Cigars and Stripes, Berwyn
Cigars & Stripes, a bar and lounge in Berwyn, Illinois, has a local reputation for being haunted. Eerie reports from patrons and staff include disembodied screams and footsteps, moving objects, and a shadowy figure. The building is also associated with the tragic death of a policeman. The legend of Officer Lucky: According to a description of the bar's "Muffler Man" statue, the building is said to be haunted by a police officer. The ghostly presence is reportedly that of a policeman who died in the doorway of the building in 1981. The bar's owner commissioned a custom "Muffler Man" statue for the roof and named it "Lucky" in the officer's honor. Visitors and employees have cited various other unsettling incidents within the building: Unexplained screams and footsteps are sometimes heard when no one is around. Objects have been reported to move on their own, a classic poltergeist phenomenon. A dark, shadowy apparition has been seen moving around the building.