b"The Hassayampa Inn Copper Queen HotelThe Orpheum Theater/facebook.com The Hanging Tree in WickenburgDavid WhittenYuma Territorial Prisonit has had its share of paranormal activity. The mostTUCSON Tombstone might be known as the town too tough famous is a spirit known as Faith. In early 1928, onIn downtown Tucson, Hotel Congress, built in 1919,to die but with all the blood spilled on its streets their wedding night, Faith and her much older husbandis best known as being the site of the capture of thethroughout its history, it certainly has had its fair share checked into room 426. He went out to get cigarettesnotorious Dillinger gang. Although the gangster Johnof deaths and leaving behind many ghosts.and never returned. Faith wandered the lobby for severalDillinger isn't one of them, ghosts do seem to roam days and in an act of despair hanged herself from thethe hotel, including a woman who smells of roses andBISBEEbalcony outside of room 426. The night watchman isa gentleman who peers out the windows of the secondGuests and ghost hunters at the Copper Queen Hotel another known spirit who occupies the lobby.floor. The decor will take you right back to the 1930s. Inoften prowl the upper floors in search of the hotel's room 214 a long-time resident of the hotel committedresident spiritsa tall caped gentleman, an ethereal The Palace Saloon is probably the most activesuicide and his spirit is thought to still be present anddancing woman, a young giggling boy, and the most building in town. One of the spirits is thought to beroom 242 is where a lady ghost frequently wakes upfamous who is a former prostitute and has attracted the unfortunate Jennie Clark, aka Nellie Coyle. Fredguests to talk during the night. attention from paranormal investigation shows and even Glover, her gambler, opium-addict lover, killed her bythe New York Times. Her ghost is reported to be very beating her to death inside the bar and although theyThe Fox Theatre, built in 1930, was used as a vaudevilleplayful, especially with the hotel's male guests.were surrounded by other patrons no one stopped him.and movie house. After being abandoned for two and a Another is the spirit thought to be Frank Nevin, whohalf decades it opened again in 2005. During the GreatAt the Bisbee Grand Hotel, its said that ghostly owned a mortuary, which he lost to Sheriff George C.Depression, a man would linger outside of the theatreapparitions have been reported in all its 13 rooms. Items Ruffner in a poker game. He remains in the saloon toasking for money to feed his family. Patrons are warnedare overturned, towels misplaced, and unexplained noises repeat that poker game with the hope of a better outcome. to watch their wallets, as there have been sightings ofall emanate from the former miner boarding house.WICKENBURG male ghosts walking around that might just snatch aIn the famous Brewery Gulch District miners from Part of the old ghost town sitting outside of Wickenburgcouple of bucks from your pocket or purse. There hasanother era are said to be spotted walking the streets and is home to several haunted areas, most notably the oldalso been some suspicious movement of objects, on theirhanging out in the local bars. At a nearby abandoned (and equally abandoned) mess hall. Some people haveown, across the stage, and visitors at the theatre claim topark, kids can sometimes be heard playing when reported smelling various cooking food emanatinghear unaccounted for giggling. there are no children around. from the area. There is also a large ironwood tree thatTOMBSTONEonce served as the hanging tree for criminals. TheThe Tombstone Boothill Graveyard served as the burialDOUGLASVulture Gold Mine first went into production in 1863ground for all of Tombstone's earliest pioneers. The nameThe Gadsden Hotel built in 1907, features a and was abandoned in the 1940s, at least by humanBoothill comes from the fact that many of these graves weremagnificent lobby and Italian marble staircase, beings. The crew from the television show Ghostfilled with people who died suddenly or violently with theirnot to mention a few live-in ghosts. In room Hunters claimed that rocks were thrown at them andboots on. More than 250 people were buried in Boothill333 knocking has been heard coming from they supposedly captured recordings of voices tellingbefore it officially closed its doors in 1884.the radiators and the television has turned them to get out. off and on by itself. Visitors have also The Bird Cage Theatre opened its doors on Decemberreported strange activity in other YUMA 26, 1881, and functioned as a brothel, gambling hall,rooms, like the feeling of someone Yuma Territorial Prison first opened in 1875 andsaloon, and everything in between to entertain residentssitting on the bed in the middle of the night housed over 3000 prisoners (including 29 femaleand visitors to the area. Over the years of its operation,then lying down next to them. prisoners) until it closed in 1909. Paranormal activitiesthere have been 16 bloody gunfights that have occurred have been reported in various areas on the site, mostwithin its walls. notably around the so-called dark cell that operated as solitary confinement for breaking regulations. Although no executions were conducted on-site, 111 prisoners died during the 33 years, mostly due to tuberculosis. ArizonaRealCountry.com October 2021 25"