Haunted Headlines: April 27-May 4, 2018

Apologies for the delay releasing this week’s Haunted Headlines. We took a jaunt to San Francisco last week and I left the computer at home so I could have a bit of a vacation.

Also, there was the matter of not getting the headlines compiled before I left. Tried but there wasn’t enough time. And it didn’t help that I was out of electricity for half of the day I had planned to work on them so…

Yeah. It’s bound to happen again. We’ll roll with it and make due.

Speaking of, without further ado, here’s your Haunted Headlines for the week ending May 4, 2018.

Friday, April 27, 2018

‘Ghost Adventures’ crew members play the blues in Astoria – Source: The Daily Astorian

Huddled in a corner at Workers Tavern on Thursday night, a trio of bluesmen in town for a couple of weeks played a free show to a hearty crowd, as they’d done there two nights earlier.

But the group’s passing presence in Astoria had nothing to do with music.

The three guys — Devin Lawrence, Jay Wasley and Michael Guggino — are involved with “Ghost Adventures,” the Travel Channel series that investigates reports of paranormal phenomena.

5 MUSEUMS FOR TRUE CRIME ENTHUSIASTS TO VISIT – Source: Oxygen

An Oxygen writer highlights real-life exhibits that will absorb any true crime fan.

Saturday, April 28, 2018

Something strange in your neighbourhood? Meet Gloucester’s own Ghostbusters – Source: Gloucestershire Live

The Gloucester Paranormal Investigation Services aren’t afraid of no ghosts.

Top 10 Haunted Places in Atlantic City – Source: Casino.org

Atlantic City was once a vibrant tourist destination during the 20^th century but has since suffered as a result of the global financial crisis. Abandoned buildings and closed businesses are a haunting reminder of the glorious times of yesteryear.

It’s even alleged that actual ghosts walk the walls of these monuments to the city’s past. Here are 10 of the most haunted places in and around Atlantic City.

Bhangarh, Kuldhara and more: 10 most haunted places in India – Source: India TV

Calm your nerves down and have a look at the list of most haunted places in India.

Spirited goings on as energy is tested at tower in County Limerick castle – Source: Limerick Leader

THEY would not call themselves ghostbusters but Anthony Kerrigan and his colleagues in GhostÉire are deeply interested in the paranormal and  like to get up close and personal with spirits.

And  they claim to have had some close encounters of a spiritual kind at Springfield Castle, outside Broadford in West Limerick.

Sunday, April 29, 2018

The Beast of Bodmin and other myths and legends that make Bodmin Moor so magical – Source: Cornwall Live

It’s Cornwall’s most intriguing place with stories of a murdered woman, men who were petrified and of a world famous sword.

Weldon Reed: The finale to Jefferson’s haunted hotels – Source: Cleburne Times-Review

Hey, guys — want to score some major brownie points with your better half? 

Then you must plan a weekend getaway to Jefferson in east Texas. The town has twenty or so bed and breakfast places in addition to your typical motels and hotels. 

Monday, April 30, 2018

Macaques on the move in Indy, ghost hunts in Ohio and more Midwest happenings – Source: Chicago Tribune

Here are some of the more interesting events, deals, websites and other travel tidbits that have come across our desk recently:….

If you’d like to try hunting ghosts, the Ohio State Reformatory in Mansfield has you covered.

Tuesday, May 1, 2018

Keene to be site of paranormal conference in October – Source: The Keene Sentinel

Slated for Oct. 13 at the Keene Country Club, the conference will bring together psychics, mediums, paranormal experts and ghost hunters from throughout New England, Belcamino said. To her knowledge, it’s one of the first, if not the first, paranormal conferences in New Hampshire.

The 1428 Vault: Skinwalker Ranch – playground for the paranormal – Source: 1428 Elm

In Ballard, Utah on the outskirts of the Ute reservation there is a ranch. Some say skinwalkers inhabit the place. Others say it is a hotbed of UFO activity. Is any of this speculation true?

The ‘Most Haunted Hotel in the Philippines’ is Eerily Beautiful – Source: NextShark

There are so many old places in the Philippines that are rich in history.

For example, the “World’s Oldest Chinatown” in Binondo, and, of course, one of the most famous haunted places in Baguio City: the Dominican Hill Retreat House — more commonly known as the Diplomat Hotel.

Wednesday, May 2, 2018

New route to reveal more hidden secrets from Chester’s walls – Source: The Standard

THE team behind a citywide heritage project that has given voices to Chester’s walls has released a new retail route to mark its final few weeks….

