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Walking down Allen Street in Tombstone, Arizona, the self-proclaimed "town too tough to die," it isn't hard to squint your eyes and imagine how the town must have looked back in the glory days of the old west. Near one end of the street, you will find the famous Bird Cage Theatre, standing much as it did over 100 years ago. In the 1880s it was not only a theatre, but also served as a saloon, gambling hall and brothel. It was open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week - even on holidays. The New York Times called it, "the wildest, roughest, wickedest honky tonk between Basin Street and the Barbary Coast." That statement was well deserved, since the Bird Cage was the scene for twenty-six deaths during its eight years of business (www.ghostinmysuitcase.com).
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