AMERICAN PARANORMAL MAGAZINE

Sunday, March 4, 2018

TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL INVESTIGATES: THE OLD GILA CO JAIL, GLOBE AZ FEB. 17TH MMXVIII


CONSTRUCTION OF THE OLD GILA COUNTY JAIL WAS COMPLETED IN 1910. IT WAS BUILT OUT OF REINFORCED CONCRETE AND WAS CONSIDERED TO BE IMPENETRABLE AT THE TIME. THE NEW JAIL WAS BUILT WHERE ANOTHER JAIL  PREVIOUSLY EXISTED . THE PRIOR JAIL HOSTED A HANGING GALLOW THAT MANY MEN MET THEIR FATE IN. THE GALLOW WAS EVENTUALLY SHUT DOWN DUE TO LACK OF FEDERAL STANDARDS BEING UPHELD. THE HANGING OF EARL GARDNER WAS THE LAST HANGING THAT TOOK PLACE IN GLOBE, AZ. AS EARL FELL THROUGH THE TRAP OF THE GALLOW, HIS SHOULDER STRUCK THE SIDE, COMPROMISING THE DROP/ WEIGHT RATIO. THE ROPE NEEDS TO BE TIED A SPECIFIC WAY BASED ON  THE PERSON'S HEIGHT AND WEIGHT. ONCE THE LEVER IS RELEASED, THE AMOUNT OF ROPE THAT IS RELEASED IS DETERMINED ON HOW MUCH PRESSURE IT WILL TAKE TO BREAK THE NECK. IF THIS IS COMPROMISED DURING THE EXECUTION, THE CRIMINAL IS LEFT SUFFERING AND GASPING FOR AIR. THIS IS IN FACT, WHAT HAPPENED TO EARL GARDNER. HE HUNG FOR 25 MINUTES UNTIL SHERIFF LON JORDAN STEPPED IN AND PRESSED HIS SHOULDERS DOWN TO STOP HIS BREATHING. 

THE OLD GILA COUNTY JAIL HAD IT'S SHARE OF VIOLENCE AND SUICIDES THROUGH HISTORY. THERE ARE STORIES OF INMATES JUMPING FROM THE CATWALK, WHICH CONNECTS THE COURTHOUSE TO THE JAIL ON THE 3RD FLOOR. INMATES ALSO COMMITTED SUICIDE BY HANGING, AS WELL AS OTHER INVENTIVE WAYS. 

THERE WAS A MURDER IN THE JAIL ON THE NIGHT OF JULY 2ND 1910. KINGSLEY OLDS WAS SHOT AND KILLED BY AN UNKNOWN ASSAILANT FROM THE COURTHOUSE WINDOW NEXT DOOR. THE KILLER WAS NEVER CAPTURED. KINGSLEY OLDS WAS ON TRIAL FOR THE MURDERS OF HIS EMPLOYERS DAUGHTERS, MYRTLE AND LOU.  RUMOR HAS IT THAT FATHER WESLEY GOSWICK MAY HAVE INDEED FIRED THE SHOT THAT KILLED KINGSLEY OLDS IN HIS VERY OWN CELL. 

WE ENTERED THE JAIL AT 9:00 P.M. SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 17TH AND INVESTIGATED UNTIL 3:00 A.M.  THE FOLLOWING MORNING. THE JAIL WAS FILLED WITH PARANORMAL ACTIVITY. THERE WERE MULTIPLE SPIKES CAPTURED ON OUR STATIC FIELD DETECTORS. HOWEVER, OUR ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD DETECTORS WERE RENDERED USELESS DUE TO HIGH LEVELS OF E.M.F. COMING FROM POORLY INSULATED WIRING THROUGH THE ENTIRE BUILDING. 

AFTER AN INITIAL WALK THROUGH WE SEPARATED INTO GROUPS OF 2 AND POSITIONED OURSELVES AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF THE BUILDING. WE ALMOST IMMEDIATELY WITNESSED OUR TRIBO-METER STATIC FIELD DETECTOR ACTIVATE, FOLLOWED BY MULTIPLE CELL DOORS OPENING AND MOVING. DURING THIS TIME, VICTOR AND DANNY WITNESSED THEIR R.E.M. POD STATIC FIELD DETECTOR ACTIVATE AS WELL.AS THE NIGHT WENT ON, THE ACTIVITY CONTINUED. AS WE INVESTIGATED ONE OF THE CELL BLOCKS, LEAD INVESTIGATOR ERIC .R., WAS TEMPORARILY SUBJUGATED BY AN UNKNOWN FORCE AND HAD TO BE REMOVED FROM THE AREA TO REGAIN COMPOSURE. UPON 2ND ENTRY TO THE CELL, A SIMILAR EVENT OCCURRED ONCE AGAIN TO ERIC, FORCING US OUT ONCE MORE.

