Drunk Ghosts

It's the season to get drunk and talk about scary stuff. Here's where to find boozy spirits in Portland.

By WW Culture Staff

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Old Town Pizza 

Nina, dead hooker.
226 NW Davis St., 222-9999, oldtownpizza.com.



White Eagle

Rose, dead junkie hooker.
836 N Russell St., 282-6810, mcmenamins.com.


Pied Cow 

Lydia, typical Catholic schoolgirl.
3244 SE Belmont St., 230-4866.


Bagdad Theater
Unnamed stagehand, hung himself.
3702 SE Hawthorne Blvd., 467-7521, mcmenamins.com.


Kay's Bar

Unnamed poltergeist, possibly shot to death.
6903 SE Milwaukie Ave., 232-4447, kaysbarpdx.com.


Kells Irish Pub

Dead fireman, cigar room.
112 SW 2nd Ave., 227-4057, kellsirishportland.com.


Benson Hotel Bar

Simon Benson, teetotaler, angry at annoying drunks.
309 SW Broadway, 228-2000, bensonhotel.com.


ILLUSTRATIONS: Sabrina Elliott

GO: DIY ghost tours available by plugging above addresses into Google Maps and buying yourself drinks. For commercial tours of ghost bars, check out BeerQuest PDX, which hosts Halloween Haunted Pub Tours every night through Nov. 2. Tours include seven beer samples from Kells Irish Pub and Old Town Brewing. Tickets are $40 Monday-Thursday and $49 Friday-Sunday. Tickets at beerquestpdx.com.

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