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The Ghost Adventures team had pretty big shoes to fill when they headed to investigate Eastern State Penitentiary. That was one of Ghost Hunters best shows. (The first visit. I don’t know if I was as impressed with the evidence from their second visit.) One thing I’m coming to noticeContinue Reading

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With the Tour de France well underway, I thought it’d be interesting to take a ghost tour of France. The trouble is, I had a hard time finding ghost stories from France!LOST IN TRANSLATION?I figured finding ghost tours in France, or ghost stories from France, would be as easy asContinue Reading

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Recently I wrote about how some historical organizations are using haunt jaunts as fundraisers. Now I’ve come across an article about how state tourism departments are realizing haunt jaunts as revenue streams. ALABAMA’S “GHOST TRAIL” Yesterday I read a great article by Marty Roney on MontgomeryAdvertiser.com called “Alabama’s ‘ghost trail’Continue Reading

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We’re back from our Haunt Jaunt to Gulf County, Florida, otherwise known as Florida’s Forgotten Coast. All I can say is, I don’t know what was harder to find: a place to eat or a ghost. WHERE WE STAYED Actually, finding a place to eat wasn’t all that hard. ItContinue Reading

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I’m very excited to share that Flashes in the Dark published my flash “My Nightmare” yesterday. Yep, I’m still away but I hijacked my husband’s computer really quick this morning to make sure my story had been published. Then I figured why not share it here. That way I couldContinue Reading

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Sometimes the best kind of Haunt Jaunt (especially in the heat of summer) is to an air-conditioned movie theater. Yeah, yeah, I know. I’m supposed to be on vacation. I am. But before I left I decided I didn’t want to totally abandon my blog so…I thought I’d post somethingContinue Reading

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As I wrote last week, we’re heading out on a Haunt Jaunt to Gulf County, Florida. For those who have been following me, I just wanted to give you the heads up that my posts may be sporadic, or even nil, until we get back. (Sort of depends on ifContinue Reading

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Increasingly I’m noticing a trend in some of my Google Alerts: stories about Haunt Jaunts as fundraising venues. Especially for historical societies and foundations. This weekend I came across another one. How the Vaughan-Smitherman Museum in Alabama recently did a ghost hunt as a fundraiser. Specifically, The Friends of theContinue Reading

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After I posted my entry about haunted travel sites yesterday, I came across yet another travel site: Roadside America, an online guide to offbeat tourist attractions. Its focus isn’t necessarily restricted to haunted places, though. It’s a smorgasboard of things. WHAT YOU CAN FIND ON ROADSIDE AMERICA As travel sitesContinue Reading

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In yesterday’s post I mentioned how HauntJaunts.net is not a one-of-a-kind, there are other haunted travel sites out there. What are they? I listed them yesterday, but they’re worth noting again: THE OTHER HAUNTED TRAVEL SITES A Ghost in My Suitcase The Haunted Traveler TravelParanormal.com NOT SUCH A NOVEL CONCEPTContinue Reading

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I’m planning a Haunt Jaunt to Florida’s Gulf County for July. When I was blogging at Families.com I wrote about Cape San Blas, a dog-friendly city in Gulf County. I’ve wanted to go ever since (and so has my pooch, Murphy). Wayne finally agreed that’s where we can take ourContinue Reading

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While I was watching Cartoon Network’s “The Othersiders” investigation of the Queen Mary, I found myself thinking, “Perhaps these kids aren’t too young to hunt ghosts after all.” With that said, I guess it’s a good time to admit that I shared the sentiments fellow blogger AutumnForest expressed in oneContinue Reading