 I BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRITS LINGERING WITHIN THE WALLS OF THE OLD GILA COUNTY JAIL ARE THOSE OF BOTH INMATES, AS WELL AS LAWMEN. A COMBINATION OF GOOD AND BAD, THAT WILL REMAIN FOR ETERNITY WITHIN THE CELLS AND OFFICES AT THE GILA COUNTY JAIL. THE SPIRITS THERE WILL COMMUNICATE WITH THE LIVING, WHILE LETTING IT BE KNOWN, THAT THEY ARE IN CONTROL OF THE SITUATION ONCE YOU ENTER THE CELL BLOCKS. THE SPIRITS AT THE JAIL ARE ALSO ABLE TO HARM AND MANIPULATE THE LIVING, SO WE RECOMMEND EXTREME CAUTION WHEN INVESTIGATING THIS LOCATION.


Wednesday, January 24, 2018

TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL MMXVIII PRESENTS THE 2017 HALLOWEEN SPECIAL


OCTOBER 26TH MARANA AZ GHOST TOWN INVESTIGATION.
WHILE INVESTIGATING A WELL KNOWN PARANORMAL HOT SPOT WE ENCOUNTERED MULTIPLE SPIRIT VOICES ON OUR SB-11 SPIRIT BOX. THE SPIRITS WHO COMMUNICATED DID NOT SEEM FAMILIAR WITH US, TELLING US THEY WERE NOT RESIDENT SPIRITS. WE ALSO CAPTURED SOME SHOCKING K-II SPIKES JUST BEFORE WE HEARD CLEAR WALKING OUTSIDE OF THE HOME. UPON INVESTIGATING THE SURROUNDINGS NO EVIDENCE OF LIFE WAS FOUND. 



Saturday, November 25, 2017

TUCSONS FINET PARANORMAL MMXVII: SOUTH TUCSON INVESTIGATION


WHILE INVESTIGATING A SOUTH TUCSON HOME, WE CAPTURED VERY CLEAR SPIRIT VOICES TALKING IN OR IR CAMCORDER AUDIO. IN THE VIDEO WE ARE CONDUCTING AN SB-11 SPIRIT BOX SESSION TRYING TO MAKE CONTACT WITH THE HOMEOWNERS DECEASED FAMILY MEMBERS. WE DID MAKE CONTACT VIA THE SB-11, HOWEVER WE DID NOT HEAR ANY OF THESE VOICES IN REAL TIME. IN THE AUDIO CLIP YOU HEAR BOTH MALE AND FEMALE VOICES AS WELL AS CLEAR CHILD'S VOICE AT THE END SAYING "UH-OH..".

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL MMXVII HALLOWEEN SPECIAL


WATCH THIS SATURDAY AS WE EMBARK ON THE PARANORMAL EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME! ALL ASPECTS WILL BE RECORDED AND AVAILABLE FOR PUBLIC REVIEW A.S.A.P.! STAY TUNED FOR MORE FROM TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL.

Tuesday, September 19, 2017

TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL MMXVII: SENTINEL PEAK MINE BUILDING INVESTIGATION AUGUST 27TH.



SHOCKING EVIDENCE WAS CAPTURED ON OUR MEL METER, SB-11, AND K-II METER AT THIS EARLY 1900'S MINING SITE. WITH NO HISTORICAL LINKS WE FIND OURSELVES TRAVELING INTO THE UNKNOWN, SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS FROM THE PAST. WE MANAGED TO CAPTURE THE NAME "HENRY", ON OUR SB-11 DEVICE, HOWEVER WE WERE NOT ABLE TO OBTAIN ANY FURTHER INFORMATION PERTAINING TO THIS INDIVIDUAL. MANY OF OUR INVESTIGATIONS OUR BASED OFF OF STORIES AND LEGENDS, WHICH LEAVES US STRUGGLING TO FIND ANSWERS. WE CALL THEM "SHOT IN THE DARK" INVESTIGATIONS, BUT RARELY DO WE LEAVE DISSATISFIED. 

Tuesday, August 29, 2017

TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL MMXVII: SENTINEL PEAK STONE QUARRY 8/19


THIS STONE QUARRY AT THE BASE OF SENTINEL PEAK OPERATED FROM 
THE 19TH CENTURY UNTIL SOMETIME IN THE 1930'S. WITHIN THE 
LARGE ROCK WALLS LIE 3 GRAVE SITES, OR MARKERS. TWO ARE 
FITTED WITH LARGE WHITE CROSSES AND ONE WITHOUT. ALTHOUGH 
WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF WHAT TOOK PLACE HERE, 
WE STILL ATTEMPTED TO MAKE CONTACT WITH ANY POTENTIAL 
LINGERING SPIRITS. WE YIELDED SOME INTERESTING RESULTS 
WITH BOTH OUR I.R.MOTION ACTIVATED LIGHT, AS WELL AS WITH 
OUR OVILUS X I.T.C. RESEARCH DEVICE.

