Stop 05 of 8
Fox Theater
When it opened, the whole city danced in the street.
The History
The Fox Theatre opened on April 11, 1930 with great fanfare. Congress Street was closed and waxed so people could dance in the street to the music of four live bands. A grand party atmosphere prevailed and streetcars gave free rides that night. The film Chasing Rainbows and a Mickey Mouse cartoon were featured. The Fox became the "crown jewel" of downtown for the next four decades, staging live acts and showing movies. Eventually the theater fell into disrepair as Tucson expanded. The Fox closed in the 1970s, but in the 1990s the Fox Tucson Theatre Foundation formed to restore it to its former stature.
The Hauntings
The most frequently seen apparition is a shabbily dressed man who appears outside the Fox and asks passersby for money to feed his family before disappearing into thin air.
On stage, props placed pre-show are found moved to different locations, accompanied by faint laughter from the wings backstage. The projection room is another hotspot: a shadowy figure has been seen entering, but no one is found when the room is checked. Cameras have been tampered with but never destroyed. The theater has been investigated by multiple groups, including the Tucson Ghost Company.
This is stop 05 of 8 on the full tour route. The tour covers all of them in 90 minutes.
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