Ghost Adventures - Birdcage Theatre

This evening's episode found the boys in Tombstone, Arizona at the Birdcage Theatre.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birdcage_Theater.

Opened in 1881 during the silver boom, The Birdcage was a famous combination saloon, gambling hall and historical house of ill repute that is reported to be haunted by a number of entities.

As you may recall from your high school American History class (or a particular episode of Star Trek TOS)


Tombstone was the site of the legendary Gunfight at the OK Corral and the old city cemetery, Boot Hill, where so many old gunslingers are buried.

The Birdcage got its name because of the upstairs rooms where prostitutes entertained the “gentlemen” when they weren’t playing poker. These women were referred to as "soiled doves."




During tonight’s interview portion of the show, Zack seemed very excited to hear that one of the ghostly sightings that has been reported is that of a naked lady. While they weren’t lucky enough to get a peek at a lady of the evening in her birthday suit, Zack was very funny at one point during the investigation, when he asked, “Do you think we caught two ghosts havin' sex?”



I must say, I always feel bad for Aaron. The other guys are always making him stay in spooky rooms by himself, and this episode was no exception. Historians say that Tombstone saw at least one death a day for many, many years and there is a room in The Birdcage that houses the original horse-drawn carriage that was used as a hearse back then.


This area, according to another paranormal investigator they spoke with, is a real EVP hotspot, with lots of angry voices yelling expletives. It wasn’t surprising then, that this is where Aaron was sent to investigate. What was surprising was the speed with which he left the room after something he couldn’t see grabbed him. I can’t say I would have stuck around after that either, though.


Many times the sounds the guys hear and the EVPs they play several times don’t really seem to come through very well over the television broadcast. My husband and I keep looking at one another in confusion, wondering what, exactly, it is the guys can hear that we can’t. During this episode, though, we both clearly heard what sounded like someone wearing boots, running down a wooden staircase. That was pretty cool.


All in all, this was a really interesting episode. The guys were funny and the residents of old Tombstone were, by all appearances, cooperative. If you didn’t get to see it this evening, you missed a good time.