City centre visitors can go to the Visitor Information Centre at Chester Town Hall to pick up the new “The Secret Lives of Shops” route, or a free map of the full route of 26 walls. There are also other shorter routes, including a haunted places route.

How you can spend your Bank Holiday in the UK’s most-haunted jail – Source: Derby Telegraph

These events are not for those of a nervous disposition.

Thursday, May 3, 2018

Poll: National Paranormal Day – Source: News 12 Long Island

National Paranormal Day is a day to celebrate all things paranormal. Have you ever experienced paranormal activities?

5 of the most haunted locations in Ireland in honour of National Paranormal Day – Source: DailyEdge.ie

IF YOU DON’T believe in ghosts, spirits or paranormal activity in any form, today is just Thursday.

If, however, you do believe in all or any of the above, it’s well worth know that as well as being Thursday, it’s also National Paranormal Day.

Naked Trump statue goes for $28,000 at auction to paranormal investigator – Source: Raw Story

A naked statue of Donald Trump, complete with a distended belly and jowly sneer, is to go on display at a Haunted Museum after a paranormal investigator bought it at auction.

Naked Trump statue sold, for display at haunted museum – Source: Bangkok Post

Buyer Zak Bagans — a paranormal investigator and American television personality — intends to put the fleshy Trump on show at his Haunted Museum in Las Vegas, according to a statement from Julien’s.

The Sunshine State’s Historic Coast by night – Source: Metro US

Have a frightfully good time on a haunted excursion, a food safari or cocktail crawl.

5 PARANORMAL ACTIVITY HOTBEDS IN LARAMIE – Source: Laramie Live

With Laramie’s illustrious 150 year history, it should come as no surprise that people who have been to the Gem City, whether they moved here or were just passing through, have stories of interactions with the paranormal.

The 9 Most Haunted Places In Ireland – Source: The Irish Post

Ireland’s history is steeped in tales of the paranormal.

These are the 9 most haunted places in Ireland – how many would you visit?

Real-life horror as terrifying ghosts FOLLOW teenagers home after spending nightmare evening in haunted woods in True Horror – Source: Mirror.co.uk

In tonight’s episode of True Horror two teenage pranksters get more than they bargained for after spending the night in a haunted wood.

National Paranormal Day: Investigating the Strand Theater – Source: KPLC-TV

KPLC’s Sophia Landry and Chandler Watkins went ghost hunting at the Strand Theatre with the Cajun Country Paranormal team.

Paranormal investigators find more ghosts – Source: Cochrane Eagle

Rockyview Hotel might be spookier than initially imagined.

UFO and paranormal conferences: Are they obsolete? – Source: Syracuse New Times

In 1979, The Buggles recorded a song titled “Video Killed the Radio Star,” with its meaning that radio had been king in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s until it was dethroned by television.

In the 1980s and 1990s, those interested in exploring the paranormal would have attended a gathering like a Fortean Society conference. If you were transgendered, you might have attended an nnual convention hosted by the International Foundation for Gender Education.

Both conferences were more or less killed off by the rise of the internet, social media and easy access to information. One promoter lamented to me, “When just about any information you want can be found by using a globally connected phone in your pocket, why travel to a convention?”

Several other promoters also told me that “millennials seem to just accept UFOs as a real phenomenon; they seem to lack curiosity about the subject.”

Today is National Paranormal Day, which should be a big deal for a town like Alton – Source: RiverBender.com

Dave Nunnally, who is co-owner of It’s Raining Zen, has built part of his livelihood on Alton’s paranormal reputation – a reputation driving the local economy a lot as summer dwindles into fall with countless ghost tours.

Paranormal investigator buys naked Trump statue for $28,000 at auction – Source: GMA News

Julien’s Auctions announced Wednesday it sold the artwork—believed to be the last of the controversial statues not vandalized or destroyed—for $28,000 (€23,000) at its biannual auction in Los Angeles.

Professor Dario Bava, Paranormal Playboy – Source: ScreenAnarchy

If you dig the teaser, check out the artwork we have in store for the book, illustrated by the incredible Mike Dubisch, with a variant cover by the godfather of Italian horror comics Emanuele Taglietti!

Friday, May 4, 2018

Paranormal activity: Portageville B&B gains a haunted reputation – Source: The Daily News Online

First, said Michael Vasile, owner of the Portageville bed and breakfast and the adjacent Anastassia Events, once Max warms up to you, he’ll want to sit his more-than-100 pound body right on your lap. And second — he’s a scaredy-cat.

Heaven Sent B&B is, some say, home to more than just the living. And Max doesn’t like that too much.