Last week I received an email with the subject line “Why did Ghost Hunters do this?” Well of course that piqued my interest and I opened it, even though I didn’t recognize the sender’s ID. But let me pause here for a second. While I’m on the topic of IDs…notContinue Reading

If you’re like me, a fan of horror movies, you may know many of them get their inspiration from real life events. Examples: Robert the Doll served as inspiration for Child’s Play, and Cheeseman Park tickled Spielberg’s muse for Poltergeist. I’m not sure if the boogeyman of Staten Island knownContinue Reading

August 2 thru August 6 is designated as Psychic Week. But according to an ABC News story from 2001, many psychics don’t even know there is such a week in their honor. Or didn’t. However, I’m thinking not much has changed in the last nine years because, even as nutsContinue Reading

Linda Moffitt is my kind of author. Her book, Washington’s Haunted Hotspots, is most definitely a travel guide for restless spirits. It’s loaded with over 175 haunted locations, 17 haunted trips, and specific info (including turn-by-turn instructions) for visiting each location. I came to know of, as well as know,Continue Reading

Have you ever seen the episode “Jess-Belle” on the old Twilight Zone (the one from the 1960s)? Wendy Webb’s The Tale of Halcyon Crane reminded me a bit of that mixed with Mary Stewart’s Thornyhold. It was Gothic, full of atmosphere in a rural setting, flavored with love, and hypnotizing.Continue Reading

Once upon a time, back when I first started blogging, I created a promo video for Haunt Jaunts. I’d never really been happy with it, though. I knew it could be improved, that I could do better. So, I put it on my To Do list: “revise HJ promo vid.”Continue Reading

A little bee buzzed me about a film premiering tonight at 9 p.m. on HBO: No One Dies in Lily Dale. It’s part of the HBO Documentary Film Summer Series. Here’s the teaser I was sent that immediately piqued my interest: Located just south of Buffalo, tiny Lily Dale, NY,Continue Reading

I can’t wait until Movie Monday to talk about some movie news I have today. TONTINE MASSACRE First off, I made of point of watching the exclusive sneak peak of Tontine Massacre today. I loved the audition tapes it started out with. (Oh, and before I say more, it wasContinue Reading

In my other guest, “Haunted Hollywood and its Haunted Actors,” I wrote about how actor Dick Christie lives in the former home of Buster Keaton, who still seems to be lingering about the place. Buster is not the only celeb that returns to this plane of existence. The ghost ofContinue Reading

It has been a loooong time since I had anything to post for Movie Monday, but today I finally do: the Tontine Massacre. I happened to spot the ad for it this afternoon on my very own blog. I was coming to use my handy blog exchange buttons to clickContinue Reading

Do you remember Elizabeth Eagan Cox, author of the Shannon Delaney paranormal mysteries? Her name might ring a bell because either you’re already familiar with her novels or because she also: Wrote a guest blog here about Colonial Williamsburg Helped HJ celebrate its one year anniversary by donating a copyContinue Reading

Kate Lang Johnson, who plays Tori Fairchild on NBC’s “Persons Unknown”, took some time to answer a few questions I had. I’m really excited about what she had to say. I hope you will be too. The Q&A follows below. I read that you’ve got “an appetite for travel andContinue Reading