It’s October, which officially means that Spooky Season is in full swing. It’s time to serve up some scares as the shadows grow longer and the weather gets colder. To get into the Halloween spirit — pun intended — we’ve gone ahead and chosen 13 of the most haunted bars in America.
This list includes a bar at a hotel that served as the inspiration behind one of the most iconic horror movies of all time, a tavern that was cursed by Edgar Allen Poe and a shuttered nightclub that locals believe to be the portal to hell. Whether you believe in ghosts or not, the following 13 establishments have one heck of a story behind them and are steeped in dark history.
Below is a list of bars serving spirits in more ways than one, and some of them might be in a city near you if you want to pop in and grab a drink with their otherworldly inhabitants…