Well, it’s probably fair to say that the majority of Brown students will spend tonight frolicking from party to party in large costume-clad packs. But maybe dressing up like Michael Jackson and crushing PBRs isn’t your thing. Thankfully, there’s a fantastic alternative, which I will call “getting spooked.” For those of you who haven’t tried breaking into an old abandoned building or trespassing at a lighthouse supposedly inhabited by the spirit of some curmudgeonly lighthouse keeper who died in a lighthouse related-accident, you’ve been missing out. Whether or not ghosts actually exist, it’s still ridiculously fun to find the places where they might be–especially if these places are insane asylums, factories, or old Victorian houses. To help you out this Halloween, I present here a short list of places to get spooked locally:

Benefit Street – This is where you want to be. Aside from being the old stomping grounds of one, H.P. Lovecraft, and being known as the “most haunted street in Rhode Island,” Benefit is where  you will find the Old State House. According to legend, a man named John Gordon was convicted there and hanged for a crime he didn’t commit in the 1840s. Though Gordy wasn’t hanged at the State House, it’s said the he likes to show up every once in awhile to give the unlucky late-night passerby a piece of his mind.

RISD – This place is supposedly haunted as shit. There are a number of houses near RISD that are said to be crawling with spirits.  Do I know where they are? Unless one of them is the RISD art museum, the answer is “no.” That said, try consulting some of your more artistically-inclined friends, and perhaps they will be able to point you in the right direction.

University Hall – During the Revolutionary War, the hall on the campus green was converted into a hospital to house wounded soldiers. It’s probably safe to assume that a few of these guys didn’t make it and are spending eternity floating through the offices of various deans. But hey, there’s only one way to find out.

Annmary Brown Tomb – As far as I know, the spooky crypt up by health services has never been said to be haunted. That said, it is a GD crypt in the middle of campus. There are literally dead people in that thing. Yikes.

Jo’s – Okay, okay, it’s not haunted in the traditional sense. That doesn’t mean the place doesn’t teem with the ghosts of hookups lost and nights derailed by the unavoidable call of the 1:55 spicy with.