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If you don’t think the usual cheesy Halloween parties and bad costumes are going to cut it this Oct. 31, maybe it’s time to take a trip somewhere on the spooky side. Instead of quieting their ghostly pasts, many tourist spots are now trying to capitalize on them so you can actually stay in a haunted hotel room or visit a place where scores of people died from the black plague. We rounded up the scariest places to visit — if you dare!

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Are these places just not spooky enough? Read the “Encyclopedia of Haunted Places: Revised Edition,” which is written by several of the world’s leading paranormal investigators and is filled with firsthand accounts, interviews and photos of haunted places.

The Real Mary King’s Close
Edinburgh, Scotland

In the 17th century, Mary King’s Close was an underground slum in Edinburgh, Scotland that was devastated by the black plague; there’s a long-standing rumor that in 1644, in an effort to quarantine the victims, city officials just sealed it off, leaving some 600 inhabitants to die inside. Now that it’s a tourist attraction, you can take the supernatural history tour, which examines urban myths and legends, as well as tries to explain the sightings of mysterious figures since its opening.
Info: www.realmarykingsclose.com