Dr. Neil Gammell collects eDNA samples from the waters of Loch Ness

Tales of a monster lurking beneath the waves of Loch Ness have terrified people in the Scottish Highlands for centuries. Dr. Neil Gemmell of the University of Otago in New Zealand used a cutting-edge scientific technique called environmental DNA (eDNA) to unravel this centuries-old mystery. Travel Channel has the exclusiveContinue Reading

Destination Fear's Dakota Laden, Chelsea and Tanner

In “It’s Going to Be a Hell of an October on Travel Channel: Lineup Revealed,” I said details on the new “Ghostober” series and specials would follow. As promised, here they are. I’ll start with the new series and cover the specials in another post. Included with the show descriptionsContinue Reading

Tales of the Bushmen logo 5

In Part 1 of his “Tales of the Bushmen” series, Keith David Langston explained how he came to work and live at a lodge in the Northwest Territories of Canada one summer. Parts 2 through 4 relate bushmen stories that co-workers —Coya, Riley and Sabrina— regaled him with around aContinue Reading

Native American woman in trees

When I received the press release about “Mountain Monsters” moving to Travel Channel, I didn’t post it all. There was more to it, including something that really intrigued me. The two-hour season premiere will pick up where Season Three left off –with AIMS (Appalachian Investigators of Mysterious Sightings) team membersContinue Reading

Mountain Monsters AIMS Team

Full disclosure: The answer to why Mountain Monsters moved to Travel Channel is not as shocking as I made the  headline suggest. It was a shameless ploy to practice my interest-piquing skills. (If you’re reading this, #MissionAccomplished!) Anyway, I figured I better warn you to lower your expectations a bit.Continue Reading

Mountain Monsters AIMS Team

Fan of Mountain Monsters? Well, they’re coming back for a fourth season, but to a new channel. Mountain Monsters moves to its new home on Travel Channel with a special two-hour premiere on Wednesday, August 21 at 9 p.m. ET/PT. Don’t worry. Even though it’s moving from Destination America, theContinue Reading

Bigfoot Xing Sign

This post contains affiliate links. See affiliate disclaimer here. When In Search of Monsters premiered on Travel Channel in April, they published “The 8 Best Places to See Bigfoot Right Now.”  They used never before released data from the Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization (BFRO). It was exclusive tracking information fromContinue Reading

Archive of the Afterlife Paranormal Museum logo

Revised May 22, 2019 May 18 is International Museum Day. It may seem like an innocuous day to include on the Weird Holidays & Observances listings, but not if you put a twist on it. Which, of course, I can’t help but to do. From paranormal and cryptozoology to witches,Continue Reading

Liminal Earth Map

Last year a haunted places and paranormal activity mapping site came to my attention called Liminal Seattle. It’s since evolved to become Liminal Earth. What is it? In essence, it’s one big experiment or research project. A collective one open to everyone worldwide to participate in. Spooky things happen everyContinue Reading

In Search of Monsters Yeti Drawing of a Yeti

With new Yeti sightings reported recently, a timely “Yeti” episode of Travel Channel’s hit series, In Search of Monsters, to air on Wednesday, May 15.  Here’s info from a press release we received from Travel Channel on an exciting, and timely, episode about the elusive Yeti… The mysterious Yeti footprintsContinue Reading

As you may or may not know, one of May’s Weird Holidays & Observances is May 4th, Stars Wars Day. (And in case you’re like my husband and don’t get it: May Fourth…May the Force…a bit of a play on words. Sound it out. It took me a while toContinue Reading

Russian Bigfoot? Travel Channel’s new show Paranormal Caught on Camera debuted this week. The show highlights various international paranormal stories accompanied with expert “analysis” of the events. Unfortunately, the experts don’t debunk. Instead, they casually deem the individual event credible. Producers cram as many paranormal events into each episode. TheContinue Reading