THE BIRD CAGE THEATER IN TOMBSTONE ARIZONA,
HAD ITS GRAND OPENING ON DEC 24, 1881. IT GAINED A REPUTATION AS ONE OF THE WICKEDEST THEATERS BETWEEN NEW ORLEANS AND SAN FRANCISCO. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED…
“THE BIRD CAGE THEATRE IS THE WILDEST, WICKEDEST NIGHT SPOT, BETWEEN BASIN STREET AND THE BARBARY COAST.”
FOR EIGHT YEARS, FROM 1881 TO 1889, THE BIRD CAGE THEATER OPERATEDCONTINUOUSLY, 24 HOURS A DAY, 365 DAYS A YEAR. LEGEND HAS IT THAT 26 PEOPLE WERE KILLED IN THE BIRD CAGE THEATER DURINGITS REPUTED YEARS AS ONE OF THE WILDEST AND MEANEST PLACES IN TOMBSTONE AZ. OVER ONE HUNDRED AND FORTY BULLET HOLES REMAIN IN THE BUILDING.
VISITORS AND EMPLOYEES OF THE BIRD CAGE THEATER IN TOMBSTONE AZ, HAVE REPORTED SEEING THE SPIRITS OF FORMER PROSTITUTES AND MEN IN COWBOY HATS. SOME CLAIM TO BE TOUCHED AND PUSHED BY UNSEEN FORCES. AT NIGHT, THE SOUNDS OF LAUGHTER, YELLING AND MUSIC HAVE BEEN HEARD, AS THOUGH THE PARTIES OF “THE OLD WEST” WERE STILL RAGING.
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