Haunted Headlines: October 1-3, 2018

This is it, folks. We’re full on in the haunting season now, and the Haunted Headlines reflect that. Halloween, haunted places, ghosts in every form and manner are dominating the news now.

Here’s some of the best stories we ran across from October 1-3, 2018.

Monday, October 1, 2018

Roadside phenomena to be topic – The Columbus Dispatch

Local paranormal investigator Colin Schneider will be at Reed Memorial Library at 2 p.m. Saturday to discuss roadside phenomena.

Halloween tour planner: 10 of the most haunted places in Southeast Asia – South China Morning Post

An airport, public parks, a hotel, a former hospital, a castle – there’s no shortage of ghostly haunts in a region rife with superstition. What are you waiting for?

DEMONIC face of ‘ghost monk’ who ‘BURNED to death’ pictured by horrified couple – Daily Star

THE “demonic face of a ghost monk” who “burned to death 500 years ago” has been pictured by a horrified couple.

VIDEO: Step into the darkness on a Cultybraggan POW Camp ghost hunt – TheCourier.co.uk

[R]eporter Jamie Buchan was invited to join a team investigating spooky goings-on at Cultybraggan near Comrie at the weekend. Here he reflects on the experience…

CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN WITH HAUNTED TOUR OF MUNICIPAL AUDITORIUM – KEEL 101.7 FM & 710 AM

Not only is Shreveport’s Municipal Auditorium one of America’s most important musical venues, it also happens to be widely considered as one of America’s most haunted buildings.

Paranormal investigators gather in Plymouth – Wicked Local Plymouth

The ghosts didn’t stand a chance last weekend as dozens of paranormal investigators from throughout the eastern United States visited downtown Plymouth for their annual convention.

Flint Hills Paranormal holds public investigation at Plumb Place – The Emporia Gazette

More than 40 budding ghost hunters joined Flint Hills Paranormal for Spooktember — a public investigation of Plumb Place — Saturday night.

Haunted Florida: 10 places guaranteed to scare you on Halloween -TCPalm

Halloween’s almost here, so now’s the time to make plans to visit some of the most haunted places in the Sunshine State.

15 Terrifying and Real Haunted Hotels – Cosmopolitan

It’s October, which means the social pressure to completely scare the crap out of yourself in the name of spooky fun is at an all-time high. And nothing—NOTH-ING—is more terrifying than staying at a haunted hotel. If you’re the type of person who likes to pay money to get approximately zero sleep, then here, check out these terrifying and totally real places to book your next supernatural stay.

Take a ghost tour of Cincinnati’s most ‘haunted’ building – WLWT5

One of Cincinnati’s oldest buildings is offering ghost tours this Halloween season.

Designated as a National Historic Landmark in 1975, Cincinnati’s Music Hall is well known to paranormal enthusiasts as one of the nation’s most active sites with occurrences reported from the early 1800s.

Why Okinawa is the most haunted place in the military – We Are The Mighty

…not only does it make sense that some military installations, vehicles, and battlefields would be haunted (if you believe in that sort of thing) – it should actually make us wonder how military installations, vehicles, and battlefields aren’t more haunted.

Top 7 haunted spots in Tampa Bay, from Pinellas to Hillsborough – Creative Loafing Tampa Bay

Maybe it’s us, but does Ybor have a higher-than-average number of ghosts per person?

NETFLIX’S CHILLING ‘THE HAUNTING OF HILL HOUSE’ CALLED THE FIRST GREAT HORROR TV SHOW – Maxim

With a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes, it’s guaranteed to scare the hell out of you.

Halloween Haunted House Tours On Hold At Old Joliet Prison – 1340 WJOL

The company that features Haunted House tours was supposed to open this Halloween season but that isn’t happening.

8 Spooky Ways to Celebrate the Scary Season in Colorado – 5280 | The Denver Magazine

Denver does scary right. Here, a list of October events and activities to make your Mile High Halloween memorable.

What Haunted Houses Really Do To Your Brain Is Spooky, But You Can Still Enjoy The Scare – Elite Daily

You might think actors dressing in cheap white sheets and jump scares end once you’ve made your way through the attraction, but what haunted houses really do to your brain is pretty mind-blowing.

