The Deliverance and Demon House

“The Deliverance may become one of the best horror movies on Netflix in 2024,” Screen Rant proclaimed. Why? One very specific reason: “due to its terrifying use of demonic possession.” Well, that and the fact a true story inspired it, “making it scarier and more unnerving for audiences.” I thinkContinue Reading

Unsolved Mysteries Volume 4 Mothman screenshot

“Will they have a supernatural episode again?” I wondered as I started watching the trailer for Netflix’s Unsolved Mysteries: Volume 4. Halfway through, I got my answer. Yes. And it looked like it was going to be about Mothman. Which I had mixed feelings about. The Mothman that terrorized—and wasContinue Reading

Bloody Mary Mirror

Bloody Mary and La Llorona are among two of the most popular paranormal folklore legends involving women. But there are also some other frightening female supernatural entities in myths, legends, and horror stories from around the world. Since March is Women’s History Month, and these phantom femme fatales have enduredContinue Reading

Bride Starring in haunted historic Southern hotel

The walls of some historic hotels forever encapsulate echoes of bygone weddings, including ones that never took place. Historic Hotels of America lists several haunted historic hotels with such stories, but we’re going to concentrate on the ones where Southern ghost brides roam. Whether they were jilted at the alterContinue Reading

Haunted Mansions in Magic Kingdom and Disneyland framed

Did real houses inspire each of the Haunted Mansions in U.S. Disney parks? What about the one in Tokyo Disneyland? Phantom Manor in Disneyland Paris or the Mystic Manor in Hong Kong Disneyland? Are they just reincarnations of either the Haunted Mansion in California or the one in Florida? OrContinue Reading

Screenshot of Unsolved Mysteries cover on Netflix

I didn’t want to be greedy because the first two batches of Unsolved Mysteries volume 3 already contained two haunting episodes, “Something in the Sky” and “Paranormal Rangers.” Volumes 1 and 2 only had one each. Still, I couldn’t help but wonder (hope) if the next batch that dropped onContinue Reading

Ghosts CBS poster

If anyone has been watching CBS on Thursday nights, they are likely going to notice that the network has a huge hit on its hands. It’s called Ghosts, and it carries an incredible cast, an extraordinary set, and awesome dialogue and writing. It tells the story of Samantha and JayContinue Reading

ghosts of southern ladies outside an old possibly antebellum home

We all know the answer to the question, “Who ya gonna call?” But what about ghosts? Who do they call when they’re troubled by strange noises in the night or when they experience feelings of dread in their basement or attic? What do restless spirits do with all the peopleContinue Reading

Making Merry Inflatable Snowman on Roof of house decorated for Christmas

December is often called the most wonderful time of the year. But did you know that the Winter Solstice, which happens during December, is also the second most haunted time of the year? Samhain, or Halloween, is the first. The hauntings that happen during Halloween aren’t the same as theContinue Reading

Haunted Christmas cover of Haunted Places with Christmas Names image of creepy Santa

The first episode of Haunted Christmas, the second themed season on the podcast, explores haunted places with Christmas names…both secular and religious. But which ones? Well, I shared eight places that had both paranormal activity and the names of things commonly associated with Christmas. Think decorations, reindeer, and people andContinue Reading

Paul Bradford, Adam Ellis and Jen Lewis

Has a viral Twitter thread ever been turned into a movie? I don’t know if it’s ever happened before, but the “Dear David” Twitter phenomenon just landed a movie deal. And it’s going to be called, what else? Dear David! Let’s briefly recap what happened to inspire the movie andContinue Reading

The Haunted Walk's Virtual Haunted Campfires graphic

At the beginning of this year, I wrote a Haunted Walk update after talking with HW’s creative director, Jim Dean, for the podcast. One of the things that came up was up their Virtual Haunted Campfires for 2021. Jim hosts them but he turns it over to special guests fromContinue Reading