1910 Jail
PARANORMAL CLAIMS
The Old Gila County Jail and Sheriff’s Office was featured on Ghost Adventures. Built on the site of the original gallows it is allegedly haunted by the spirits of former inmates. Throughout its life there has been numerous inmate suicides and murders within its walls. The physic imprint and energy can be felt inside this building of all who spent their last days accused or convicted of terrible crimes.
Many people who have visited the jail have witnessed strange things that can’t be explained. Loud bangs and footsteps are often heard on the second floor. Eerie shadowy figures have also been seen throughout the building. Visitors have also reported cold spots, unexplained lights, and being physically touched—the smell of perfume in the woman’s tank where the prostitute Jenny was incarcerated.
HISTORY
The 1910 Jail & Sheriff’s Office dates to the days of lawlessness in the wild Arizona territory. mates. Over 100 years of grim and bloody history within the walls of this dark location.
PLEASE NOTE: Only bottom floor is wheelchair and handicap accessible
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies
Many people who have visited the jail have witnessed strange things that can’t be explained. Loud bangs and footsteps are often heard on the second floor. Eerie shadowy figures have also been seen throughout the building. Visitors have also reported cold spots, unexplained lights, and being physically touched—the smell of perfume in the woman’s tank where the prostitute Jenny was incarcerated.
Inmate Kingsley Olds, who was awaiting trial for the murder of his employer’s two little girls, was assassinated as he lay in his cell. He supposedly haunts his old cell and apparitions of the murdered girls have been witnessed. Apparitions of a man have been seen on the catwalk that adjoins the jail with the neighboring courthouse. Some believe it is the spirit of an inmate who leaped to his death while heading to trial.
HISTORY
The 1910 Jail & Sheriff’s Office dates to the days of lawlessness in the wild Arizona territory. mates. Over 100 years of grim and bloody history within the walls of this dark location.
Back in the day Globe was a robust, typical “Wild West” town, complete with all the stagecoach robberies, gunfights, and murder that often-accompanied life on the old frontier. When the law was established in Globe, the methods of confinement were to simplify say, questionable. Throughout its life there has been numerous inmate suicides and murders within its walls.
Other than a pot belly stove early on, there was no real heating until steam heat was brought in during the 1950s. While that may have been okay in the winter month, there was no cooling in the building, despite searing summer highs common to any desert environment. Each of the 6 x 8 foot cells initially was to house two inmates. Due to the quick expansion of the territory, two additional bunks were added creating a cramped, miserable existence for prisoners. Leaving around 28 prisoners to one functioning bathroom.
In the 1970s, regional newspapers exposed the deplorable conditions therein, leading the jail to cease operation until 1981. The jail, now a museum, retains the remanence of prisoners’ lives with names, dates, symbols, and colorful expressions etched into the cell walls.
Spend the night roaming the building and walk down its dark corridors…..if you dare! Maybe you’ll find out what spirits remain, and just what may be waiting for you.
PLEASE NOTE: Only bottom floor is wheelchair and handicap accessible
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies
1910 Elks Lodge - Jones Mortuary
PARANORMAL CLAIMS
PLEASE NOTE: Only bottom floor is wheelchair and handicap accessible
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies
During our investigations we've seen shadow figures dart across hallways on the 2nd floor. The upper level was the meeting - ceremony hall which was men only. One of our female investigators sat in one of the throne chairs and immediately felt uneasy. Numerous spikes on EM meters and hits on REM Pods. The basement area which housed the mortuary was extremely heavy. We found an old embalming table which was used to prepare bodies for viewing. Very oppressive feeling as if we were not welcome. Sightings of an apparition of a white bearded man wearing what looks like aa leather apron was witnessed by two investigators.
HISTORY
Prior to this building this site was originally home to the Zimmerman Funeral home who held services for the first person buried in the local cemetery during the late 1800s. This 3 story building was built on that site in 1910. The Elks Lodge 489 operated at this 3 story building occupying the top two floors. The basement and first level were rented to Jones Funeral. At the age of 21, young Fred Hare Jones began working with his father, Fred L. Jones, in the mortuary/funeral business, which was later moved to the Elks Building on west Mesquite street. The son, Fred Hare Jones, continued his father's business upon the death of his parents, and he retired from that business in 1947.