Watch: ‘Sasquatch Calling’ Champion Crowned – Coast to Coast Am

This past weekend in upstate New York, more than three dozen people unleashed their best Bigfoot-inspired howls, hoots, and whoops at the third annual Sasquatch Calling Festival.

‘Ghost Adventures’ explores Oregon’s ‘Graveyard of the Pacific’ – OregonLive.com

After visiting the Turner, Oregon, theme park Enchanted Forest in a June episode, TV’s “Ghost Adventures” team is returning to the Northwest to check out the “Graveyard of the Pacific.” Described in Travel Channel’s press materials as “a treacherous nautical region in the Pacific Northwest, where the freshwater of the Columbia River meets the Pacific Ocean,” the “Graveyard of the Pacific” is the star of a special four-part “Ghost Adventures” miniseries.

Tennessee Wraith Chasers face fear in live investigation of Historic Cragfont – The Tennessean

Sumner County paranormal team the Tennessee Wraith Chasers investigated Historic Cragfont for the first time Friday live on Travel Channel.

Haunted Portland – Travel Portland

Explore Portland’s paranormal side with these spooky spots and spirited tours.

Seeking the paranormal at Englewood library – Englewood Herald

Colorado Paranormal Investigators sweep the area

Tuesday, October 2, 2018

Public invited to investigate South Texas ghost town – KSAT12

Paranormal investigation to take place Oct. 27

S.S. Meteor Paranormal Investigation – Fox21 Local News

The Last Whaleback Freighter In The World Is Said To Be Haunted, Fox 21 Investigates This Superior Wisconsin Ship

Exploring haunted central Wisconsin – WSAW

Starting October 4, the WPRS will host a series of presentations through the Marathon County Public Library branches.
Teens and adults are invited to hear tales about paranormal occurrences from around central Wisconsin and investigations done by the Wausau Paranormal Research Society.

Ghost Hunting Scammers Are Terrorized in a Haunted Orphanage in Trailer For Netflix’s Horror Film MALEVOLENT – Geek Tyrant

A team of ghost hunting scammers plan to “investigate” an old haunted orphanage in the upcoming Netflix horror film called Malevolent. They don’t really believe in ghosts and are just looking to make some money off pretending that the hauntings are real. What they don’t realize is that the orphanage really is haunted and they end up having a completely terrorizing experience!

Hollywood A-lister to take part in live chat with paranormal group – Derbyshire Live

Oscar-winning Hollywood star Dame Helen Mirren is to make her screen debut in Woodville – over the internet – chatting about all things spooky with a paranormal group.

Dame Helen, famous for such roles as Queen Elizabeth II in The Queen for which she won an Academy Award for best actress, will be talking live to Swadlincote-based paranormal experts Paranormal Past Times.

Airdrie paranormal investigators enjoy Tim Burton themed wedding – Scottish Daily Record

Stephanie and Thomas Wright wanted to add a fitting ‘element of creepiness’ to their wedding day.

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

Paranormal investigators search for ghosts at Columbiaville mansion – The County Press

Was it just an old mansion’s creaks and groans, or was it something that goes bump in the night?

That was the question on the minds of paranormal investigators and 16 guests as they explored the four levels of Columbiaville’s William Peter Mansion as part of the 2018 version of The World’s Largest Ghost Hunt on Saturday night.

Dozens flee during debut of Lawrenceburg haunted house – Lexington Herald Leader

“The history of the hotel is drawing a lot of people,” said Young, who said he’s receiving calls from people asking if they can enter the hotel, which has been closed to paranormal activities for the past several years.

“They want to come a do a paranormal tour, but I tell them sorry, it’s just a haunted house and we’re an attraction.”

Haunted places in Upstate NY: 87 spooky sites to visit (if you dare) – NYup.com

If you want real scares that will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up, then grab a flashlight and enjoy our list of truly haunted places in Upstate NY.

Cryptid of the Week: The Mothman – The Daily Utah Chronicle

The pseudoscience known as cryptozoology is not an actual branch of zoology. Instead, it is a belief in folkloric entities such as the Yeti, chupacabras and even Paul Bunyan. So with that in mind, let’s talk about one of my favorites, just for the sheer mystery and destruction that follows — the Mothman.