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Each and every year, Halloween continues to grow in popularity around the world – with many cultures now featuring the tradition as their own. However, as Halloween begins to approach, it may be surprisingly clear that not everyone – especially as you grow older – wants to attend trick or treating, fright nights, or even explore abandoned local buildings on their own.

Thankfully, for those food lovers out there, or those simply looking for a more mellow, or realistic scare – many seem to forget that almost every city has a haunted bar or restaurant that usually offers quite the intriguing story. While most ghost encounters are related to love affairs or natural causes, some can be severely tragic such as gruesome murders.

However, not all ghost tales are true so don’t be shocked if a bar claims to be haunted as barkeeps are often great at telling well known ghosts stories to keep you drinking, and tipping. Luckily, not all stories turn out to be false, as many restaurants across the United States have had paranormal experts confirm that some buildings do indeed hold some form of paranormal force.

On most occasions, paranormal activity will occur through unexplainable forces and feelings of being touched or watched, apparitions of ghostly figures, voices, and even movement of certain objects.

So, if you think that you have what it takes to stand face to face with a ghost, here are 15 haunted restaurants that you need to visit this Halloween. Just be careful what you wish for though, as you might just see it!

15. The Queen Mary – Long Beach, CA

The Queen Mary is arguably one of the most haunted locations within California as the historic ocean liner is home to nearly 50 deaths. While The Queen Mary may currently be known as a hotel, a number of disturbing tragedies have occurred within the ship’s kitchen.

One of these particular tragedies belongs to a chef that was supposedly stuffed into an oven during WWII and roasted by his crew, with many still claiming that you can often hear his screams. According to Queenmary.com, guests might encounter the ghost of Leonard “Lobster” Horsborough, who was the chef during the ship’s final voyage. However, Horsborough didn’t survive the whole trip and passed away either due to a heatstroke or heart trouble and was ultimately buried at sea.

Many believe that Horsborough’s spirit didn’t leave the ship as many staff members have reported seeing “Lobster” appear and then suddenly disappear as he goes about his duties in the kitchen.

If you’re brave enough, the Queen Mary is a must visit attraction this Halloween!