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The
Arizona
Paranormal
Society

The Liberty Theater
Jerome, AZ
Case #205

Name: The Liberty Theater
Location: 110 Jerome Avenue Jerome, AZ 86331
Manager: Withheld
Case #: B-205
Date: August 11th, 2007
Time of arrival: 10:00pm

Investigators: Frank Madrid, Lori Marshall, Gino Madrid, Jim Koch,
Randy Arbogast.

Reason for investigation: Preliminary Investigation in preparation for
shooting Channel 3 Halloween Special.

Weather conditions: Clear and calm.
Outside Temperature: 68 degrees f.
Humidity: 27%
Wind: 0-4 mph
Geomagnetic storm activity: Quiet
Moon: waning crescent
Average EMF baseline readings: 1.8
EMF Spikes: to 4.2

HISTORY OF THE LIBERTY THEATER:
Built in 1918 at a cost of $80,000.00, the Liberty Theater paid for itself
the first year it was open. It was built to seat 536 people and featured
silent movies and vaudeville acts. Tickets were purchased at the front
ticket booth for 20-30 cents, the cheaper seats being in the balcony.
Patrons would then walk down the outside walkway and enter the theater at
the rear of the building. The stage and orchestra pit were located on the
first floor. The dressing rooms for the vaudeville actors were on the
second floor. When sound films came out in 1929, the theater was closed
as a movie house, a false ceiling added and the bottom floor was converted
into the Liberty Cafe. Then, in the 1960's, it was changed again into a retail
and antique shop.
The upstairs area remained unchanged since its closing.

In 2003, the current owners started renovation on the original theater and
have done a spectacular job in doing so. It has a beautiful gift shop, a
cinema museum and is a functioning theater. The theater takes you back in
time to an era of long, long ago.....

HAUNTED HISTORY

Patrons have reported hearing pipe organ sounds coming from the non
working pipe organ at the foot of the stage. Various mysterious voices and
noises have been heard throughout the theater. Two men were killed in the
projection room due to an explosion from the carbide projection lamp in the
projector. Some of the investigators did have some personal experiences. A
flashlight flew out of one of our investigator's pocket landing on the
floor a little distance away. When he picked it up and placed it back in his
pocket, he asked if "they" could do it again. Just then the flashlight started
to move in his pocket. While we were sitting near the top row of the theater,
all of us were seeing shadows moving left and right on the small wall that
separates the stage section from the seating section. We did see them with
our eyes but they unfortunately could not be picked up on video. Various
bumping noises were heard coming from the stage area but the source could
not be located. Some cold spots were felt and EMF spikes were occasional.

We had in use our experimental T.Az.P.S. ION generator working at the time
which added energy to the room allowing some entities to use it for their
own manifesting purposes. It is a curious thing that directly behind the area
that the ION generator was in, we seem to have captured on digital still
camera what looks like a man standing in front of the crates on stage
wearing what looks like a trench coat and a fedora hat. Below that pic are
two different women of the era.

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^woman not
there

^ woman
appears

Close up of dark haired woman

This EVP is just
someone
saying "hi" to us

In this EVP
someone is
saying "hey guys"

(Apologies to those offended)
In this EVP, it sounds like a woman whispering "stupid ass" or "fucking
ass"

With the evidence of audio and still pictures
gathered from the first investigation of the
prestigious Liberty Theater, it would be beneficial
to conduct a follow up investigation. The
utilization of our newly updated equipment would
open the doors for more different types of
evidence that may be collected. We will be adding
to this page, which has been devoted to the Liberty
Theater, from time to time as we get more
information to pass along.
We here at T.Az.P.S. would like to express a heart
filled "thank you" to the owners of the Liberty
Theater. Their kindness, generosity and trust is
greatly appreciated and respected.

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Another woman smiles for
the camera. this was
captured stage right.