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Some people go to restaurants for fine dining, others to grab a quick bite. Yet, there are those who seek out something a little bit extra with their meal. No, we’re not talking bizarre or odd food items. We’re talking spirits, and not the drinking kind. Here are 10 haunted restaurants from across this great nation, where you can wine and dine with the dearly departed. The One-Eyed Gypsy - Los Angeles, CA According to LAist, this bar has quite the past – a former brothel, speakeasy, bootlegging operating and biker bar. Now it is simply a cocktail lounge with lots of kitsch appeal. Many of the barkeeps ...

With the popularity of ghost-hunter shows on television, it’s clear that people want to believe. Most people associate hauntings with houses, castles and other things that go bump in the night, but hauntings can include objects, like the oft-mentioned Hope Diamond, tchotchkes available in antique shops, or even items on eBay. In fact, hauntings have gone so mainstream that eBay has a “Guide to Buying Haunted Items.” But are these items really haunted, or just objects imbued with good stories to help make a quick buck? Click ahead for 10 of the most haunted objects out there. Let the buyer ...

There are a million stories in the Big Apple, and many of them involve dead people. With a city as old as New York, it shouldn’t surprise anyone that there are a bunch of ghost stories to be told. Here are the creepiest locations in the five boroughs. The Dakota Hotel This Upper East Side landmark is the place where John Lennon was shot by a crazed fan, but it’s not the Beatle’s ghost that haunts its halls. Instead, the Dakota Hotel is the site of multiple reports of two ghostly children, a boy and a girl. The pair have been seen for decades. The Dakota is one of the city’s oldest buildings, ...

The City by the Lake has a reputation for being a pretty down-to-earth place, but behind every broad Midwestern facade lurks some pretty creepy stuff. We’ll take you on a journey through the supernatural underworld of the Windy City, marking the 10 scariest haunted locations in the Chicago metro area so you can investigate them for yourself. Resurrection Cemetery Not surprisingly, cemeteries are great places to meet ghosts. Chicago’s most famous wandering spirit haunts the grounds of Resurrection Cemetery in the city’s South Side, and if you’re unlucky, you might just see her. Dozens of drivers ...