Did you know they made talking buttons for pets? I had no idea until recently, when a friend, who adopted a new kitten, said, “I’m seriously considering getting talking buttons to teach Dandy to, well…talk.” Well, technically she didn’t say it. She texted it. Thinking it was a typo IContinue Reading
Nick Groff has always tried to rise above the Zak Bagans/Ghost Adventures controversy. To this day, however, fans still want to know what really happened. Why did he leave? Did Bagans have anything to do with it? Why are Groff’s shows, like Paranormal Lockdown and Death Walker, not on TravelContinue Reading
Every year around this time, publications start releasing their picks for the most haunted of…well, everything, from cities to hotels. While “most haunted lists” are fun to look at —because, let’s face it, we’re hard-wired to rank things these days (thanks, Google)— they have a problem. They’re not actually whatContinue Reading
Does anything good ever come from having a haunted doll? People often associate bad things with haunted dolls. Understandably. We pretty much only hear about the spooky things that happen to people who find —or are found by— them. But are they always only scary or evil? Are there anyContinue Reading
A few months ago I tweeted about a couple of my paranormal pet peeves and asked which ones others had. Responses varied, but surprisingly there was one that many expressed the same peeve about. They felt most paranormal shows were an insult to their intelligence and they were over them.Continue Reading
I’ve always accepted guest posts here at Haunt Jaunts. However, my goal was to one day establish Haunt Jaunts as a paying market for other writers interested in travel, true crime, horror, and the paranormal too. In order to do that, though, Haunt Jaunts first needed to generate steady income.Continue Reading
In the newest Shock Docs, Scream: The True Story, Steve Shippy and Cindy Kaza embark on a quest to try and determine what drove Gainesville Ripper Danny Rolling to kill. After investigating the serial killer’s campsite and checking out a few of his Florida kill locations, Shippy and Kaza travelContinue Reading
New Orleans abounds with vampire stories. There’s even one about a pair of men known as the Carter Brothers, who some say were arrested in the 1930s for being serial killers, confessed to being vampires, and were executed. Allegedly their ghosts still haunt the French Quarter to this day. This isContinue Reading
“Don’t forget,” I reminded my husband as we boarded the train bound for the main terminal, “I want to stop and see Greg the Gargoyle again.” “Why? You’ve already done that.” “But he didn’t really talk much last time. I want to see if he’ll say more this time. I’veContinue Reading
On February 5, Alex Matsuo from The Spooky Stuff sent me a message on Facebook with a link to a post that blew me away. The link was to a list of 30 of the most influential people in the paranormal that she had “compiled based on [her] personal developmentContinue Reading
During my Paranormal Day Paracon Livestream with Alex Matsuo, a viewer asked for some advice. Chanda Lanier wrote: “If they don’t cancel I’m attending a ghost hunt with an all female group of paranormal researchers in Nashville in July….or later if rescheduled. What’s the best things I can do priorContinue Reading
Shutterstock’s Trending Colors of 2019 Ever since 2000, the Pantone Color Institute selects a “Color of the Year.” This year’s color is Living Coral. Owned by Pantone, LLC, which implemented the Pantone Matching System (PMS)—an industry-standardized color matching system used for reproduction services, the institute hosts two secret color selectionContinue Reading
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