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The Old Bird Cage Theater
By Carolyn Davis
FATE :: March 2000
On Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona, "the town too tough to die," stands the Bird Cage Theatre, a combination brothel, gambling hall, theater, and saloon. Back in the 1880s, it was a favorite night spot for many of the West’s most legendary characters, including Wyatt Earp, Doc Holliday, and Bat Masterson. This one-stop sin shop was described by the New York Times as “the wildest, roughest, wickedest honky tonk between Basin Street and the Barbary Coast." This reputation was well earned: the Bird Cage was the scene for twenty-six deaths during its eight years of business.
Since closing its doors in 1889, laughter and music from another time still echo from the inside of the Bird Cage at night, its resident spirits caught in another dimension they often make visible to the living ...
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