe Hollywood Forever.

One witness worked at Paramount as a page in 1997.

She could precisely recall the date because she remembers working theTitanicscreenings.

She also recollected that the Roddenberry ghost story was part of her tour-guide patter.

Perez has not responded to a media request by press time.

So we reached out to the guest relations office at Paramount.

Paramount is very thorough, she says.

But at the time, taking people through theStar Treksets was a huge draw.

Some stories, the darker stories, remained, and they continue to haunt the lot by moonlight.

Maybe its the cemetery next door.

Maybe its the passion to succeed in Hollywood that keeps the spirited personalities relevant today, even after death.

Maybe its just your imagination.

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