• At City Tavern, a historic restaurant in Old City Philadelphia, a former waiter is always on the job. Legend has it that he was the unintended victim of a bar room duel. To this day, proprietor/chef Walter Staib reports that table settings are moved and silverware clatters. A specter in a bloodied white shirt is sometimes seen falling to the floor before it disappears. 138 S. 2^nd Street, (215) 413-1443

• Eastern State Penitentiary, a grim 172-year-old former state prison, was once home to famous inmates Al Capone and Willie Sutton. Pained former prisoners are said to haunt Eastern State’s dark Gothic halls. Halloween staff regularly reports seeing the "Soap Lady" dressed in white in the last cell on the second floor. "Terror Behind the Walls," a Halloween tour of the 12-acre site, is offered by candlelight, with visits to The Asylum, Cellblock of Lost Souls and a Tunnel Escape included in the "fun." Not for the faint of heart. 20th Street & Fairmount Avenue, (215) 236-5111

• Cresheim Cottage Café, now a friendly neighborhood café, was the first house built along Germantown Avenue in 1748. Through the years, a young female ghost in pink Victorian clothing with a satin bow and dark corkscrew curls has been sighted; the owners call her Emily. An attic door mysteriously opens and shuts and unexplained thumps in the halls spooked contractors when they were renovating the building several years ago. Visitors can request to be seated in Emily’s room. 7402 Germantown Avenue, (215) 248-4365

• Perhaps the city’s most haunted spot, St. Peter’s Church Cemetery has been home to ghosts for more than a century. Some spectators have seen a horse-drawn carriage charging through the center of the graveyard and through the church. Others say restless Native American chiefs roam the grounds and the spirit of a colonial African American man can sometimes be seen walking in the graveyard by moonlight. 4th & Pine Streets

• Inn Philadelphia, a circa 1825 pair of townhouses, is both an excellent Philadelphia restaurant and home to numerous resident ghosts. The owners have reported seeing brass chandeliers moving for no reason, pictures flying off the walls, doors opening and closing and hearing the sounds of heavy, dragging footfalls in an upstairs dining room. Spirits have even shown themselves to customers. One playful ghost sometimes tugs on diners’ hair. 251 S. Camac Street, (215) 732-2339, (215) 732-8630

• The charming, antiques-filled Bucksville House Bed & Breakfast has several guests who never checked out. Presences have been confirmed in at least one of the inn’s guest rooms, when a psychic felt the presence of a man pacing between the fireplace and the window. The former owner’s son saw a man wearing a string tie and a flat tipped black hat who sometimes appeared at the foot of the bed in one of the rooms. There are marked "cold spots" in the inn, and items tend to disappear and appear in the most unexpected places. Even the Ghost Hunter’s Alliance of Philadelphia recoded voices and found "hot spots" in the inn. 4501 Durham Road, Route 412, Kintnersville, (610) 847-8948

• Servers at Crier in the Country, a New French mansion turned restaurant and inn in Glen Mills, love to tell ghost stories. It’s believed that two former owners, Lydia Powell and Henry Saulineer, still watch over the property, which dates back to 1740. One diner saw the reflection of Lydia in a white Victorian dress in the men’s room mirror. When the diner turned around to look at the woman, the spirit vanished. The wait staff frequently finds silverware piled in the center of the dining room tables, a prank which happens on a regular basis. Routes 1 & 261, Glen Mills, (610) 358 2411

• Barnes Foundation, the former mansion of Dr. Albert Barnes, is said to also be home to the late doctor’s restless spirit. Barnes, whose collection of impressionist and African art is world renowned, was a controversial figure in life and in death. He has been spotted wandering the halls of his eclectic art museum, a shadowy bearded figure forever inspecting his collection. 300 N. Latch's Lane, Merion Station, (610) 667-0290

• Historic Waynesborough, an 18^th-century mansion and home of Revolutionary War General Anthony Wayne, is said to be haunted by one of his descendants, Hannah Wayne. On her way up to the attic with a candle, Hannah got caught in the trap door and accidentally set herself on fire. No one heard her screams, until she threw the candleholder and broke the window. Over the years people have reported hearing the crash of broken glass followed by screaming and crying but no broken glass is ever found. 2049 Waynesborough Road, Paoli, (610) 647-1779

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