Move over, Salem — NYC’s got enough spooky spots in its five boroughs to compete with the nation’s most haunted places. We’re not just talking about frighteningly large rodents, shockingly small apartments, or a unit with a shower in the kitchen, either. If you’re looking for a true Halloween spot in the city to get your supernatural scare on, we’ve got you covered.

1. White Horse Tavern
2. Chelsea Hotel
3. One if by Land, Two if by Sea
4. The Morris-Jumel Mansion
5. The Haunted Well Inside a SoHo Clothing Store
6. The Merchant’s House Museum
7. St. Paul’s Chapel and Churchyard
8. The Lefferts-Laidlaw House
9. 14 West 10th Street
10. The Amityville Horror House

1. White Horse Tavern

White Horse Tavern describes itself as the second-oldest continuously run tavern in New York City. Established in 1880, the bar was originally frequented by longshoremen, but in the 1950s it became a favorite of writers like Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsburg. One evening in 1953, the Welsh poet Dylan Thomas claimed to have drank 18 shots of whiskey at the White Horse before he collapsed. He was escorted back to his home at the Chelsea Hotel, where he fell into a coma. The next morning he was taken to St. Vincent’s Hospital, where he soon died. Thomas’ ghost is believed to frequent the bar to this day, sitting at his favorite table and helping himself to a beer and a shot. Coolest ghost ever?

2. Chelsea Hotel

You better believe Dylan Thomas still haunts this place, too. He’s said to appear near room 205, where he was living until his death. Both before and after Thomas’ death, the Chelsea Hotel was a gathering place for artists and bohemians. The raucous residential hotel hosted the likes of Jimi Hendrix, Patti Smith, Bob Dylan, Edie Sedgwick, Dee Dee Ramone, and Andy Warhol, among others. But the hotel is perhaps best known for the night punk rocker Nancy Spungen was found stabbed to death in her room with Sex Pistols bassist Sid Vicious. Vicious was arrested for her murder, but died of a heroin overdose before standing trial. Some say the pair never left the Chelsea Hotel.

3. One if by Land, Two if by Sea

Located at 17 Barrow Street in the West Village, this romantic restaurant was once the carriage house of Aaron Burr, who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel. As a result, Burr lost most of his New York property, including the carriage house — but that certainly hasn’t stopped him from visiting the place. Staff claim that Burr and his daughter Theodosia still haunt the restaurant. Women at the bar report their earrings going missing, and patrons say they’ve been shoved by spirits. Go for the food and spooky ambiance, but maybe leave your good jewelry at home.

4. The Morris-Jumel Mansion

Manhattan’s oldest house is also a haunted mansion, and not of the Disney kind. Nestled in Washington Heights, the Morris-Jumel mansion was briefly home to George Washington during the Revolutionary War, and later served as headquarters for the British and their German allies, the Hessians. Twenty years later, the home was purchased by Stephen Jumel and his wife Eliza. After Eliza died by falling from a carriage onto a pitchfork in 1832, she went on to marry Aaron Burr (yes, the same Aaron Burr who killed Alexander Hamilton), but filed for divorce one year later. Some say she may have been involved with both men’s deaths. Hordes of ghost hunters and tourists now visit the property to catch Eliza’s ghost roaming the premises, and she’s been thought to shush school children who get too rowdy. A Hessian soldier who fell to his death also occasionally pops in.

5. The Haunted Well Inside a SoHo Clothing Store

Yes, you read that correctly. In 1799, the strangled body of Gulielma Sands was found in a well on Spring Street in what was then known as Lispenard’s Meadow. News of the grisly murder quickly spread through town and fingers pointed to Sands’ boyfriend, Levi Weeks, who was put on trial for her murder. Luckily Weeks was represented by Alexander Hamilton and Aaron Burr (these two again?!), and was later acquitted. It is said that Sands’ ghost still haunts the well, but in a much less spooky setting: it’s now located inside a COS clothing store in SoHo.

6. The Merchant’s House Museum

This landmarked Federal-style brick home has been scaring visitors for over 80 years. Located at 29 East 4th Street, the home was owned by the wealthy Tredwell family since 1835, and has remained completely preserved as it was in the 19th century. The youngest Tredwell offspring and last family occupant, Gertrude, died in the house in 1933 and gets most of the credit for reported hauntings. Staff and visitors report unexplained sightings, noises, and even smells. The museum offers ghost tours for the brave souls who want to experience this house of horrors up close.

7. St. Paul’s Chapel and Churchyard

You may not find any holy spirits in the graveyard of this Lower Manhattan church, but you could see a headless actor roaming the grounds. Back in the 1800s, renowned stage star George Frederick Cooke was mired in debt and pledged to donate his head to science in the event of his death to pay it off. Cooke’s ghost now roams the cemetery grounds, posthumously searching for his head. Cooke’s skull went on to find notoriety of its own — legend has it that it was used in several productions of Hamlet as a theater prop.

8. The Lefferts-Laidlaw House

In the 1870s, builder Edward F. Smith lived in this stately mansion at 136 Clinton Avenue in what is now Clinton Hill, Brooklyn. According to Smith, something otherworldly was terrorizing his family. Creepy sounds emanated from the house: a persistent knocking could be heard at the door, the doorbell would start to ring without cause or explanation, and doors would start to rattle as if someone were trying to unhinge them.

Smith went so far as to have the police investigate. They witnessed all the happenings he reported, but could find no explanation. After three weeks, the disturbances mysteriously stopped. Haunted or not, this landmarked Greek Revival home is worth quite a bit. In 2016, it was placed on the market for $3.55 million:

9. 14 West 10th Street

Although the Greenwich Village brownstone at 14 West 10th Street is gorgeous from the outside, it’s also referred to as the “House of Death” — and with good reason. Some 22 ghosts of residents past are said to roam through the space, including that of Mark Twain, who once lived at the address.

Actress Jan Bryant Bartell, who moved into the building in 1957, wrote a memoir about her eerie experience living there titled Spindrift: Spray from a Psychic Sea. In the book, she recounts how she and her husband felt a constant presence around the house. Bartell even claims to have been possessed by one of the ghosts during a séance. After 12 years of constant terror, the couple fled. Several other occupants of the building also went on to meet gruesome deaths.

14 West 10th Street is now a rental building, and despite its chilling reputation, it doesn’t appear to have struggled to find tenants. Not surprising, considering how many New Yorkers dream of living in Greenwich Village.

10. The Amityville Horror House

While Amityville is about 30 miles outside of NYC, we’d be remiss if we didn’t mention the Long Island house that spawned numerous books, horror movies, and other works. On November 13, 1974, Ronald J. DeFeo Jr. murdered his parents and four siblings while they slept in the house. Barely a year later, the home was purchased by the Lutz family for the low price of $80,000, but they only lasted 28 days before cutting their losses and moving out. It’s their account of terror in the house that inspired the first The Amityville Horror film in 1979 and became the stuff of legend. The home’s most recent recorded sale was in February of 2017, to an undisclosed owner for $605,000 — $200,000 below the initial asking price.