The Haunting of Tombstone, Arizona - Part One
August 27, 2007 by
Town of Tombstone - Cochise County, Tombstone, Arizona
The town of Tombstone is known for violence; gunfights, hangings, stabbings, outlaws, intoxication, barroom brawls and prostitution. Would it be any wonder that the entire place is said to be plagued with restless spirits! Even the streets of this once violent town are said to be haunted
by MANY apparitions!
Marshall Fred White, the first marshall of Tombstone, is said to roam these streets. Marshall White was accidentally shot by Curly Bill Brocius in 1880. Many have spotted the Marshall's apparition close the Birdcage Theatre on East Allen Street; apparently this is where he was shot and killed.
Another apparition dressed in black has been seen crossing Fifth Street in the area where an assassination attempt was made on Virgil Earp, leaving him with a gunshot wound in his left arm that crippled him for life. The specter is said to get halfway across the road and then he disappears into thin air! Many believe that this is in fact, the spirit of Virgil Earp; however, some argue this theory because Virgil actually died in the state of Nevada in 1905, after battling a bout of pneumonia.
The Birdcage Theatre
The Birdcage Theatre is known to be one of the oldest buildings in Tombstone, it is also said to be one of the most haunted.
The Birdcage is now a museum that displays the Black Moriah Hearse; the same carriage that took those who were killed in the famous O.K. Corral gunfight, to their permanent resting place in the Boothill Graveyard. Today, this famous hearse is said to be worth nearly two-million dollars.
This Theatre, turned museum, also displays the Faro Card Table where Doc Holiday shuffled and delt.
Paranormal happenings have been reported at the Birdcage for many, many years. It has even been claimed that the Birdcage houses over thirty ghosts; this is really no surprise since there were at least 26 deaths that took place there! Someone even took the time to count all of the bullet holes; the unofficial count was 140!
The town of Tombstone is known for violence; gunfights, hangings, stabbings, outlaws, intoxication, barroom brawls and prostitution. Would it be any wonder that the entire place is said to be plagued with restless spirits! Even the streets of this once violent town are said to be haunted
Marshall Fred White, the first marshall of Tombstone, is said to roam these streets. Marshall White was accidentally shot by Curly Bill Brocius in 1880. Many have spotted the Marshall's apparition close the Birdcage Theatre on East Allen Street; apparently this is where he was shot and killed.
Another apparition dressed in black has been seen crossing Fifth Street in the area where an assassination attempt was made on Virgil Earp, leaving him with a gunshot wound in his left arm that crippled him for life. The specter is said to get halfway across the road and then he disappears into thin air! Many believe that this is in fact, the spirit of Virgil Earp; however, some argue this theory because Virgil actually died in the state of Nevada in 1905, after battling a bout of pneumonia.
The Birdcage Theatre
The Birdcage Theatre is known to be one of the oldest buildings in Tombstone, it is also said to be one of the most haunted.
The Birdcage is now a museum that displays the Black Moriah Hearse; the same carriage that took those who were killed in the famous O.K. Corral gunfight, to their permanent resting place in the Boothill Graveyard. Today, this famous hearse is said to be worth nearly two-million dollars.
This Theatre, turned museum, also displays the Faro Card Table where Doc Holiday shuffled and delt.
Paranormal happenings have been reported at the Birdcage for many, many years. It has even been claimed that the Birdcage houses over thirty ghosts; this is really no surprise since there were at least 26 deaths that took place there! Someone even took the time to count all of the bullet holes; the unofficial count was 140!
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