HAUNT JAUNTS http://hauntjaunts.net/blog A travel blog for restless spirits Mon, 08 Feb 2010 21:56:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en
Why Can’t We All Just Get Along? [caption id="attachment_3387" align="alignleft" width="218" caption="image from stock.xchng"][/caption] Lately, I've been a thinking about something Autumnforest touched on in "Are Ghost Hunting Shows Ruining Belief?" and Terri pondered in "Regulating the Paranormal Field" --the effects the (many) ghost hunting shows are having on people. It started off good. It got people interested in ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/08/why-cant-we-all-just-get-along/ Movie Monday: The Innkeepers I'll warn you right off, I have no trailer to share for today's Movie Monday feature, "The Innkeepers." All I have is Alison's post about it that I read on Screamstress last week. It hasn't even started filming yet, but she's got me all excited about it's possibilities! Here's her post. ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/08/movie-monday-the-innkeepers/ The Belangers: The Kennedys of the Paranormal Realm Maybe I'm a little slow, but I just realized something interesting: Michelle Belanger, "That psychic chic from Paranormal State. Author of The Ghost Hunter's Survival Guide." (as her Twitter profile puts it), and Jeff Belanger, founder of GhostVillage.com, the host of 30 Odd Minutes, and the author of many books on the ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/07/the-belangers-the-kennedys-of-the-paranormal-realm/ Haunt Jaunting Around the Blogosphere: The Ghost Hunting Parablog Last week I received a very nice email from Daniel of The Ghost Hunting Parablog inquiring if I'd be interested in a link exchange. This was my reaction when I read his email: "Butter my buns and call me a biscuit!" (Wish I could take credit for that line. Alas, I ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/06/haunt-jaunting-around-the-blogosphere-the-ghost-hunting-parablog/ Dark Stalkers: The House of Torment Serves Up Bloody Valentine Treat A PR maven pal of mine shared this news flash with me: Austin’s Own Ultra-Vivid Haunted House Attraction, House of Torment, presents Dark Stalkers: a Psychological Thrill for an Immersive Valentine’s Experience like No Other. That's right, if Valentine's Day is as frightening to you as Halloween, or if you'd rather ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/05/dark-stalkers-the-house-of-torment-serves-up-bloody-valentine-treat/ Friday Fun(ny): Burglar Busted “Ghost Hunting” I stumbled across this funny story posted on Ask Doc Paranormal's blog in my RSS feeds yesterday. It's about some dumb-dumb burglar wanna-be who got busted trying to pass his up-to-no good trespassing butt off as a ghost hunter wanna-be. It's short, so I copy & pasted it here. I figured ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/05/friday-funny-burglar-busted-ghost-hunting/ Mission Accomplished: Haunt Jaunts Reaches 1,000 Twitter Followers! [caption id="attachment_3357" align="alignleft" width="300" caption="Free Twitter Icon by Diwa Fernandez"][/caption] Back in December I was all fired up when Haunt Jaunts reached 500 Twitter followers. That blew me away. It was a goal to get there, but I didn't think it'd happen so fast. And when I started Tweeting (Twittering, however you ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/04/mission-accomplished-haunt-jaunts-reaches-1000-twitter-followers/ Talking Paranormal in Poland with Nathan from A State of Mind – Part 2 In Part 1, Nathan from A State of Mind gave some background on what drew him to the paranormal and his affiliation with it. In Part 2, he answers my questions about the paranormal in Poland --as well as a few other things. (I can't help it. Inquiring minds want ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/04/talking-paranormal-in-poland-with-nathan-from-a-state-of-mind-part-2/ Talking Paranormal in Poland with Nathan from A State of Mind – Part 1 I've got to know Nathan from A State of Mind thanks to Twitter. You might recognize the name because (a) either you follow his blog too, or (b) you recall @AStateofMind was one of the Best Twitter Followers winners in the HJ Best of 2009 Awards. Recently Nathan left a comment ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/04/talking-paranormal-in-poland-with-nathan-from-a-state-of-mind-part-1/ Save the Date: HJ’s One Year Anniv Bash I got to thinking last night about where I was at this same time last year. It's hard to believe a year has passed --or all that's happened in that time. Last year at this time I was miserable. I'd just had my second round of chemo, all my hair was gone, the tumor ... http://hauntjaunts.net/blog/2010/02/04/save-the-date-hj-one-year-anniv-bash/