For any of you in or jaunting to California, here’s a press release for something that sounds like a haunting good time in Lake Forest, California. For Immediate Release  October 7, 2013   Haunts and Harvests at Heritage Hill Historical Park (Lake Forest, Calif.) – This fall OC Parks andContinue Reading

Passing along a press release I got from FEARnet about their programming for October, a.k.a. the Halloween 2013 season. They’ve got some neat new ways to celebrate, including an online advent calendar and downloadable pumpkin-carving stencils. Welcome Halloween season! FEARnet KICKS OFF THE HALLOWEEN COUNTDOWN THIS OCTOBER WITH THE “FEARtober:Continue Reading

I decided to try something new this Halloween season: once a week feature some things from our Halloween Scareporium. Do you even know about our Scareporium? Yes, it’s the one advertised in our sidebar and has it’s own menu link above. Seems like featuring it for our first Scareporium SaturdayContinue Reading

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Haunt Jaunts Announces Its 1st Annual Horror Writing Contest Scary stories wanted! Haunt Jaunts is offering cash prizes for the three scariest tales that keep its judges up at night. August 28, 2013: Haunt Jaunts, a travel site for restless spirits that specializes in paranormal tourism, isContinue Reading

Below is the press release I received about this year’s Dark Harbor Halloween celebrations aboard the Queen Mary. ~~~ The legendary Queen Mary welcomes the return of a frightful Halloween tradition with their annual Dark Harbor event October 3 through November 2, 2013. For 17 haunted evenings guests will experienceContinue Reading

This Halloween season we’ve come across a bunch of great new pumpkins. We’ve added them all to our Pumpkins and Jack-O-Lanterns Facebook photo album, which is a collection of some of the fun pumpkins we’ve come across during the years. But we thought it’d be fun to share some hereContinue Reading

Ever since we moved away from Phoenix, my supermarket of choice has been Publix. (For day to day things. I also like Fresh Market and Harris Teeters, but I tend to shop those when I need special foods.) Last night I had a bit of a sweet tooth going on.Continue Reading

This October on my evening strolls with my dog, I had a little fun taking pics of my haunted neighborhood. It was fun to see so many people participating this year. I thought it’d be fun to present my findings with a photo essay. Happy Halloween!Continue Reading

Among the jaunts I love to make are to movie theaters. Especially to see horror movies. I like all kinds of horror movies. I’ll watch the gory ones like Saw and Hostel, and I enjoyed them, but I prefer my horror to be more subtle, more psychological. Maybe even withContinue Reading

This Halloween season, I’ve come across some spooky stays, haunted attractions, and macabre museums both by accident and via people sharing with me. I decided to make a list of them, since there are a bunch I wanted to keep track of. A post is a great way. Can alwaysContinue Reading

Today I added a couple of local events to the Paranormal Events page and felt bad. Sometimes I forget about all the things to do in Nashville, especially the haunted and Halloween variety. It seems I get focused on researching our next big trip and forget about the daytrips availableContinue Reading

My friend Gene shared a haunted house experience that terrifies me just thinking about it: Blackout. I had never heard of it before Gene clued me in. (Not surprising, given that I’m a haunted house weenie.) He sent me a link to an article about someone who went through it.Continue Reading