Chicken Alley in downtown Asheville, NC, is reputedly haunted by the ghost of Dr. Jamie Smith, a 19th-century physician who died at the alley's Broadway's Tavern. People report seeing his apparition in a long black coat, carrying a physician's bag and a silver-tipped cane. The alley, named for the chickens that used to congregate there, is marked by a chicken mural and is considered by some to be one of North Carolina's most haunted streets. Dr. Smith's ghost is often described as a man in a long black coat, carrying a physician's bag in one hand and a silver-tipped cane in the other. The physician was a regular at Broadway's Tavern in the alley, where he met his end while attempting to break up a bar fight. His ghost has been sighted for over a century, and some claim to hear the distinct tapping of his cane echoing in the narrow alley. The alley is named for the chickens that historically congregated there during Asheville's early days.