Timeline: Kaite's Continues to Haunt Smithtown

If looking for a ghost story to tell on Halloween, the tale of Katie's of Smithtown could be a good one to start with. If you need a refresher course on Katie's spooky history, we've got you covered.

Katie's was formerly Smithtown's Trainor Hotel and in 1909 it burned to the ground. Katie's owner Brian Karppinen said the bar gets visited by a "gaggle of ghosts," staff members have witnessed flying glasses, and patrons have seen ghostly images in the mirrors.

Karppinen said the ghost that hits the bar most frequently is a former local named Charlie Klein, who was a bootlegger and bartender in the 1920s, as well as a former owner of the hotel that burned down. After some research, Karppinen found out that Klein committed suicide in 1933 in fear of going to jail after selling a drink to an IRS man.

With a headline of "Single and Scared in Smithtown," one would assume that you'd probably want to avoid the bar. But columnist Gina Mannara said the ghost of Klein is interesting and intriguing enough to draw a crowd for a good time on Halloween.

Mannara wrote that Katie's on Halloween had a "weird energy," but had a more mature crowd that provided a good atmosphere for conversation and a "laid back night."

The bar was featured on the TV program Paranormal State in 2007, later on the Long Island Oddities website, and finally on the Long Island Paranormal Investigators website in 2008.

The bar held a party back in May for its appearance on the Biography Channel's program, My Ghost Story. The show was filmed in December 2010 and aired on May 7.

Do you have a haunted experience at Katie's story to share? Feel free to do so in the comments.