Prior to this building this site was originally home to the Zimmerman Funeral home who held services for the first person buried in the local cemetery during the late 1800s. This 3 story building was built on that site in 1910. The Elks Lodge 489 operated at this 3 story building occupying the top two floors. The basement and first level were rented to Jones Funeral. At the age of 21, young Fred Hare Jones began working with his father, Fred L. Jones, in the mortuary/funeral business, which was later moved to the Elks Building on west Mesquite street. The son, Fred Hare Jones, continued his father's business upon the death of his parents, and he retired from that business in 1947.
PLEASE NOTE: Only bottom floor is wheelchair and handicap accessible
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies
1923 Bullion Plaza
PARANORMAL CLAIMS
PLEASE NOTE: Only bottom floor is wheelchair and handicap accessible
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies
Built in 1923, Bullion Plaza is an old, segregated school originally built for the Native American and Mexican American children. Many reports of paranormal activity from people visiting the museum. The entity of a man who fell down the stairs at the school and died. It is reported he makes contact by touching and making himself heard as a disembodied voice. There is a dark energy surrounding a particular closet in the school. It is believed that this closet was used to punish some of the children who attended school.
There are reports of tall shadow figures moving throughout the hallways. Some have even felt as if there was something keeping them from going down to the basement. It’s said that negative entities are in the 2nd floor hallways preventing preventing people from entering. Other reports include objects flying through the air and unexplained cold spots throughout the building. Could these be the spirits of children who suffered abuse at the Bullion Plaza School?. Miami AZ is an old mining town and perhaps some of the hauntings are ghosts of miners who passed deep in the earth . Bullion Plaza will not disappoint and is considered one of the most active locations here in Arizona — and we’ surely agree.
HISTORY
The Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum is housed in the Bullion Plaza School in Miami, AZ. The historic building was designed by Henry C. Trost Architects and Engineers of El Paso, Texas. It was opened as a grammar school in 1923 to 1994. The main two story-building contains over 20 classrooms and a small theater-auditorium. Most of its life, Bullion Plaza served as a grammar school for Mexican-American and Apache children, reflecting the segregation pattern that prevailed in many Arizona communities including the public school system during that era. The local school system was desegregated and began integrating Anglo students into Bullion Plaza during the 1950-51 school year.
The Bullion Plaza Cultural Center & Museum is housed in the Bullion Plaza School in Miami, AZ. The historic building was designed by Henry C. Trost Architects and Engineers of El Paso, Texas. It was opened as a grammar school in 1923 to 1994. The main two story-building contains over 20 classrooms and a small theater-auditorium. Most of its life, Bullion Plaza served as a grammar school for Mexican-American and Apache children, reflecting the segregation pattern that prevailed in many Arizona communities including the public school system during that era. The local school system was desegregated and began integrating Anglo students into Bullion Plaza during the 1950-51 school year.
PLEASE NOTE: Only bottom floor is wheelchair and handicap accessible
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies
Acadia Sanatorium
PARANORMAL CLAIMS
The Acadia Sanatorium is allegedly haunted by the spirit of a nurse who had apparently contracted TB from working with the sick people. They say her spirit walks the halls tending to her patients. The Sanatorium was featured on Ghost Adventures.
There are two child spirits who love to play with toys and interact with the investigators. Eerie child laughter and lullaby heard in the hospital room. One spirit we feel is a young boy named Robert who accidently shot himself with his Dad's gun in 1936 Other claims are the interior doors would be slammed shut and doors open on their own. Knocks and bangs that come from nowhere are heard.
Others heard voices and one instance was a claim of the head and shoulders of a person walk into the hospital room. Gloria Ramsey tells stories of “George” pacing in the hallways in the foyer next to the morgue when she would Vacuum. apparently, He did not like the vacuum.
There are two child spirits who love to play with toys and interact with the investigators. Eerie child laughter and lullaby heard in the hospital room. One spirit we feel is a young boy named Robert who accidently shot himself with his Dad's gun in 1936 Other claims are the interior doors would be slammed shut and doors open on their own. Knocks and bangs that come from nowhere are heard.
Others heard voices and one instance was a claim of the head and shoulders of a person walk into the hospital room. Gloria Ramsey tells stories of “George” pacing in the hallways in the foyer next to the morgue when she would Vacuum. apparently, He did not like the vacuum.
