Fox Tucson Theatre

The Fox opened in April 1930 as a vaudeville house and cinema, closed in 1974 as downtown Tucson emptied, stood derelict for more than two decades, and reopened in 2006 after a full restoration. During construction in 1929 a workman was crushed to death by heavy machinery; the builders marked it with a stone arrow near the stage, set pointing the opposite way to every other decoration. Staff and visitors describe a shadowy figure near the projection booth when the building is empty, and those who work in the booth report noises, lights and movement they cannot explain — enough that projectionists have quit over it. Others describe a panhandler in the lobby whose offered coins fall through the hand, and a child heard laughing in the foyers.