There are few occasions when I wish I could still slosh down a beer or two. This is one of them. It’s 6 p.m. on a Wednesday night in September at the Old Ebbitt Grill, directly across 15 th Street from the White House.

It claims to be Washington’s oldest saloon, tracing its roots to the mid-1800s. But I’m here on a tour, listening to a man who, with his tri-cornered hat, dashing black cape, and ancient lantern, looks more like he stepped out of the 1700s.

His name is John Waldron, and he is my guide for a unique pub crawl offered by US Ghost Adventures (USGA) . Waldron, who has acted at venues across the DMV, including the Little Theatre of Alexandria, is one of the company’s locally sourced tour guides. USGA offers “haunted historic walking tours, haunted pub crawls,” and even the o

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