Another story from Gloria and her husband included a time when some guest used the other room to stay the night. The next day, the guest thanked the Ramsey’s for turning on the furnace. However, the Ramsey’s deny doing this. The guests describe hearing footsteps late at night and even go on and say they believe someone tucked them in at night
HISTORY
Acadia Ranch was built in 1882 by Edwin S. and Lillian Dodge. It served as a boarding house and guest ranch house. A second post office opened in 1885 at Acadia Ranch with Edwin S. Dodge serving as postmaster until 1901. At the turn of the century Oracle gained fame as an ideal cure for those suffering from ‘consumption,’ the name given to tuberculosis and other lung afflictions at a time before penicillin. After an article was published in the leading medical journal, many came to Oracle in the belief the fresh air would restore them to good health.
The Dodges and Acadia Ranch were soon accommodating the ‘lungers.’ In 1903 Dodge advertised rooms at Acadia and soon after used the main room to house patients. In 1913 the sanatorium was under the management of Jean White, a trained nurse and Doctor Jeremiah Metzger, medical director. Soon after they used the main room to house patients. Later, there were five cabins built across the street to accommodate the need. When patients died, they were stored in the morgue which was originally the post office. They would wait until they had a few bodies and arranged to have them picked up and brought to Tucson.
After the invention of penicillin, Acadia changed hands over the years, being a residence and a boarding house. In March 1936 tragedy struck as young Robert Van Horn accidentally shot himself with his fathers gun. Robert is buried in a cemetery just 100 yards from Acadia Ranch. Agnes and Reginal ramset purchased Acadia ranch in 1945 and used it as both their residence and boarding house. When the San manual Mine boomed, the Ransey’s had forty to fifty people living at the ranch. Borders slept in sleeping bags on the porch and Mrs. Ramsey cooked around the clock.
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies
Superstition Mountain Museum
PARANORMAL CLAIMS
The Superstition Mountains are extremely haunted. November 24 2011 a crash killed 3 adults & 3 kids and as a memorial, wreckage was brought to the Superstition Mountain Museum. Here an incredible Spirit box session with interaction with our equipment. An old minor long with white hair, beard and black eyes seen by many said to have fallen to his death. Claims of footsteps have been heard at the Old Stamp Mill and shadows seen throughout the grounds.
Over two acres and various buildings and artifacts to explore
HISTORY
Perhaps nowhere in the entire United States is there an area full of legend, history and intrigue as the rugged 160,000 acre Superstition Mountain range in the Tonto National Forest in Central Arizona. Archeological evidence indicates people were here some 9000 years ago. Later inhabitants included the Salado, Hohokam and Apache Indians, followed by Spanish explorers and Mexican Gold Miners.
Early American trappers and adventurers migrated to the area and were soon followed by cattlemen and farmers. Eventually, the U.S. Cavalry was sent in to establish forts to protect this rapidly growing population. As modern times approached, men and women began searching for what they believed was the richest gold mine in the world
PLEASE NOTE: You will be walking on uneven surface on trails throughout the property. There will be some incline and hills.
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies
1916 Train Depot
PARANORMAL CLAIMS
Investigate Globe’s old train station, where there was a suicide from strychnine plus many deaths on the tracks behind the depot. Spirit box & EVP responses and plenty of interaction with various equipment, . On the second floors doors open on their own and footsteps are often heard coming up the stairs. Shadow figures have been seen running across the hallway. Investigator's names have been called out followed by eerie laughter
HISTORY
The Depot was built in 1916 of fired red brick with concrete embellishments, elaborate cornices and multi-paned windows. This is one of ten buildings in Globe designed by the architectural firm of Trost & Trost, the focal point of the main floor was the ticket office with a waiting room, telegraph office and baggage area handy to accommodate the public. The second floor was occupied by the district engineer and superintendent’s office. The first train which pulled into Globe in 1898 was the Gila Valley Globe and Northern which became Arizona Eastern Railroad. By the early ’50s with the advent of automobiles, buses and airlines – railroad passenger service and greatly decreased and passenger rail operations ceased in 1954. The facility was used as a Greyhound Bus Station, Red Cross office and later as an laundromat for nearly 20 years
PLEASE NOTE: Only bottom floor is wheelchair and handicap accessible.
This tour and investigation is for entertainment purposes only. The information provided is accurate as provided by local historians. There is no guarantee there will be paranormal activity *Equipment varies