T.F.P. AUGUST 19TH MMXVII

Thursday, August 17, 2017

TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL MMXVII: REAL PARANORMAL FOOTAGE CAPTURED IN ABANDONED FARMHOUSE

VAIL ARIZONA INVESTIGATION JULY 29TH MMXVII
T.F.P. INVESTIGATES AN ABANDONED FARM HOUSE IN THE DESERT OF VAIL AZ. WHILE UTILIZING ALL OF OUR EQUIPMENT, WE CAPTURED SHOCKING RESULTS WITH OUR SB-11 SPIRIT BOX, AND OUR K-II METER.  WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THE HISTORY OF THE HOME TO DATE. WE ASSUME THAT THE SPIRIT WE COMMUNICATED WITH WAS A FEMALE THAT DIED ON THE PROPERTY PERHAPS OF UNFORTUNATE CIRCUMSTANCES.


Wednesday, July 5, 2017

TUCSONS FINEST PARANORMAL MMXVII PRESENTS RUBY ARIZONA INVESTIGATION MAY 20TH




NESTLED JUST MILES FROM THE MEXICO BORDER IN SOUTHERN ARIZONA LIES THE SMALL TOWN OF RUBY ARIZONA. WHAT WAS ONCE A LARGE LEAD MINING OPERATION HAS SLOWLY FALLEN INTO DISREPAIR AND RUINS. HOUSES OF THE WEALTHY SIT ATOP THE HILLSIDE REFERRED TO AS "NOB HILL", ABANDONED AND SILENT. MANY OTHER STRUCTURES LIKE THE SCHOOLHOUSE AND JAIL ARE STILL STANDING, GIVING YOU THE FEEL OF HOW THE TOWN ONCE OPERATED SO LONG AGO. WHILE IN FULL OPERATION THE TOWN WAS RELATIVELY QUIET, HOWEVER BEING SO CLOSE TO THE US/MEXICO BORDER MEANT TROUBLE FOR RUBY ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASION. VIGILANTE BANDITS WOULD RIDE IN ON HORSEBACK PERIODICALLY AND WREAK HAVOC ON THE TOWNSPEOPLE. JOHN AND ALEXANDER FRASER, OWNERS AND OPERATORS OF THE RUBY POST OFFICE AND MERCANTILE, WERE THE FIRST TO FALL VICTIMS OF THIS BRUTALITY. ALTHOUGH BEING WARNED BY THE PRIOR OWNER PHILIP CLARKE TO BE WARY OF ROAMING VIGILANTES, THE FRASER BROTHERS WERE ROBBED AND MURDERED FEB 27TH 1920 BY MEXICAN BANDITS. ALEXANDER WAS SHOT IN THE BACK AND JOHN WAS SHOT THROUGH THE EYE. THE NEXT TO FALL VICTIMS WERE FRANK AND MYRTLE PEARSON. BOTH WERE KILLED BY MEXICAN BANDITS WHILE OPERATING THE POST OFFICE AND MERCANTILE ON AUG 26TH 1921, NOT LONG AFTER THE FRASER BROTHERS HAD SUFFERED THE SAME FATE. ALTHOUGH NO JUSTICE WAS EVER FOUND FOR THE FRASER BROTHERS, THE PEARSON'S MURDERERS WERE EVENTUALLY CAPTURED AND 1 OF THEM, BY THE NAME MANUEL MARTINEZ, WAS HUNG FOR THE CRIMES. PLACIDO SILVAS WAS CAPTURED BUT ESCAPED FROM PRISON AND WAS NEVER SEEN AGAIN. MANY BELIEVE THE POST OFFICE BUILDING MAY HAVE BEEN CURSED FROM THE STRUCTURE BEING BUILT ATOP A GRAVE OF A MAN NAMED "TIO PEDRO", A PRIEST THAT WAS BURIED THERE IN THE 1800's. 
THERE WAS ALSO A SUICIDE THAT OCCURRED IN RUBY ON JUNE 21ST 1936. FRED GREGORY WAS A CHEMIST IN RUBY AND RAN THE ASSAY OFFICE. HE WAS A FAMILY MAN  WITH A WIFE AND 2 CHILDREN. UNFORTUNATELY,  HE FOUND OUT THAT HIS WIFE HAD BEEN UNFAITHFUL AND WENT TO THE ASSAY OFFICE AND DRANK A FATAL AMOUNT OF CYANIDE, KILLING HIM INSTANTLY. ALTHOUGH ONLY A CARETAKER NOW RESIDES IN RUBY, THE SPIRITS FROM THESE TRAGIC EVENTS ARE STILL LINGERING THE COLD DESERT AT NIGHT, SEARCHING FOR ANSWERS THEY MAY NEVER FIND. 
RUBY AZ MERCANTILE, LOCATION OF 2 DOUBLE HOMICIDES