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The ladies room at 5 Spot is haunted

December 28th, 2009 · 9 Comments

If you look forward to Halloween all year round and are having a hard time coping with the fact that the next costume and candy-clad holiday is ten months away, I have very exciting news for you: There is still one place on the hill you can go to feel the ghostly pang of eerie, spooky goodness–the women’s bathroom at 5 Spot.

Halloween-themed restroom @ 5 Spot

I was surprised to find the restroom full of cow webs, ghosts, skeletons, plastic spiders and a jar of eyeballs when I stopped by earlier this afternoon. I tried to find an employee who could tell me why the ladies room was rocking the Halloween cheer, but as usual, they were quite busy and I never did get an answer. Had they decided to skip over Thanksgiving and Christmas and get a head start on decorations for Halloween 2010? Does this mean Santa will still be hanging out on the roof in June? Is the men’s bathroom also haunted? Is this where the ghosts of St. Louis like to lurk? Whatever the reason, the ladies bathroom at 5 Spot is, for now, a little Halloween oasis ready to lead us into 2010.

Update: Thanks to a reader who commented on this story, we now know why the ladies (and men’s) bathrooms are decorated to spook. Apparently they are designed to resemble the Lemp Mansion in St. Louis, the home of the Lemp family, owners of a big brewing company in the first half of the 20th century who were almost all met with tragic ends. The mansion is supposedly one of the most haunted places in the country. I’d never heard of it before, and neither had the reader who noticed a plaque in the men’s room explaining the choice in decor, but it sure does make for an fun trip to the bathroom! You can read more about the Lemp Mansion here.



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