Happy Birthday Arizona Haunted Sites column! To celebrate this occasion, Debe Branning would like to share some of her favorite columns from 2009, 2010 and 2011. So kick back and enjoy some of historic Arizona’s favorite ghosts…events…and other travels compiled in this collection of over 580 stories. You could be reading all day!
2009
Everyone loves the Earp Saga and all of its interesting characters that play into the Wild West town of Tombstone. One of them is Johnny Ringo. Read about searching for his gravestone in Cochise County. Johnny Ringo
Ever been held captive in an old ghost town by a caretaker bitten by a rabid skunk? Didn’t think so! Ruby ghost town
Long before Ghost Hunter International investigator Paul Bradford began his travels around the world he did an investigation with the MVD Ghostchasers at the Avenue Hotel in Douglas, AZ Avenue Hotel
Just east of Phoenix is the old mining town of Pinal. Nearby are a set of wagon wheel ruts still visible that wore their way into the stone running ore from the mines to the mill. Wagon wheel ruts
England, anyone? Here is a whole series of stories about a group of Arizona travelers who took a ghost vacation to haunted England. Haunted England
2010
An adventure near the Arizona/Mexico border took these history/ghost hunters to a deserted location called Crook Tunnel. Crook Tunnel
Or how about a 3 mile round trip hike to Fort Bowie and learn about the ghosts that still haunt the ruins of the old fort? Fort Bowie
Bets are not many know there was a shootout in Holbrook, Arizona just as deadly as the OK Corral? Learn how Sheriff Commodore Perry Owens single handedly won this gun battle. Shootout in Holbrook
There is a little ghost girl near Paulden, Arizona. Area workmen captured her image on a camera. Who is this mystery girl? Paulden ghost girl
Did you know there was a Hohokam graveyard beneath the Pioneer Cemetery in Phoenix? Meet the real ghosts of the Pioneer & Military Memorial Park. Hohokam Dig
2011
Many folks don’t know about Shantytown in Flagstaff. The cemetery nearby is worth a visit. Shantytown
Those Arizona ghost hunters were back in Europe taking another haunted vacation. This time they search the castles of Scotland for ghosts and their tales. Haunted Scotland
Have you ever raced with the devil? Well, Chinese funeral processions through old Phoenix, Arizona sometimes gave the devil a run for his money. Chinese Funeral
Sometime this year I see a group of Arizona ghost hunters sitting along this old stagecoach road waiting with cameras and all sorts of recording equipment. Stagecoach Road
Who would have thought Globe, Arizona was such a mecca for ghosts? Nearly all the buildings along Broad Street have a ghost tale or two. Ghosts of Globe
Arizona Haunted Sites hopes you have enjoyed this trip down the haunted memory lane. Return often and read more ghost stories of the West throughout the year! Be sure and click on other suggested stories as your read today's favorites.
Debe Branning nazanaza@aol.com
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